Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-03-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

| London is estimated at about 54S. 800.
L. B. KRUTTsCHNITT, the president of
the Louisiana constitutional conven-
| tion, is n nephew of the late Judah =.
Benjamin.
THE Baroness de Hirsch has given
$780, 900 endowing home for young
women and children in Austria, her
native country.
THE queen regent of Spain sent Se0.-
900 to Barcelona a few days ago to aid
the flood sufferers, and she sent smaller
donations to other cities.
ALcouoI. was not discovered until
the seventh century, and the distilla-
ton of spirit from wine was not dis
covered until the twelfth century
FRoKEN ANNA OHLsrRoM, who has
just passed severe medical examina-
ton and attained high average, is
now the seventh woman doctor in Swe-
| den.
IT is said that China has agreed to
open all her inland waters to naviga-
ton by steamers, whether of foreign
or native ownership, under regulations
to be framed hereafter.
A CONSTANT supply of fresh air, even
in very cold weather, is so important
in the prevention and cure of diseases
that no efforts should be spared to see
that sleeping rooms are well supplied
DIR. ScHwENINGER, Bismarck's physi-
clan is going to lecture at Vienna on n
novel plan. He will appear on the
stage with a Berlin editor, who will
put questions which the doctor will
answer.
THE queen of Wuttemburg, like the
grand duchess of Baden, is doing much
to promote the higher education of
women. She is doing a great deal to
assist the new woman" movement in
Germany.
THE originator of the famous three
''r" ALTERATION, reading, 'riting and
'rithmetic," was Sir William Curtis, a
lord mayor of London In 1895 he pro-
posed it as toast before the board of
education.
BATTLEsHIP like the Maine can not
be replaced off-hand. Another one
like her could not be built in less than
three years, with all the resources of
the government to push the work of
construction.
THE modern battleship is literally q
, mass of machinery, comprising from so
, to so sets of engines and even a trihing
damage may put the whole contrivance
out of order, rendering it useless for
fighting purposes.
AN English woman, Lady Forester,
recently left $3.50, 900 for the erection
of homes for the convalescent at Liam
dudno. The ground has just been
broken. There will be main build
ing and several cottages.
Nv ou,;o,,e ohopoa +la 20
of Col Knowlton, who sent Nathan
Hale, the young revolutionary hero, on
his fatal mission, are now living next
door to the descendants of the young
patriots family in Chicago.
WOMEN are the sincere admirers of
NJ. lola, since they consider his initia-
tive favoring right and justice most
. courageous. One lady of high position
threw him a bouquet on leaving the
II court the other day in Paris.
II The queen regent of Spain and the
d young king gave large sums of money
Il to various charities few days ago up
IL on the anniversary of his christening.
II The soldiers received extra rations and
I persons imprisoned for minor offenses
Il were released.
'' The wife of the late President Bar
o rios, of Guatemala, was Miss Alge
II Brenton, and was for some time an in
r' mate of the Protestant Orphan asylum
'i of Mobile, Ala. She afterward became
an actress, and it was during her stage
life that Barrios met her.
THE total ordnance outfit of the
n Maine came to about $3.50, 900, includ-
ing 100000 worth of ammunition.
q. This last item is no unimportant one
n in the total loss, inasmuch as the navy
n, department is dangerously short of
h, gunpowder and projectiles.
N DUKE CHARLES THEODORE, of Bavaria,
u who is wintering at Biskra, Algeria,
IS has performed numerous successful OPP
NJ erations for cataract. His fame has
N spread throughout the desert The
#, Arabs, rich and poor, are coming
M from all directions to benefit by his
n. treatment.
OUR navy has now completed three
battleships, any one of which would be
a fair match for the Spanish warship
Pelayo. These are the Indiana, Oregon
and Massachusetts,. A duel between
any one of them and the Pelayo would
be the most tremendous fight ever seen
- in history.
LIVE bees are sometimes shipped on
&c =, ice to keep them dormant during the
- journey. This is particularly the
~ case with with humble bees which
~ y have been taken to New Zealand, where
~ they are useful in fertilizing the rec
W clover which has been introduced into
w the country.
-" The hair on the heads of most of the
hundreds of thousands of dolls ex
hibited in shop windows is made from
in the hair of the Angora goat. Thi:
Is. product is controlled by an Englisl
re. syndicate and is valued at eS00O0 ;
IN. year. After the hair is prepared it i
as sent TO Munich ana made INTO wigs d.
vs ! Uirls