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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
The Oosmogony of Moses.

Mr.. KEYsER stopped in at my house
after coming from church last Sunday
night, and, after some remarks about the
weather, he said:
Z" Did Moses deal in mahogany?"
Did Mol don't exactly understand
you"
81 say was Moses in the mahogany
business, making furniture, or any
thing?"
do you refer to the prophet MosesY"
Yes; what had he to do with mahog-
any?"
Why, really, do not know, Mr.. Key
ser. l never heard that he had anything
to do with it. 1t is most extraordinary
question"
&c know it is, and that's what puzzles
me. The minister in his sermon tonight
said that every true Christian would
have to accept the mahogany of Moses;
and l can't imagine what on earth he
meant"
Maybe you misunderstood him"
Well, l reckon l can hear about as
we'll as most people, and know that he
said mahogany"
ut is very stranger
Yes, that's what I thought. don't
want any mahogany, but if did I'd just
as lief get it of Moses as of anybody;
only don't know how that's going to
help man to be pious."
II tell you what guess he must have
said; That every true Christian would have
to accept the cosmOgOny of Moses. Wasn't
that ity"
80 well don't care cent how you
pronounce it. 1t amounts to the same
thing in the long run. I've always heard
it said SOS to sound like mahogany and
it's the same old word either way, and
Gou've got to get it of Moses"
Let me explain, Mr.. Keyser. Cos
mogony' means the account of the crea-
tion of the world, and what Mr.. Potts
meant was that we must accept Moses
theory of the creation"
"Ohl that was it, was it? I'm glad
you mentioned it, for couldn't see why
yaller pine or maple wasn't as good for
Christians as mahogany
Then Mr.. Keyser hunted up his UNI
brella, brushed his hat with his elbow
and went home.-Aas AdeIer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06

on the delicate silver knob would now
precipitate the climax. Mind.
A few moments more of breathless
waiting. Capt. Mercur's watch declares
the time arrived. Mr.. Striedinger's fin
gers twitoh nervously about the wires.
Suddenly the white flag is seen moving
from the scow. The General says, in a
collected and affectionate tone:
Come, little Mary, touch the key
again" tr
The chubby, white little hand of the
child approaches the key. Mrs. New
tons eyes are fixed on the little girl with
motherly pride, and the General, seeing
the direction of her look, cries.
Come, come, look out there toward
the blast. You don't want to look here. ="
The lady's eyes follow the direction in
dicated, as do those of all within the
structure. The childs hand rests upon
the key, slight tremor shakes the earth,
followed by a dull, rumblng sound,
which seems to travel along the direction
of the ledge, and to come from an enor-
nous sub:erranean depth Ere the senses
have fully perceived these, the water
over the blast seems to boil for period
not exceeding half second, and then a
column of water 800 feet wide and seven
ty-tive feet high shoots up from the midst
of it. The top of this mass was gleam-
ing white foam, towering up into pima
cles like inverted icicles, while near to
the surface of the river the column is
darker until near its base it is dark
yellow. In the center of the mass a
monstrous stone weighing MANY tons
twirls around like a spinning-top. Half
a second one ascends in toward the
shore. 1t evidently comes from the
mouth of the shaft, and it rolls in dense
black clouds, like smoke. The blackness
is the mud from the bottom of the head
ing. This column rolls over the shore
200 feet inland. Descending it strikes
the top of the bomb-proof and washes of
a couple of feet of the earth placed on
its roof. In its passage it strikes the lit
tie one-story Office described and washes
it five feet away, throwing it partially
over on its side. Strange to say, Quig-
ley's plan of opening the windows was
successful, for not single pane OF glass
is broken
The party gaze in silent awe on the
mighty mass of water until it subsidies
in low wave which traverses half the
river. Turning toward the party the
General says, jocularly:
" That's something like an explosion,
gentlemen"
Before the words have left his mouth
a spontaneous cheer for the success of
the work and of admiration for its
director rises from the throats of the as
sembled thousands, and is re-echoed
from the other side of the river and from
the Astoria shore-N Y Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
The Three Oldest Banks.

THE Boston Commercial Adpertiser
gives the following facts about banks in
general and the three oldest banks in the
country in particular. That these banks
have lived through all the financial
storms of nearly 100 years shows what
careful, conservative management can
do for our banking institutions:
There are in the United States at the
present time 2,119 National Banks, 907
chartered State banks and 666 savings
banks. Very few people would suppose
there were so many State banks as we
have reported, or that the savings banks
were so many less than the State banks.
The facts are that, here in New En-
gland, the National Banks are far more
numerous in proportion to the territory
than in any other part of the country.
At the South and West they are located
at much wider distances from each other,
as general thing. And in New England
savings banks are more abundant than in
other parts of the country. New York
State still has a very large number of
State banking institutions. In New En-
gland the sway of the National Banking
law has been we'll nigh complete. New
York has to-day 81 State banks, with a
capital of over $28,000,000.
There have frequently been disputes
regarding the date of the origin of the
State banking system in this country, and
the ages of some of our first established
banks. We place upon record some facts
in these premises which may be fully re-
lied upon. The first bank established In
the United States was the Bank of North
America, of Philadelphia, which was
started in 1882; the second, the Bank of
New York, June, 1884; the third, the
Massachusetts Bank, of Boston, which
started one month later in the same year
The charter of the Massachusetts, was
signed by Samuel Adams, President of
the Senate, and John Hancock, "Gov'r
of We Commonwealth" and the first COM
mittee of the subscribers for the Massa-
chusetts Bank stock were William Phil
lips, Isaac Smith, Jonathan Mason,
Thomas Russell, John Lowell, Stephen
Higginson. This bank commenced busi-
ness with a capital of 100000 and
opened at once accounts with the Bank
of North America, Philadelphia, and
Bank of New York, and these accounts
are continued to the present moment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
Parisians Beggars' Rules.

THE slang of bettandier" as name
for a beggar (mendtant) seems to be
purely arbitrary-as entirely so as the
English "cheese it" for 3" be silent" The
betandier" is beggar who follows the
business as his regular occupation.
There can be no question that 80 out of
every 100 beggars in Paris are such be-
cause they find the business a profitable
one. A creature in that grade of blousdrd
life where a choice of occupation lies
between such employments as rag-pick-
ing, street-sweeping, petty thieving and
the like has no pride to govern his course,
and he turns to beggary as business
quite as willingly as any other, if he can
see his way to success in it. There is a
necessity of talent involved in the occu-
patton of beggar, however. A stupid
person setting up as a beggar will not
be likely to earn enough to eat. But if
one has some histrionic ability it can be
turned to good purpose in this business.
A talent for getting oneself up pictur-
esquely is of immense value. Mental
qualities of high order bring their own
exceptional rewards in this field as in
others. An old beggar whose post was,
and for aught l know still is, at the end
of the passage Vero-Dodat was reputed
to be a man of wealth. He was certainly
a man of talent. In a moment of COM
municativeness this old 6ettGndier gave
his "code," rs he called it, which is worth
printing. 1t is as follows:
Never ask aims from
1. A man who is coming from dinner;
roast beef renders one selfish.
A xuyhn ic fol
lady.
8. Menw who are too fat; it annoys them
to stop.
4. A ladywho is alone and unobserved
8. Gentlemen who are putting on their
gloves.
But ask always from
1. A man who is going to dinner; he
sympathizes with the empty stomach.
g. A lady who knows she is being fol-
lowed.
3. People who are walking two by
two; their amour prOpre makes them
give.
A. Officers in full-dress uniform.
8, Office seekers going into Cabinet
Ministers, bureaus they give in hope that
it will bring them luck.
A hideous-looking beggar was arrested
recently in the Rue des Boulets, sinis-
ter street in the Faubourg St. Antoine,
between whom and the police commits
sary the following conversation ensued;
"Your name?"
Pontron Jacques-nicknamed Eyes
for Everything"
Your profession?"
Witness
Witness' What do you mean by
witnessG"
As have eyes for everything, know
everything that occurs in the neighbor-
hood, and am called up every time there
is row or anything"
In answer to further questioning the
man stated that he belonged to the
Quarter Ste. Marguerite, and that by
his profession he netted about forty
francs a month, his pay being two francs
time. This information, if accurate,
would indicate with precision the num-
Der of rows per month indulged in by
the scoundrels of the quarter In the
intervals between rows Pontron Jacques
practiced on the sympathies of strangers
as a beggar. = Wirt Skies, in AppIetoHs'
Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
A Romance in a Bankers Life.

Around the corner from Wall street,
in Exchange place, is the haunt of the
German bankers-the Heideltacas and
Vanhuvens, and others well known to the
monetary people of this country. They
are heavy operators in gold and exchange,
and represent, you might say, unlimited
foreign capital. Their banking rooms
are not fitted up with the elegance of the
Broadway institutions, but are plain, dark,
and in some cases dingy. Yetin these rooms
the daily transactions mount up into
millions of dollars. In one of the most
unpretentious of these banker does
business across whose life has recently
been thrown beam of sunshine border
ing upon positive romance. Many months
ago he received Frankfort bill of ex-
change for 10000 thalers, with re-
quest from banker of that city that il
be invested at once in eligibly located
rent-paying real estate in the city of New
York. The contracts for purchase were
made out, and the query sent by cable
for the name of the person to whom the
deed of the property was to be made.
The answer came: Louise K" That
was the name of the New York bankers
wife, and he was literally astounded;
but his astonishment was greater when
the next steamer brought him letter
stating that the investment was made by
very wealthy German who in his early
life had been assisted materially by the
father of Louise, and he now manifested
his gratitude by presenting her with the
property in question in fee simple, in re-
turn for her fathers kindness to him a
quarter of a century ago. He even re-
fused to disclose his name. The deeds,
however, were recorded.-N y Cor,
Chicago Tribune
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06

American eagles OF the value Of 100000
were withdrawn from the Bank Of England
on the 29th ult. for shipment to the United
States.
A violent hurricane visited Porto Rico on
the 18th ult. San Juan and the surrounding
district suffered terribly. Hardly house
was left standing, and the cane, rice and cof-
fee estates were ruined for the coming crop
Many coasting vessels were cast ashore and
a number of lives lost.
A Ragusa dispatch of the I'd says the
Montenegrin Government would accept
terms of peace based on an extension
Of territory. The people favor q continu-
ance of the war.
In the recent battles near Alexinatz at
least fifty Russian officers were killed.
The Vienna Free Press states that Russia
and the United States concluded treaty
last August, by which the former cedes the
Port of Okhotsk, in Siberia, and adjacent
territory on the sea shore, in exchange for
iron-clads and a sum Of 100000 roubles,
and that Russian crew has already left for
America.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06

Moody and Sankey commenced their re-
ligious revival services ut Chicago on the
Let. A tabernacle capable of holding 10000
persons has been built for them. Seven
thousand persons were present at the first
meeting
A Protestant Episcopal missionary, named
Rev. A. b. Frennell, was shot dead within a
mile Of the Cheyenne River Agency on the
night of the 2Sth ult. Hehad labored among
the Indians at that agency for several years,
and was very much liked. The murderer is
an Indian who had been confined in the
guard.house and swore he would shoot the
first man he met.
A horrible scene was witnessed at the exc
cution at Coshocton, Ohio, on the Goth ult.,
of Francis Ept for the murder Of Abraham
Wertheimer, at that place, Nov. 20, 1875.
When the trap was sprung he fell and the
moose slipped around in such a manner that
the knot was over his chin, the fall simply
stunning him for an instant. Then he com
menced crying for mercy and to be shot. He
was hauled to the platform again by the rope
and seated in a chair while the rope was be-
ing readiusted, all the time crying, moaning
and pleading for mercy. At the second at
tempt the mans neck was broken. Ept con-
fessed to having murdered Wertheimer, and
also to having murdered a Frenchman in
Algiers.
The Chicago Base Ball Club has won the
championship of the United States.
The COroner's jury on the Both ult. rem
dered verdict that the late accident on the
Pan Handle Railroad was caused by the
breaking of an axle on one of the cars and
that the railroad company was not response
BILE for the casualty.
The yellow-fever interments at Savannah
on the 30th ult. numbered seventeen; on the
1st the same number The Grand Chancellor
of the knights of Pythias of Georgia appeals
to the members of the order for assistance for
the members in Savannah. The suffering is
very great.
Capt. F. II. Torbett was killed on the 30th
ult. in Henry County, Tenn, while assisting
Deputy U. s. Marshal Alexander to arrest a
moonshiner' named Giles. The latter re-
sisted and fred upon the officers, killing
Torbett, and then shot at Alexander the ball
passing through his cloak. Giles then fled
Torbett was formerly Captain in the Six
teenth regulars. Giles was recently badly
wounded by Deputy U, s AIarsnal Gibson,
while resisting arrest.
There was heavy frost in Memphis and
vicinity on the night Of the lst. Little dam
age was done. No fears of yellow fever are
now entertained.
Yellow-fever interments at Savannah on
the I'd, twenty-eight
A San Antonio (Tex.) dispatch of the I'd
says detachment OF McNelly's company
under Sergt. Armstrong attacked party of
outlaws on Espanoza Lake, near Eagle Pass,
killed five, wounded one, and captured fifty
horses and large number of cattle.
The Cincinnati Musical Festival Associa-
tion has decided to hold the next festival in
May, 1878.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
Firing the Mine at He'll Gate.

Proceeding to the battery house, the
plates were safely and expeditiously
lowered into the acid beneath, the party
stepped quickly outside, the workmen
closed the doors of the structure and
bolted them, and the party set off on a
run toward the wharf where the steam
launch was awaiting them, the engineer
standing with his hand on the lever ready
to start the instant their feet should
cross the gunwale. Jumping on board,
the little vessel few across the cove to
the firing point, where the party jumped
ashore. The General handed Mrs. New
ton to the little battery house, where a
eampstool was provided for her accom-
mediation. The nurse followed with the
child, and the General, taking the latter
in his arms, placed her standing upon an
empty cartridge box, which brought her
up to the key.
Mr.. Striedinger stood near his batteries
on the east end of the platform, on his
left sat Mrs. Newton, in front was the
improvised table on which the key was
laid, on the west side of that stood the
little girl, and between her and Mrs.
Newton stood the General
Come, little Mary" said the General
to the tiny, blue-eyed little three-year-
old maiden as she stood upon the box
with the nurse beside her, "play with
this" at the same time placing her hand
upon the key. The little girl smiled in
her mothers face as she toYed with the
silver knob.
Come, what are you going to do,
Mary?" said the General; "you have
been talking about it for some time"
The Generals eyes nervously watched
the river. 1t was quite free from craft.
He looked at his watch.
!" Six minutes yet" said Capt Mercur.
20 now," exclaimed the General,
" what is the Pleasant Valley coming
away down here forf don't understand
it" he added, in tone of vexation.
"They had strict orders. They will spoil
all"
The boat indicated appeared to be
drifting down toward the mine. Her
progress ceased in a minute, however,
and the General said, in a relieved tone
" o well, she is not too near, anyhow"
There, the white flag is up on the
scow," cried Capt. Mercur. "Why not
fire it nowS"
"No," replied the General; 81 gave
the people notice that would wait ten
minutes after the gun to give them time
to get out of their houses, and will
stick to it, although feel exactly like
letting it gop
There, the white flag is up again, "
exclaimed some one.
All was breathless silence among the
little group, and even the spectators,
straining their necks over the fence above,
seemed to feel the awfulness of the oc-
casion.
"oh," said Mrs. Newton, sit seems
just like waiting for an execution
Two men near the battery now close
the switch, and little Marys hands are
kept from the key, for the slightest touch
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-06
A Little Too Fast.

A favorite programme with the hotel
dead-beatis to hand large sealed envel-
ope, stuffed with paper, to the clerk,
and ask him to take care Of 'those $500
for few days" The game has been
played at one hotel in this city, and the
clerks are on their guard. A seedy-look-
ing old man registered at the house yes
terday, and after dinner he handed the
day clerk an envelope marked $3.50" )"
and asked that it might be put in the
safe.
"You can't play that game on me, mis-.
ter !" replied the clerk, and he tore the
package in two. AS he held up the ends
his eyes began to bulge out, He had
torn eighteen new ten-dollar bills in half,
and he had insulted the owner. One
reason why he wasn't at his post the bal
ance of the afternoon was because he
was pasting those bills together, - De
troit Free Press.