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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
CO.Operatlvo Life Insurance InvestI-
.95r cation. ...t

The last Ohio State Legislature ap-
pointed committee TO investigate the
system and the frauds committed, and
TO recommend such additional legisla-
tion rs may be necessary TO protect our
citizens from loss and fraud. II also
adopted the following resolution almost
unanimously: t |.H
WHEREAS, A large number OF Mutual Aid
Associations have boen organized for the pur-
pose of mutual protection and relief OF their
members, and for the payment of stipulated
sums Of money to the families or heirs of the
deceased memhCrs of such companies or hsso-
Citations, and furnish no security TO their
patrons for the faithful performance OF their
obligation to tho insured, and .l. --..r.,
WHEREAS, There are complaints upon tho
part of tho friends of those insured that such
associations fail to provide for the payment OF
claims, as agreed with the insured, and
WHEREAS, Charges have been made that in
many instances such companies or associations
have continued TO collect assessments upon
the policies of persons long after the death of
WHEREAS, IL is claimed that assessments
have been made and collected upon the poll
cies OF persons who died prior TO the persons
in whose interest such assessments aud col
lections were claimed to be made; and
WHEREAS, The manner OF conducting busi-
ness of such companies and associations has
created distress aud alarm i'm the minds OF
many of the insured in such companies or as
sOciatiOns, as well as belief generally that
such companies or associations should be so
regulated by law as to furnish greater security
aud protection to it's members and to the pub
io; therefore ... .lI.
Resolved, That select committee of flvo he
appointed, which committee may sit during
vacation, and shall have power to send for
persons and papers, and whose duty II shall bo
TO make a thorough examination into the re-
sponsbility and manner OF doing business
practiced by such companies or associations,
which are responsible and safe organizations
with which to do business, and what legisn-
Nfs,NNf To- 20 mt nit
zens of the state against loss or fraud by such
companies or associations organized within
this state, or by similar companies or ussocia
tons organized under the laws of other States
doing business i'm this State.
The following named gentlemen were mp
pointed as the select committees: Hon. l.. G
Sawyer, st. Mary's, o.; Hon. George r. Chap
man, Cleveland, o.; DIR. J. NJ. Greene, Fair
field, o.; Hon. Charles c. Davis, Cincinnati
o., and Hon. William II. Reed, Chillicothe, o
Any one who has complnint to make against
any Mutual Aid Association may address any
one of the above named gentlemen and have
their claims and rights thoroughly investigated
free OF charge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
Burdette on Commercial Travellers.

WHAT would do with "the boysP -
How often they have been my friends. /
go to a new town. l don't know one
hotel from another. l don't know
where 10 go. The man with the samples
tgets offsat the same station. follow
him without a word or a tremor. He
calls to the bus driver by name and
orders him to "get out of this now," as
soon as we are seated. And when l
follow him am inevitably certain to go
TO the best house there is in the place.
He shouts at the clerk by name, and
fires joke at the landlord as we go in.
He looks over my shoulder as l register
after him, and hands me his card with
shout of recognition. He peeps at
the register again and watches the clerk
assign me 10 ninety-eight. {" Ninety
nothing,n he shouts, 'who's in fiteenph
The clerk says he is saving fifteen for
| Judge Dryasdust. /" Well, he be
blowed," says my CHEEKY friend, "give
him the attic and put this gentleman in
fifteen" And if the clerk hesitates, he
seizes the pen and gives me fifteen HIM
self, and then he calls the porter, or
ders him to carry up my baggage and
put fire in fifteen, and then in the
Same breath adds, 7" What time will you
be down to supper, Mr.. BurdetteP"
And he waits for me, and, seeing that
am stranger in the town, he sees that
am cared for, and that the walters do
not neglect me he tells me about the
town, the people, and the business. He
is breezy, CHEEKY, soeiable, full of new
stories, always good-natTed; he frisks
with cigars and oYerfloWs with "thou-
sandlniile tiekets;p he knows all the
best rooms in all the hotels; and always
has a key for the car-seats, and turns a
seat for himself and his friends without
troubling the brakeman, bat he will
ride ON the wood-box or. stand outside
TO accommodate a lady, or he will give
his seat TO an. old man. know him
pretty well. For three years have
been travelling with him, from Colorado
20 Maine, and have seen the worst and
the best Of him, and 4 know the best
far outweighs the worst, could hardly
get along without him, and ] am glad
! he ls numerous, Huntington Haagkege
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
Spelling Butter in the Milk.

The report of tho Hampshire, Frank
lin and Hampden Agricultural Society's
committee ON butter and cheese, has
this pertinent re-statement of facts that
can never be left unsaid while we have
so much spoiled milk and bad butter.
Between the cow and the butter
maker there is q point which cannot be
too carefully guarded-the way in which
the milk is drawn from the cow and
handled before it reaches the milkroom.
A very large part of the poor butter
made results from the milk being spoiled
before it is even strained. One lot of
butter examined at tho Fair showed this
at once; it was not fit for any use rs food.
Some, on tasting it, would have said
animal odor.' Perhaps so, but not
from the COW. If the cow is healthy
and has good food and pure water,
there can be no odor or taste to tho
milk in the udder at all Objectionable.
Nor will there be if the milk is then
drawn from well-cleaned udder by a
clean mixer, in pure air, and kept from
all sources of taint. Others would have
said this butter was 'cowy.' Don't lay
such charge to the poor COW; she did
her part faithfully. The butter we COM
plain of is not cowy; it is horsey, or pig
gy, or, worse yet, filthy. The cow
Keeper and mixer are tho persons to
blame.
"Let every butter-maker who has
any regard for the reputation of his or
her product, insist upon every possible
preCaution being taken by the mixer
TO keep the milk pure and clean. No
really good butter can be expected if
the milk is taken from an unclean bag
or by mixer with dirty hands or cloth
ing, or if the milking is done in filthy
or ill-ventilated stable, or the milk al
lowed to stand, even a short time, sur
rounded by impure air. 1t is the great
est mistake to suppose that if dirty or
foreign matter gets into the milk care
full straining will remedy the evil; the
object may be removed, but the taint
remains. 1t must also be remembered
that there are invisible things as sure to
spoil milk as those we can see. There
are now improved implements which
greatly protect the milk, guarding
against carelessness and accidents, but
nothing will take the place of careful,
cleasly milking.n .".
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
A HindOo Hercules.

An entertainment of novel charac-
! ter was recently given at the house of
Mr.. Morariee Goculdas, at Bombay, who
invited large number of guests to w.t.
ness some extraordinary feats of strength
on the part of the celebrated Deccan
athleth, Babajee Tulsiram. The compa-
ny, which included many of the leading
inhabitants of the city, sat in semi
circle, at either point of which were
placed several pretty little native boys,
arranged in brilliant and costly apparel.
The picturesque dresses of the native
ladies who were present, the wholerobes
of the Parsee gentlemen and the gay
colors of Hindoo attire had remarka-
bly, fine effect when seen in conjunction
with the beautiful surroundings. After
some preliminaries in the way of hand
ing round for inspection the materials
with which he intended to perform, and
having satisfied the company that there
was no deception, the athlete, n tall,
soldierly man, some twenty-sevcn years
of age, and with a magnificent develop
ment of muscle, proceeded to crush q
number of cowries (shells) between the
palms Of his hands. He completely
ground them to powder in this manner;
uttering during the process, sharp, shrill
cries, which were probably intended to
express the magnitude of his eXertions.
Then the performer placed cocoanut
upon the head of boy, and with what
appeared to be fearful blow broke the
nut in pieces and scattered the milk in all
directions, without, strange to say, hurt
ing the boy in any way. The next feat was
Ii, rt1 NE L.,
pulling it. One.of the most extraordi-
nary parts of the performance was the
following The athlete placed betel
leaf between two of his fingers, and
then, by pressing the fingers together,
cut the leaf so as to throw the upper
part several feet high. sBut the most
startling feat was the breaking of a
stone laid on his chest. The man lay
down at full length on some chairs, and
a huge stone, weighing four Bengal
maunds equal to one hundred and
twelve pounds), was placed on his chest,
which was simply covered by thin
tunic. Two men then struck the stone
some tremendous blows with heavy
hammers, and after two or three at
| tempts the block rolled off the man S
chest in two pieces. He next made
several attempts to break cocoanut
with handkerchief. His mode of pro-
cedure in this case was to roll the hand
kerchief tightly in the shape of bah,
and then to throw the ball upon the
nut. Pulling a piece of sugar cane in
two exactly at the--joint, and bending a
thick iron plate, were among the other
feats performed. The company then
went out on the balcony, where the ath-
lete cut sugar cane so as to throw up
piece thereof one hundred and fifty
feet high. 1t was done thus: A man
held out schnitar with the edge down
wards, and Babajee struck the cane up
wards against the edge of the sword,
the piece thus cut off flying a great dis
tance in the air. This brought the per-
formance to a close, and the performer
was then presented with handsome
shawl. -lAI ~ -r- ---
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
The Difference Between the Arkansas
and TeXaS Law,

Several days ago a white man was ar
raigned before colored Justice down
the country, on charges of killing man
and stealing mule.
"Wall," said the Justice, " De facks
in dis case shall be weighed wild cere-
fulness, an eff l hangs yer, faint no
fault Oh mine"
" Judge, you have no jurisdiction
only to examine me. !"
- Dat sorter work longs ter dc raig.
ular Justice, but yer see Is'e been put
on as special. A special hez de right
ter make a mouf at Spreme Court if he
causes ter"
"Do the best for me you can, Judge"
"Dat's what Use gwine ter do. Use
got two kinds of law in dis court, de
Arkansaw an de Texas law. / gener-
ally gins man de right to choose fur
hisself Now what law does yer want;
de Texas or de Arkansaw?n
" believe III take the Arkansas"
Wall, in dat case. I'll dismiss yer
fur stcalin' de mule"
Thank you, judge
can hang you fur killin' dc mani"
" believe, Judge, that I'll take the
Texas" s
"Wall. in dat case III dismiss you
for KILN de mani
"You have good heart, Judge"
And hang yer fer stealin' de mule.
I'll iis take the 'casion heah ter remark,
dat de only difference tween de two
laws IL de way you state de case. "
! Lille Rock (Ark.) Gazette.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

"Yes," he continued, soliloquizing,
"my own arm had slain him. Dear,
darling brother Fred / laid my face
upon his and It was cold-that face
which In our boyhood seemed but the
mirror of my own; ever near meat
home, at school, at meal, at play
which laughed when 1 was glad, and
wept when was sorrowfll. Oh, would
we both had died in those fresh bright
days Of innocence. kissed his pallid
lips; l looked into his eyes, but in them
was no responsive glance. He was
dead. 1 had slain him! The very
thought was a burning madness in my
brain. needed not the carnage around
me-. ] thought not of my own wounds.
even knew not when my arm was
gone. Oh, the arm that had done such
a deed deserved to perish. Forgive me,
o my brotherl How gladly would L
give my life to bring back thine again!
Stay, friends; do not shut out the
blessed light, Let in the light. can
not see my brother. Fred, sweet broth
or, put up your sword, and let us play
with flowers once more upon this pleas
ant grass. 20 iN.li
And so he passed away--to join his
brother, let us hope in a land where
bloom the flowers that never fade,
where strifes and wars are unknown,
and where the mysteries and misunder-
standings of our present state are dis
PEELED by the light that never dies.
Reverence for the childless mothers
grief, as well as the many-voiced call of
duty, prevented my making at that mo-
ment the inquiries which thronged my
mind both as to the history of this
strangely sorrow-smitten family, and
the means by which the poor mother
had come to know of her sons condi-
ton and whereabouts. 1 have often
since tried to trace her; but the search
has always been fruitless. They GER
tainly belonged to the better class of So
ciety; and / think it likewise certain
that they were Southerners. The
younger brother-which l took him to
be-whose sad narrative is here given,
and probably resided for sometime in
the North, and becoming imbued with
the Sentiments and opinions which
charged the atmosphere around him,
found himself eventually in the ranks.
In word, look upon the whole cpl
sode as one of these awful condolences
of fate which are generally thought to
take place only in the pages of romance,
but which wide experience has taught
me TO believe are by no means infre-
quent among the unrecorded realities of
life ChaDi6erS'S Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
Saved by Her Pet Dogs.

MISS sPRIsCILLA IIARRIso ON wentout for
Observation-Disclosures Search
was maintained for eight days, when
the missing woman was found farup the
mountain. The searching party was
attracted to her by the barking of two
dogs, which had accompanied her and
kept with her all the time. Its thought
that these dogs saved her life by keep
ing her warm at nights, one sleeping on
her feet, the other by her side. When
it is remembered that it was freezing
every night, the fact of her surviving
the exposure at all is remarkable. She
was asleep on rock when found. Her
CATERS and the bottoms of her skirts
we're worn off with her struggles through
the brush, and she had taken parts of
her clothing and wound it round her
feet for protection.-S Helena (Cdy)
Star
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
Hayanas Made From Straw Paper.

Tue great oonundrum in the Cuban
trade, "what becomes of all the straw
paper2' is easily solved. 1t is saturated
in a decoction made from the stems and
refuse of the choice Havana seed leaf,
and when properly treated with flavor.
ing extracts, licorice root, senna, etc.,
makes filling for cigars. Besides, ii
burns with pure white ash precisely
like that of the genuine leaf, unlike that
yielded by any other material. Speci.
mems of prepared paper are described
as closely resembling the leaf in appear.
ance, taste and flavor. The small parti-
cles of rye which remain in the straw
and are ground up with the pulp being
of an oily nature, do not take the dye,
and look like the whitish mold of a
real leaf. Among other virtues it is
claimed that the lime used in bleaching
the paper neutralizes the effects of nieo-
tine, so that no improvements seems
possible in the use of straw in cigar
making, except that it may be to. leave
out the tobacco altogether. Coffee
makers succeed in making people prefer
chiccory and pears TO any other mixture,
and why should not rye straw excel in
making "the weed" The objection
offered against the use of rye paper At
home Is that II would not be " genuine -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
Colorado Excursion.

THE Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy r. H.
Co., will commence May let, 1880, and con-
tinue during TIE season the sale OF First
Glass EXCLUSION TGcKEfs, from Chicago and
local points, TO Denver, Colorado Springs
and Pueblo, by SIX (6) DIFFERENT ROUTES.
These tickets will be good going west within
fifteen (l5) days from date of sale, and to re-
turn until October 31st following. Pullman
Palace Cars are run by this Company from
Chicago to Council Bluffs, Topeka and Kan
sas City, forming line with but one change
of cars to Denver and Pueblo. Dining Cars
are attached to all through trains, in which
meals can be obtained at the reasonable price
of scventy-fve cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
The Digging Up OF Troy Completed

THE St. Petersburg GoLoS has re.
ceived letter from the famous archpol-
ogist, Schliemann, dated Athens, March
II. We print this extract:
81 have Just returned from Asia
Minor, where have at last finished that
digging out of Troy which | began in
1870. During ten years have strug-
gled with great difficulties, amongwhich
perhaps the most troublesome has been
the large amount of debris under which
the ancient city was buried. 1t has
been necessary to dig down and dig up
the ground for more than sixteen yards
below the surface. But | am fully rec.
ompensed for my trouble. found the
remains of seven differentan cities !;
the last of them was the lion of Homer.
That city was built by the 1Eolians, ban
'ished from, Greece by th1Dorinus in the
eleventh century before our era. In
one of the buried cities found many
statues of Minerva with the OWLS head,
whence her name of Glaacopis. In an
other city were found many images OF
the divinities. But the most interesting
and important OF all discoveries is, ol
course, the city of King Priam. Every
article found in the ruins of that city
bear unmistakable signs of having been
destroyed by fire and in time of war;
There were discovered many remains OF
human bodies in full armor. L dug ont
and cleared away the debris from the
entire wall that surrounded the city, and
also from all the principal buildings.
Now am finishing large volume in
English describing with full details all
my discoveries aud containing 200 illus
trations of the most important
of the discoveries. My Trojan col
lection is now in London, but at the end
of this year L shall take it to my villa in
Athens, which is fire-proof, built only
of marble and iron. L have received
large offers for my collection from the
United States, England, France, and
Germany, but can not part with it for
anV money i'm the world y 80.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

a CHARLESTON newspaper notes q
steady decline in the price of strawber-
rics ir South Carolina since they were
first cultivated for Northern markets.
In 1872, they brought an average price
of 81 cents quart; in 1873, 50 cents;
in 1874, So cents; in 1875, 294 cents; in
1876, Il cents; in 1877, 20 cents; in
1873, eleven and one-ffth cents; in 1879,
IA cents; and this year the average is
estimated ut about 124 cents. The de-
cline in price is, of course, easily trace.
able to the increase of the crop raised
and to the nominally lower price of all
products due to the return of the cur
rency to u specie basis. Taking the
acreage this year at 225, and the aver
age yield at 1000 quarts to the acre,
the yield will be 100000 quarts, which,
at an average of 124 cents quart, will
return an income OF Sl12,500
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

The Rochester Democrat narrates
that a countryman went to Troy hotel
the other night to remain all night. The
clerk offered him check for his over
coat, but was rather astonishcd when
the countryman, cycling him sternly for
moment, broke forth with "No, I'll be
goll darned if you git my coat for that
piece of brass. You can't fool me- ! paid
Toby Stark, of Bennington, four dollars
for that er coat, and it's worth six dol
lars of any man smoney--no you don't"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

THE Washington %. ca Critic says " It is
intimated to us that me mbers OF the Senate
and House are freely using Warmers Safe
Neryine for relief Of nervous prostration incl
dent upon the severe strain upon their mem
FOL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

SOME one has discovered that the
eagle on the new silver dollar is sick
looking bird. If this is the case, there
would appear to be something ill-eagle
about t. YO,lberS Statesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
FARM FOR SALE,

nice little farm of 100 acres in DeKaib County No.
in neighborhood settled almost entirely by Ohio pco-
pie; with good school and church privileges. living
water timber; within two miles OF FairpGTt thriving
little village, and ten mile Of railroad station. Tax
low. For terms rte, address W H. SChrader, l4l st.
clair street Cleveland, Ohio or A. e. Putnam, Mays
Vile DeKalb County Mo ....."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

PIMPLEs AND HUMons ON THg FACE In
this condition of the skin, the EEGETINB is
the great remedy, as it acts directly upon the
cause, 1t cleanses and puriics the blood,
thereby causing hum'ors Of all kinds to dis
Oppear.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

Two-THIRDs OF all the Axle Grease used in
the United States is made by the Frazer Lu-
bricator Company. Buy the genuine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
A CoRREspoNpENT writing from Par

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Par
kersburg, w, Va, says, with reference
TO note on voice in fishes in the Scien-
tic american, that the white perch OF
the Ohio River will often follow boat
for considerable distance, all the time
making q peculiar humming noise ike
that of telegraph wire inthe wind lie
when imprisoned in fish box to keep
II alive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

is past and DR.. Picrce's Golden Medical Dis
covery will not raise the dead, will not cure
you If your lungs are half wasted by con
sumption, or your system sinking under can
cerous disease. 1t is, however, unsurpassed
both as a pectoral aud Alternative, and will
cure obstinate and severe disease of the
throat and lungs coughs and bronchial aflcc-
tons BY virtue of its wonderful Alternative
properties it cleanses and enrichcs tic blood,
thus curing pimples, blotches and eruptions,
and causing even great eating ulcers to heal.
Sold by druggists. .....
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

USE Readings Russia Salve In the house, ana
use Redding's Russia Salve in the stable.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

PAPEy. Is TOO high for bastlesi II can
only b0Ah0Tdqd iog collars,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-05-21

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