Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-02-06
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just died in Bavaria She weighed 55(
pounds.
ONE of Bismarck's amusements /.
pistol practice, at which, in his youth
Ne was an expert
The English language is now more
generally spoken than any other by
the educated world
Mr.. CHuRToN COLLINS has recently
published book aiming to show tina,
Tennyson is plagiarist.
The United Kingdom has $50, 900 land
owners who possess between them the
whole of the landed possessions
THE statue of Queen Isabella will
bring to the sculptor, Miss Harriet Hos.
mer, the sum of S25, 1000 Pretty good
figure.
QUEEN EMMA, of Holland has insur-
ed her life in trust for her daughter for
a sum equivalent to over half million
sterling
THERE is a map of Delaware, N. Y,
on file in Albany, which Jay Gould made
forty years or SO ago, when he was n
surveyor
| MAX OREL1. the witty Frenchman,
expresses the opinion that the people
of Boston are educated beyond their
intellects
IT is stated that in some of the Eng
lish agricultural districts, the popula-
| tion has decreased 40 per cent since
the last census.
ACCORDING to the census mortgage
statistics, Tennessee had per capita
mortgage debt in 1889 of S23 against
sl7O for Kansas
THE late Cardinal Manning said of
the United States: ut is great coun-
try. wonderful country, the hope of
the human race"
WM. DEAN HowELLs receives S17, 900
year, which is more money than Ed
gar Allen Poe saw in the whole time of
his literary career.
DON PEDRo's daughter, the countess
d Etee, has fine soprano voice and
might have been prima donna if she
had had it cultivated.
POOR man in St Louis, who some
years ago befriended beggar in dis.
tress, has just received $50, 900 re.
mem brance from that individuals es.
tate.
THERE is young woman in Mime
apolis who has contrived to amaze her
friends by boasting thai New York
sculptor was making bust of her
foot.
SENATOR STANFORD will press his bill
for government loan of S1OO, 600, 600 on
farming lands to the amount of one
half their assessed value at per cent.
interest.
The carmorant is still occasionally
used for fishing in preserved waters in
England. The bird generally wears
light collar to prevent it from swallow
ing the fish.
CURIOUS sign has been adopted at
Bombay, by native baker proud of
his knowledge of English, European
loafer," being printed in large letters
over his door.
JUDGE PATTERSON, of Lancaster, Pa,
has sentenced two men who pleaded
guilty to stealing lleg of beer to terms
the eastern penitentiary.
EX-TREAsURER ARCHER, of Maryland,
now in the state penitentiary. is en-
ployed as steward of the hospital and |
in the care of the sick. He is visited |
once month by his daughter.
The congress of Nicaragua has order
ed that ten young men, to be selected |
rom the different provinces of the re-
pnblic, he sent to Europe to be educat-
ed at the expense of the State.
IT is sign of fair weather if the
cluster of small air bubbles formed by
the sugar collect and remain in the CEN
ser of the cup. If they rush to the sides
1t viii! surely rain before night.
TT is said that Swiss savant has
made discovery by which he reduces
milk to dry powder in such manner
that by the addition of water it at once
assumes all its natural properties.
THE Delsarte remedy for insomnia is
to rise from your sleepless couch, shake
your hands, wiring them, twist them,
and then, rubbing yourself with rough
mlttens you return to bed-to sleep
LARGE heads do not always indicate
intellect Prof. Virchow, the German
scientist, points out that the Greeks,
one of the most intellectual of nations,
are also one of the smallest headed
race.
ALMONDS are such near cousins to
peaches that one can be grated upon
The other, and the analogy is made
palmer in this instance because the
almond on the tree is also covered by
pulp.
PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY announces
that new electric carriage will soon
be exhibited on the streets of Boston
hat will go up hill and down hfll
1T rate of from ten to fifteen miles an
aour.
Mrs. ELLSWORTH MILLER, of Cold
Springs, N. Y, is the mother of two
sets of triplets, three pairs of twins,
md two other children, making in all
ourteen children born to her withir
light years.
The county Of Sussex, in England,
Yearly sends up to London 100, 600 tons
If chickens. Five hundred and sixty
thousand chickens are reckoned to
make 900 tons.