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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
GLASS HOUSES HOLD HEAT.
Energy from sun Pnsses ThrousA
Glass In Waves of Light, Be-
comes Hent { and Cn n n OF Escape.

1t is very curious, said the old pro-
fessor of physics, to see how many
market gardeners there are who raise
things under glass, make money out
of the process and yet do not know
why their heating frames and their hot
houses remain hot inside.
Now, as a matter of fact, the heat
mechanism of hothouse depends on
well-known proposition in physics, I
suppose you are acquainted with the
fact that the energy from the sun
travels in the form of little waves.
The energy does not come down to us
in straight lines; it comes, as it were,
in zigzag manner, dancing from side
to side as it comes along. If these waves
are very short, light is the result; II
they are trihe longer, they take the
form of heat.
If the light waves strike anything
on the way down, they are very apt to
be turned into heat. Now, the waves
which form light are so short that they
will readily pass through glass, but tha
waves which form heat are SO long that
they will not pass through.
From this, therefore, you may see
why a hothouse remains hot. The
energy from the sun passes into the
house through the glass roof in the
form of light. Then it strikes the OBJ
jects in the house and is turned to heat.
But this heat cannot pass out through
the glass. The heat waves are too long.
So the light keeps coming in and the
nnt la 4 L
hothouses become very warm indeed,
even on the coolest days in winter.
OF course our dwelling houses are
heated by the sun in the same way.
The light comes in through the win
dows, but the heat cannot pass out
Boston Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
EAT STRANGE THINGS.
Gnstronomic Fents of Goats and os-
triches Outdone by Kittens, Pup
pies and other Pets.

A recent operation for the removal
of over six inches of hatpin from the
neck of kitten is not altogether with
out precedent. A reporter, in the course
of some brief interviews with several
leading veterinary surgeons, heard of
many strange accidents that befall do
mestic pets, and of how science has on
many occasions given painless and COM
plete relief.
kitties and puppies, and cats and
dogs, it was stated, are frequent suf-
ferers from lack of discrimination in
swallowing things never intended for
consumption. Hatpins, meat skewers,
knitting needles and ordinary needles
and pins are among the articles they
have been known to swallow. Only re-
Gently tiny fox terrier was submitted
for professional examination on what
was supposed to be an abscess in the
side. The surgeon, however, decided
that foreign body was present, and
nothing could, of course, be done with
out the meriful aid of chloroform, for
it is both interesting and gratifying to
know that even the least painful opera
NAL to be operated on is placed tempo
rarily beyond the reach of pain. The
results of this operation disclosed the
presence of a wooden meat skewer in
the terriers stomach, with the point
projecting between its ribs. The obsta-
Gle was successfully removed, and to-
day the tiny pet is as frisky as ever it
was.
1t is attributed to some cats that they
show an intemperate inclination for
wine corks, and frequently swallow
them. Others swallow needles, which
gradually work out through their skin,
and there is case on record of an ON
nivorous goat that swallowed packet
of small needles, and for some month
afterward, owing to its porcupine ex-
terror, was a terror to the small boys
who attempted to take seat on it's
back.
Pet white mice, guinea pigs, tame
rabbits and hedgehogs are also included
in the veterinary surgeons patients.
Most of their ailments are, however,
medical troubles, and their complaints
are little different to those of their
youthful owners, in whose eyes, how
ever, the invalid's state is momentous
matter. Dogs with false legs and false
teeth are frequently to be seen, and it
is only recently that the wife of we'll
known millionaire had handsome leg
constructed of vulcanite and silver.
with steel springs, fitted on her toy
spaniel, whose forepaw had been ampu-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25

Be particular to dry the hands and
feet of child well. Dampness left be-
tween the toes may cause soreness or
even corn, which may be troublesome
to get rid of. In washing the hands do
not leave any dirt between the fingers;
press the skin back from the nails and
slightly pinch the tips of the fingers
after every washing if you want your
children to have pretty hands and nails.
A little trouble taken at the first will
save great deal of bother afterwards.
The children should be taught, when
old enough, to do this for themselves.
They should be taught to take pride in
nicely-kept hands.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
FIGHT WITH WILDCAT.
Hunter Was Getting the Worst of 1t
Until His Dog Took Part
In the Combat.

William Babcock, one of the best
known trappers and hunters in Sulli-
van county, N. Y, is the hero of thrill
ing experience in wildcat hunting. The
many swamps of the county are inhab-
tied by hundreds of these vicious
brutes, and hunters devote the winter
season to shooting and trapping them,
both for the bounty and the excite
ment. Babcock started out early one
morning with one of his trained dogs
for little hunt" in Flanagan swamp,
near his home. He had been out but a
short time before the dog had freed
big wildcat. Babcock soon arrived on
the scene and fired four shots into the
body of the cat, but it did not drop. 1t
was in the crotch of the tree, and the
hunter supposed he had killed it, and
the forks of the tree prevented it from
falling. He accordingly laid down his
gun, and, removing his cartridge belt,
started to climb the tree to secure his
prize. When within a few feet of the
brute it emitted a scream and shot
through the air. Striking on Babcock's s
back, it caused him to loose his hold,
and man and cat went tumbling
through the limbs to the ground.
The wounded and now angered beast
did not for a second loose its grip upon
his back, but kept biting him when
they reached the ground. The dog was
waiting for them, and, seeing his mas
ter's danger, sprang upon the wildcat
with such ferocity that it let go of
Babcock and pitched into the dog, and
a fierce combat ensued. They rolled
over and over, biting and growing,
Babcock all the time being afraid to
shoot lest he should injure his brave
dog. After long struggle the wild
cat, weakened from the loss of blood
from the shots of Babcock's gun, gave
up the fight and was soon finished by
Babcock and the dog. Both the hunter
and the dog are terribly lacerated from
the claws of the wildcat.-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25

see, general, 1 have been away from
home for mighty long time, and 1
want to see the old woman and the
children mighty bad
" How long have you been away
from home?' broke in the general.
WAL, SIR said the Kentuckian, L have
been away from home well nigh on to
nine months Great Scott! man. said
the general, I have not seen my wife
for two years, and I don't expect to see
her until the end of the war; The gem
eral may have thought this was a
clincher, but the old fellow looked up
at him in compassionate sort of a
way and drawled: 'Waal, sir, me and
my wife is not that kind of people,
That ended the interview, and the old
fellow got his furlough. Chicago In
ter Ocean
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
IN NEW MEXICO.

beautiful at all; their houses front on
the street with no dooryard; there are
no trees or shrubs-not even so much
as a blade of grass-near them. Built
of adobe, the better ones plastered
with lime mortar, they have the pro-
portions of squatty brick kilns; win
dows are small and wide apart. Yet,
OH closesr study, there is an apprecia-
tion of beauty in the senorita's mind;
she has decorated the interior of her
home with bright-tinted and warm
looking stucco of some sort, often of
different colors, well blended, on walls
and ceiling. In her tiny windows tin
cans hold earth in which grow house
plants, generally blooming well. Her
dress is neat, and often picturesque, her
person not unattractive.
Her housekeeping is different from
her eastern sisters, as would be ex-
pected under such different condi-
tions. Her children are not so COM
pletely covered, although it is not often
that they pose for "the altogether"
Everyone knows that she uses quanti-
ties of red peppers in her cookery; not
everyone knows that she suffers from
dyspepsia as the result. She treats her
household to ''frijoles" many times dur
ing the month; she prepares the really
toothsome "tortillas" of corn meal just
as the books say. When she has bak-
ing to do, she builds fire of cedar or
pinone wood in the outdoor oven until
it is quite hottie queer-looking little
adobe oven-then she puts in her bread
and beans and meat, and closes the
opening with stone, and there is rest
from baking for several "mananas."
am of the opinion that our Mexican
brothers and sisters have about them
many very good traits of character.
One, know, is that of hospitality. An
other is love of home, of children, but
perhaps all women have enough of that.
They are patient people, gentle ex-
cept to their burros, good shepherds,
when directed little, strong and pa
tient laborers, but not too energetic.
Anyway, they possess the land and hold
the offices down there, and will to the
end of time.-Joseph E. Wing, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
MOnaghan,a "HauI.v

The Seventh New York regiment lost
its colors before Petersburg. 1t hap
pened later that Corp. Patrick II. Mon
aghan, of the Fifty-eighth Pennsy1-
vania, advanced with his regiment, and
another from Massachusetts, over the
confederate breastworks, and in a
storm of bullets carried the first line.
A few followed the retreating southern
men toward their second line. A little
group of the confederates made a
stand. One of them, just in front of
Monaghan, fell wounded beside a
brook. Another confederate ran to him,
shouting: Don't shoot the maior!" as
Monaghan came up. Monaghan made
prisoners of both men, and on the Off
GERS promise that he would not
escape started back to get a stretcher
for him. On the way he met still a
third confederate carrying captured
flag. Monaghan took this away from
him and started back to his lines with
two prisoners and the flag, which
proved TO be that of the Seventh New
York The wounded major was after
ward brought inn. Y. World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
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~ SIN9SSAGS
SSSe80 -
GOT HIS FURLoUGH.
"OId Homespun" Got "Nex" to "Oid
Pap" and the Rest Was
Easy.

'SThere is another story about Thom-
as" said the major, "of which | have
seen two or three versions in print, but
all the fellows who have told the story
get it wrong. When we were moving
southwark in Kentucky, after Perry
vile, in the fall of 1862, an old Ken
tuckian in our regiment went to the
colonel and asked for few days leave
of absence. He explained that the army
seemed headed for the locality of his
old home, and, as he had not seen his
family for nine months, he would like
to drop out, look after affairs little,
get up his winters wood and leave his
wife and children in good shape for
the winter. The colonel informed him
that he could grant no furlough, and
sent him to the brigadier general. The
brigadier general sent him to the ma jor
general commanding the division, and
the division general sent him to the
commanding general of the corps, Gen
Thomas.
''The old fellows persistence amused
the colonel, the brigader and the major
general, and he was referred to Gen.
uOhldS III > HlIIt VI hiSCulSl' ANOl Ole
of them supposed that the Kentuclkian
would ever see Thomas, but in some
way the old fellow slipped past the
guard and was in the presence of Gen.
Thomas and well started on his story
before any of the staff were aware of
the intrusion. AS he heard the monot-
onous twang of the Kentuckian's
speech Thomas whirled in his seat and
looked at the man in astonishment.
Then he looked the old fellow over, and,
catching the spirit of his remarks, ex-
hibited a good deal of sympathy
"Old Homespun began with: Iwant
to go home, general. You're headed for
the parts where L live, and 1 would like
to drop out and see the old woman and
get up my winters wood and look after
the stock l asked the colonel, and
he sent me TO brigade headquarters, and
brigade headquarters sent me to divi-
sion headquarters, and fellow in
shoulder straps in division headquar-
ters said if I would come and explain
the whole thing to you that you would
give me furlough, and here am. You
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
STRAPPED TO A BOARD.
That Is the Way in Which Indian
babies Are Fastened and Car
ried Around. u

OF all the contrivances used for chairs
and cradles for babies the queerest are
to be found among the native tribes of
North and South America and Africa.
There are no such rocking cradles or
dainty cribs to be found among them as
one sees in the shop windows. The In
which the infant is strapped and slung
on the bough of tree or over its moth
er's shoulder.
In South America and in some parts
of Africa reeds are used. They are
woven together and then brought al
most together at the ends, forming the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
soys on n Novel Hunt.

The sea devil, ray or devil fish, what
ever you please to call it, is an occa-
sional visitor to Galveston bay. Four
came in at one time recently and three
boys-none of them more than 16 years
of age-started out on a novel hunt,
with rowboat, harpoon and Win
chester sihe. The boys rowed around,
and pulling up within 40 feet of one,
of the monsters, fired a shot which sent
the ray flying ahead at terrific speed.
Fortunately it swan in circle, and,
more fortunately, it did not run foul
of the boat. Two more shots were
fred and as it floated on the surface
of the water the boys threw the har-
poon into the mass and towed 1t to
the wharf. Then they made little
money by exhibiting it at five cents
look"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25

all appearances a southerner, appeared
at Zionsville, in the southern part of
Lehigh county. He proclaimed that he
was native of Georgia and on intimate
terms with Jefferson Davis and the
members of his cabinet, as well as Gen.
Lee and all the leading generals of the
confederate army. He further said that,
having heard that there were many
persons who were not in sympathy with
the federal government, he had come to
organize a lodge of the knights of the
Golden circle. Any person could join
this lodge by paying ten dollars and
promising allegiance to the confedera-
cy. In returnhe would receive certifi-
cate and be instructed in the grips,
signsand passwords of the order. Thus
equipped, his horses and cattle would
be safe from confiscation. Al. mem
Der had to do when the confederate
army appeared was to introduce him
self to the commanding general, pre-
sent his certificate of membership and
give the password, the sign and the
grip.
On the day for organizing the lodge
more than 100 farmers and others were
assembled at the village tavern, paid
over their ten dollars each and got gor-
geously embellished certificates bear
ing the alleged seal of the grand lodge
of the knights of the Golden Circle.
For the next two days the stranger was
busy filling ont certificates, instruct
ing the members in the signs, grips and
passwords and collecting ten dollars
from each applicant, and then he disap-
peared.
Shortly afterward came the news of
Lees defeat at Gettysburg. BY this
time it began to dawn uponthe farmers
that they had been swindled, and soon
reports began coming in that the stran-
ger had played the game in other places.
In, one township of Berks county he was
said to have worked upon the fears of
the natives so successfully that he made
about $4,000 out of his scheme. 1t was
afterward learned that the swindler
was a native of Philadelphia. There
are few of these certificates still in
existence, but stranger rarely sees
them, because the name of copper
head still has considerable of a sting
to tn. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
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LIFE IN NEW MEXICO.
1T Is Peculiar But mt the Same Time
Has Some Pleasant and Pretty
Features.

We in the east do not realize the ex-
tent to which New Mexico is foreign
land. Many villages have no American
residents, except the merchant and the
doctor, with perhaps saloon keeper or
two. All the rest are native Mexicans.
They not only use the Spanish Ian
guage, but they are unable to under
stand word of English, at least they
pretend they cannot understand it,
which amounts to the same thing,
when one wishes to converse with them.
1t is difficult to see how this condition
of foreigners can be soon changed.
The country is full; it is peopled about
to the limit of what it will support, un-
less the scanty rainfull be impounded
and none allowed to run away to the
sea.
Quaint sights abound in these old
Mexican villages. The first impression
is that the people have no eye for the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
A REMARKABLE STORY.

Little Theophilus Theodore Brown
Has marvellous appetite.
You'll believe it, 1 know, when you hear
me relate
What he ate for his supper last night.
For first he devoured frislSy baa-lamb,
Then followed sweet pussy-cat
Then a camel or two-did you ever once
hear
OF anything equal to that?
A mooley-cow next, with her horns and her
hoofs,
Hurried down the same little red lane,
And how there was room for a long -necked
giraffe
Is something 1 cannot explain.
Then fat little pig dixie Theo hmself)
AS quickly did vanish from sight,
To make room for a lion, and tigers and
bears,
Disposed of before they could bite
To fill in the chinks there were horses and
goats,
And elephants one, two and three
Now tell me, pray, can you eat at one
meal
Such regular menagerie?
Helen Standlsh Perkins, in outlook
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25

letter GU" The infant is wrapped in
cloth and placed in sitting position in
this contrivance. He is then securely
fastened by means of cords, which pre-
vent him from falling out. He spends
the greater part of his early life thus
harnessed.
When not being carried about the
country or while his parents are at
work the chair Gf it can be called
such) is fastened to the trunk of a tree,
which gives back rest to the affair.
When in the chair the infant has the
free use of his legs, but his arms are
securely fastened under the cloth
around which the cords pass.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
HOWARD WENT HUNGRY.
Because the Unimportant Young on
GERS Were Liberal with
Their Coin.

"Gen. o. o. Howard" said Gen. David
S. Stanley, ''was ever religious, con-
scientious man, with deep-seated i'm
pulse to raise up and benefit the colored
men. L we'll remember a story about
him, illustrating his want of knowl-
edge of the negro character, as it
emerged from serfdom. After the war
Gen. Howard was the head of the Freed
mems bureau, and went to Richmond,
accompanied by United States sena-
tor, who was also interested in the
great work the bureau had been de-
signed to prepare.
SAT dinner time they were taken into
the dining-room of the man in charge,
and the colored walters were called up
and introduced.
"'Boys,' said the man in charge. this
is Gen. Howard, who is doing so much
for the colored men of the south. See
that he gets good dinner quickly.
Take care of him.
"'Oh, yes, they replied, Gen. How
ard? We all knows bout him. He's
our Moses. He's takin' care of u.s.
"The other tables were occupied by
unimportant young officers, who, not
knowing Gen. Howard, or not standing
in awe of his strong religious views, be-
gan to curse the walters violently, and
abused them for not waiting on them
more promptly.
"The outcome of it all was that the
unimportant young officers were wait
ed upon and got their dinners at once.
Gen. Howard did not fare we'll at all,
and, after waiting full hour, left the
dining-room as hungry as when he en-
tered it.
"In great indignation the United
States senator who accompanied the
general strobe up to a group of walters
and thundered:
"'What do you mean by treating Gen
Howard SOP
"'Why boss,' was the reply, dem
other gemmens give us dollar apiece
before dinner commenced. '-Bostou
Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
WELL-DREsSED WOMEN.
pareI Is Unattractive in Tell
Tale Trides Only.

Every normally constituted woman
desires, rightly enough, to appear pleas
ing to those with whom she comes into
association. This feeling, in its proper
expression, is not vanity; it is COM
mendable and eminently right, for it is
one of the forces which go to make liv-
ing more pleasant thing. 1t is only
when this natural and worthy ambi-
ton subordinates other and more i'm
portant aims that it becomes offensive
and dangerous. The elements of femi-
nine attraction are many, including
those of nature and those derived from
woman's own art. Among the latter,
one of the most important is the art of
dressing well, and that art consists not
so much in richness of attire as in con-
siderate attention to details. So good
an authority as Harper's Bazaar, touch
ing upon the topic, says: "The main
respect in which the well-dressed wom-
an differs from her whose apparel is un-
attractive is in the trifles which make
a costume elegant. The pretty shoe, the
handsome stocking, the well-ditting
glove and the becoming veil add finish
that makes a woman what is known as
well dressed. No one can afford to neg
lect these little things. The well-laun-
dered collar and cuffs and the correct
tie attract the attention of the average
observer much sooner than do the ele-
gance of the material of gown and
the style in which it is made. If cos
tune fits well it depends on the wearer
to make it stylish. In this day of vast
variety and beauty in~neckwear cos
tune may be made as elaborate OF as Sc
we're as the owner wishes"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
A WAR TIME TRICK.
How 1t Was Played Upon Pennsyl>
vnnin Farmers by Sharp
SOutherncr.

When Gen. Lees army was preparing
to invade Pennsylvania it was rumored
that its objective point was Philadel-
phia, and that the line of march would
take it through the eastern part of the
state, striking the rich Pennsylvania
German counties of Lehigh, Montgom-
cry and Berks. The news threw the
farmers into a panic. Some prepared
to drive their cattle and horses into
the recesses OF the mountains while
others hastened to join the home guards
and march to the defense of the state.
1t was about a week before the bat
tie of Gettysburg that stranger, to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-03-25
DEFEATED BY A RAT.
SchOOlboys Expect to Have Lots of
Fun with an Old Rodent, But
Are Disappointed.

knowledge is power" and age and
experience brings knowledge if not al
ways wisdom. This fact was shown in
a West side schoolhouse recently, when
one of the boys trapped large gray
rat. At the noon hour he took counsel
with his comrades and they decided to
dispose of the rodent in sportsmanlike
style by giving him chance for his life.
The rat was evidently very old, but he
was also very fierce and quick to resent
any advances made by the boys.
They decided to hold the exercises in
one of the narrow Railways of the
building. One boy stationed himself
with the trap at one end of the hallway
and the others, armed with brooms and