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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18
FACTS ABOUT UMBRELLAS.

Antlquari0ns say that tho umbrella was In.
vented shortly afler the flood, and has been the
least improved upon of all appliances for human
comfort, the shape being now as It was in those
youthful days of the world. An umbrella Is
much like pigeon as to the question Of posses
sion-the last one who gets II owns 1t, The fol.
lowing facts about umbrcllas-cspecially the last
one-may serve every reader n splendid purpose
sooner or later: To place your umbrella in n rack
indicates that II Is about to change owners. An
umbrella carried over woman, the man getting
nothngbut drippings of the rain, indicates court
ship. When the man has the umbrella and the
woman the drippings, IL indicates marriage. To
carry II at right angles under your arm signifies
that an eye isito be lost by the man who follows
you. Toput cotton umbrella by the side ofance
silk one signifies that exchange is no robbery
To lend an umbrella signifies that III am a fool"
To carry an umbrella Just high enough to tear
out men eyes and knock Off mems hats signifies
81 am woman" To go without an umbrella
in rain.storm shows am sure of getting rheu-
matism, and will have TO use ST. JACoDS Oil to
get we'll" To keep n fine umbrella for your own
use and bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL always in the
house. In case of rheumatism or accident, would
signify that you are real philosopher.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

DIR. PIERCE's "Favorite Prescription
is not exuolled as "cure- all, /" but admira-
bly, fultills a singleness of purpose, being
most potent specific in those chronic weak
nesses peculiar to women. Particulars in
DR.. Pierce's pamphlet treatise on Diseases
Peculiar to Women, 96 pages, sent for three
stamps. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

"A widow applied to the Mayor OF
Allegheny, Pa. for aid She had not a
morsel of food in her house. and was
about to be elected for non payment of
rent. Her distress was not the result
of poverty, she explained. for she was
very wealthy; and she showed his Hon
or the deed OF 10000 acres of Kentucky
land worth Sl0) rs acre. hnt now un.
productive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

Because II cures more cases of consump-
tlon thar any other medicine. Because IL
cures cough quicker than any other medi-
cine. II helps all. II harms mono. This IL
said OF PISo's CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
A. A. Snyder OF Wolcottville, Ind, says:
have sold Piso's Cure for Consumption
Tor fifteen years; have used 1t In my own
family with good results.v H'IIT
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

One of the famous dinners at Del
monico's, New York city, was the
"Grand Swan dinner. A lake was
built upon the center of the table, in
which tive live swans swan. The des-
sert was served in swan egg shells, cut
out of marble. The table Wa bed OF
roses,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

" PEARS to me your mill goes awful
slow," said an impatient farmer boy TO a
miller. g could eat that meal faster'n
you grind it," show long do you think
you could do it, my ladl' quoth the miller.
hny
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

ANNOUNCEMENT sy the largest quad
ruped at the menagerie: "If the gentleman
who placed piece OF tobacco In my trunk
plain to him the effect it had on me.o
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

MIR. d. G. GARTMAN, the business man
ager of the Etening Dispatch, of York, Pa. +,
was cured of neuralgia by three applications
Of st. Jacobs Oil.-Boston (Uass.) Saturday
Egeninl ErpreSs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

DIR. PIERCE's Pellets"-little liver pills
(sugar-coated) purify the blood, speedily
correct all disorders Of the liver, stomach
and bowels. BY druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

A MARYLNND exchange refers to Mr..
Thos. G. Forward, of Belair, that State, who
was cured by st. Jacobs Oil of rheumatism
-Rochester Nv. " Sc day Norning Tribune
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

LADY LoDGER-" Your dog, sir, is un.
bearable. He howls all night" Male
lodger--- " Indeed! Well, he might do
all day"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

1T kind OF broke up the temperance man
from down East when he went into the
rooms OF the DeadwOOd Total Abstinence
Club to find the club believed in total absti-
nence from water
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

THE Courier-Jvurna, says that "one of
the most pressing needs of Louisville is a
geological garden stocked with animals that
eat cats. rrf rH.I In
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

Flies and Nrorqui,

We commend the COMPANION offer In this
paper as every way trustworthy. Every
family wants It.; 100000 take IL now.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

"wHy Asthma can be cured "in last weeks
issue, was copied from editorial columns of
the Cincinnati Herald and i',esbytey, Nov. 2.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell II. 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

15c. box "Rough on Rats" keeps house FREQ
from flies, bed-bugs, reaches, rats, mice, &c
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18
"Aceept Our Gratitude,

DIR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dea,
Sr-Your "Golden Medical Discovery" has
cured my boy OF fever sore OF two years.
standing. Please accept our gratitude.
Yours truly,
HENRY WUlTING Boston, Mass
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18
TIE MARKETS..

LIGHT coLoRED or yellow Axle, Grease soon
ears off. Get The genuine Frazer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-18

"Laws bless us' said Aunt Cisely
Daggett. "There never was such a
day in Hartwell as that first Thanksgiv-
ing Day that Luther Wheaton preached.
There'd been just as fine days, Just as
good roads, and Luther d preached here
three months; but laws bless us! the
meetin'-house was jest runnin' over
with hearers. Ishall never forget when
shined like gold, m he shined more n
the pulpit. Miss Skies said it was my
notion; but / tell you it warn't. 1t did
shine. m when he read the Harvest
Hymn it jest seemed like a command
from Heaven; m his prayer was more
yet. There wasn't hardly dry eye in
the house; n when he begun the ser.
mon | know the Lord was right there.
| know it. 1t warn't the words that
did the work, for I'd heard old Parson
Leighton say hundreds OF times thai
God ID never accepts divided heart.
For if ye love not the brother ye
have seen, how can ye love Me whom
he have not seenP And If there Il
hatred in the heart of one OF my hear
ers. whose fault is itp Can you make
yourself blamelessp Could you say,
have kept all the commandments Arr
you all thankful. all praisin' Godp Il
there nothin' between you and thu
Throne OF Mercyp Think, think i
there isn't somethin' you're harborin
that amt Christlike. Irepeat. Think
reflect, repent, act Laws bless US! |
seemed as il | could jest see the arrow
OF conviction jest hyin' right into tn
heart OF every hearer in that meetin'
house, when he shouted them las
! words, n the first thing l realized wa
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Perpetual M otion.

Samuel Elliot, a convict in the state
prison at Jacksonville, Kentucky, has
invented perpetual motion machine
which is described as follows: cit con-
sists of two spirals, seven balls and four
hollow arms, and depends upon gravita-
ton for its motive power. The machine
is about two feet high, and the outside
spiral sixteen or eighteen inches i.
diameter. Inside of the larger spiral is
a smaller one, to which is attached four
hollow arms, all about an inch and a
quarter in diameter, and which are con-
nected at the outer ends by all arrange
ment which holds the outside spiral in
It's place, and at the same time works
over 1T and around it, The balls are put
IN at the top, and running out the arms
to the larger spiral, begin to descend the
circular machine, and at the same time
carry the connected arms, one at the top
and the other below, around with them.
On reaching the bottom the balls fall
into the lower arms and are carried
through them slantingly to the inside
spiral which is kept turning like an
angle by the motion of the arms. They
are then forced up this by balls con-
stantly rolling down the outer spiral I'M
til they reach the top, when they again
fall into the arms, roll out into the
larger spiral, descend, reach the bot
tom, roll to the inside and are again car
ried up as before. The secret of power
In this continuance lies in the force of
the balls as they roll down the outer
spiral, and by this pressure keep the
smaller spiral turning The overpfus of
force thus attained is entirely sufficient
to force the balls up the inside, and by
their own momentum they perform the
other part width scarcely any diminution
of the force of gravitation which causes
them to descend This action is not
very clear. but doubtless the theory of
the invention is that the balls descend
ing In the outer spiral will exert sur
plus of power. over those ascending in
the inner spiral because their weight acts
at the end of longer leverage.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
General Joe Green's Gun

(From the Yuma (Cal.) Free Press.J
A very curious and historic fire-arm
has just come to light in this town.
Some time ago William C. Barney, our
gunsmith, bought lot of loose material
and arms in San Francisco. Last Sun
day he sold to Mr.. John Markle a
double barreled gun which was a a part
of the lots. The latter gentleman clean
ed and examined it. One of the bar
rels is smooth bore and the other is
rihed, the latter having a hair trigger.
They are made of Damascus steel. The
strap band is lifted by touching a spring
and bayonet is run out, springing into
place of itself. Upon the gun, engraved
III gold, is the Lone Star of Texas and
the name OF General Joseph Green.
There is also a golden eagle set into the
stock. The gun is loaded at the breech
by curious piece of mechanism, and
although it carries a very large charge
of powder there is hardly any per-
ceptible recoil in the discharge. 1t is a
valuable relic of the struggle of the Lone
Star state for independence. General
Joe Green was killed in the last war and
we are not aware whether or not he left
any kin.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
The Turf.

At Ascot on the 10th, LorilIard's Iroquois won
the st. James Palace stakes easily. The third
race for the Ascot gold cup was won by Robert
the Devil. Foxhall came in fourth Iroquois
did not participate in this race.
At Ascot, Eng, on the 14th, the race for the
Prince of Wales stakes was won by Lorillard's
Iroquois. There were seven starters. The Eng
lsh sporting people made enthusiastic demon
strations on the appearance of the American
favorite.
The race for the Grand Prix de Paris took
place at the French capital on the 18th inst
and resulted In another victory for American
animals, j. r. Keene's three-year-old colt Fox
hall being the winner by head. Tristan was
second, Albion third and Fiddler fourth Time
317. The grand prize of Paris is 100, 900 francs.
gwen by the city of Paris and several railroad
companies, to which the county added for sweep
stakes 1000 francs. The second horse received
1000 and the third 500.
The gate-money on the occasion of the race
for the Grand Prix at Longchamps, Paris, on
the 18th inst, amounted to $4,000, which was
the largest amount ever received on any one
day there. large part of the money came
from the American colonies in London and in
Paris, who anticipated the victory of Foxhall,
and who willingly paid the money that they
might witness it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
A Walnut Story,
From the Chicago Tribune. J


The smartest Texan, and, in fact, the
smartest farmer l have ever met, is old
Sim Graves, who lives on a |. 900 acre
farm west of Waxahatchie, in central
Texas. After Mr.. Graves had shown me
his cattle and cotton, he took me over to
see his woods.
We'll, what of it ?" l said, as he
pointed to ten-acre forest.
"What of it?" Why, them's black
walnuts, sir. Ten acres of 'em. Planted
'em myself, ten years ago. See, they re
nine inches through. Good trees, ell o.
And sure enough there were ten acres
of hand planted black walnut trees.
They stood about twelve feet apart, 200
to the acre-in all 1000 trees.
Well, how did you get your money
back 2" I asked.
"Black walnuts are worth So q
bushel, amt they? I'll get 400 bushels
this year. That's $1,000. A hundred
dollars an acre. amt it?"
Well, what else ?" inquired, grow
ing interested.
"The trees" continued Mr.. Graves,
care growing an inch year. When
they are twenty years old they will be
nineteen inches through. A black wal
null tree nineteen inches through is
worth SIS. My two thousand trees ten
years from now will be worth fifty
thousand dollars. If L don't to cut them
all, l can cut half of them, and then
raise bushel of walnuts TO the tree
that is, get 50, 500 year for the crop.
Two hundred and fifty dollars an acre is
a fair rent for SIS land, amt it %
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
TraCicaI Tales.

crazy man shot and severely wounded Miss
Fannie Walker at Eizabethtown N. J., on the
18th inst, and then killed himself.
Thos Meyer, of Rantowles. s. c., crazed by
religion, shot his 13-year- old boy as sacrifice
on the 18th. He failed in the attempt to MUIR
der two more of his children. The murderous
fathe, persuaded his little son TO walk ahead of
him on the road, and then deliberately shot
him down.
printers strike at Pittsburgh, Pa, resulted
IN tragedy on the 18th inst. One of the dis
placed men named Michael Corcoran assaulted
a /" rat and was shet dead
At saw-lnil fifteen miles from Hot Springs,
Ark, on the 18th inst, r. l.. Justice was shot
with rifle by a man named Gregg, who had
also recently killed negro.
Juan Monterea, of Toas, New Mexico, killed
Lem Gallagher with hoe, for interfering in a
fight with his mother. A lynching party swung
Monterea from the court house railing on the
same evening.
Geo. L. Larkin. deputy United States mar
shall, killed his cousin, also named Larkin. at
RogerviIe, Tenn. on the 18th inst The de-
ceased had violated the laws and was resisting
arrest when shot down.
Clay Wilson, notorious gambler was shot
dead at Denver Col, on the 18th. by James
Moor, another of the gentry.
At Bedford, Ind, VIM. BTannan was shot by
concealed assassin and instantly killed.
Robert Martin shot his wife and child a girl
three years old at Newark, n. j., on the 18th
INST. The woman was instantly killed and his
child MORALLY wounded
freeman AlvoIrs, luuatic. was murdered bv
Byron i. Day, fellow unfortunate at Wau-
watosa, Milwaukee county, Wis, on the 18th
inst.
Two neck-tie sociables on the 18th inst-one
at Denver, Ark, and the other at Weston. Neh
At the former place Emory, murderer was
taken from jail and hung; and at the latter vii
lage Charles Diddell, a negro rapist, had his
neck stretched by an angry populace.
Timothy Mahoney, a policeman. was shot
dead by burglars at Chicago on the night of
the 18th inst.
VIM. Gordon and Peter Magnus quarreled at
Chicago on the 18th, when Magnus kicked Cor
don In the neck, causing instant death.
Patrick Mallory was shot and killed bv James
McDonough at Cincinnati, on the night of
the 18th.
At Houston, Texas, on the 18th inst, Jack
Dempsey. Wheelwright, was shot dead bv W.
A. Phillips, an express messenger, whom Demp-
sey attempted TO kill at Henrietta
John Taylor. negro, who had grossly as
sauIted white woman. was taken from Green
boro. \. c.. Jail and hanged on the night of
the 18th, during the eclipse of the moon
\ stabbing affray occurred at Louisville. Kv..
on the 18th inst in which Mack Watson color
ed was killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
An Historic Room,
tFrom the n. Y. Times. I


The Jerusalem Chamber. where the
New Testament company of revisers have
held their meetings since June %, 1870.
was originally the parlor of the Abbot
palace, and is associated with many in
teresting events in English history. 1t
was to this spot that Henry ". was con-
veyed when seized with his last illness,
and where he died, March 20, 1413. 1t
was here, In the days of the Long Par
Lament, that the celebrated Assembly OF
Divines, driven by the cold from Henry
VII. s chapel, held it's sixty-sixth session
on Monday, October 2, 1913, and con
tlnued to meet until it's closing session,
(the eleven hundred and sixty third, on
February %, 1649. Here were prepared
the famed Westminster Confession of
faith and the longer and shorter cate
chlsms of the Presbyterian churches of
Scotland, and, for many generations, of
the independents of England. Here
! also, just so years later, at the sug-
gestion of DIR. Tillotson, then Dean of
Canterbury, the memorable commission
appointed by William III. assembled to
devise basis for a scheme of compre-
henslon in a revision of the English
prayer-beok. In the oblong room.
somewhat narrow for its length, measur-
ing about 40 feet from north to south.
and about 20 from east to west, the New
Testament company have h I'D the larger
number of their sessions, the whole
number being 407, the total number of
attendances, 6, 426, and the average at
tendance at each meeting, 15.9 members.
Their last meeting for the New Testa-
ment work ended at 5 P. NJ. November
II 1890
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Disastrous storms.

gale at Deadwood, on the 18TH toppled
over the new Methodist church, and at Lead
City the Sisters hospital was wrecked.
One Of those frightful and disastrous wind
storms to which the southwestern states are
subject swept over Kansas, Missouri, and a por-
ton of Iowa on the 18th inst, dealing out
death and destruction in its course through the
afflicted territory. Following is a list of cas-
ualties as far as received:
At COlfaX, Iowa, five persons injured and a
number of buildings destroyed.
AT Usage, Kansas, about fifty houses de-
mollshed, crops ruined, three persons killed
outright and forty injured some dangerously
Nearly every house in the town of Flora,
Kansas, was destroyed or badly damaged.
At King City, No.. houses, stock, trees and
shrubbery were laid waste. Men were picked
up bodily, thrown seventy-five feet in the air
and landed a quarter of a mile away. A farm
er named Maynard was impaled by piece of
timber and his daughter Grace was denuded of
clothing and fatally injured. r. f. Nelson
house.
Near Rosendale, Mo-, Mrs. Roberts and two
children were killed and their house totally
wrecked. The dwelling of John Colt was also
ruined and his three-year-old daughter killed.
Nineteen men sought shelter in farmers
house near Winslow. Every one was injured,
some fatally.
Near Berlin, Kansas, woman with babe at
her breast and an older child were killed. and q
young man plunged headlong into hole and
suffocated.
Many in isolated localities are supposed to
have been killed. The loss of stock was enor-
NOUS, one farmer losing $50 head out of herd
OF 2S5 and many more lost proportionatelv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Home is Home.

The Rev. Robert Collyer tells the fol
lowing incident to illustrate the attrac.
tiveness of home
At farmhouse in Nantucket, where
the vine twines gracefully around the
rustic dwellings,, amid green fields and
fruit-laden trees, / stopped one day fol-
a drink of buttcrmilk
"How long is it since you were on the
mainland?" / asked of good old wo-
man who was knitting at her door,
Bless your soul, sir" she replied
with smile, 81 have never been on the
mainland at all. Dennis and myself,
coming from Ireland, were wrecked on
the coast well-nigh thirty years
ago, and we have stayed here ever since.
All our friends are here and our children
also. We have all the food we want,
and our church is only half mile off.
Then there's the lighthouse to look up
to at night. What should we go to the
mainland for %
These good people had made that
once barren island their home, and be-
ing happy there, the thought of ever
leaving it nevermore entered their heads.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Plain, straightforward Answer

Lawyers who demand precision in
witness sometimes get it with interest
Farmer Marston, of Norway (Me. } rid
ing one day in his one-horse wagon, raj
over and killed one of Sam Pingree's
pigs.
Pingree sued him, and at the trial O
the case one of Marston's witnesses was
Uncle Tim Smith, good old soul-as
honest as the days is long truthful and
simple-hearted-albeit, a little inclined
to tell big stories of his own exploits.
Uncle Tom had seen the whole thing
had seen the pig run under the horses
feet, coming very near to throwing
Marston's team into complete wreck.
Holden took his witness In hand to
cross examine him.
Now, see here, Mr.. Smith. We
want none OF your s pOSin's-none OF
your IFS or butts; but [ want you to give
plain, straightforward answers to my
questions. Now, then. Give your at
tention; you saw Mr.. Marston-the de-
PENDANT in this case-driving his carriage
past Mr.. Pingree's dwelling?'
Ono, sir!''
What? You did not SO declare
uHUCT OabQ
"No, SIRp'
What You did not see Mr.. Mars
ton driving past Mr.. Pingree's dwell
ling?"
"Yes-I did,"
"Your honorr" exclaimed Holden.
turning to the justice with fire in his
eye, and thunder-cloud upon his
brow
But the judge did not allow him to
finish.
" Confine yourself to the witness, Mr..
Holden. Evidently, be knows what he
is talking about"
Then, boiling with wrath, the peppery
lawyer returned to the witness, who
stood as calmly cool and serene as an
autumnal morning In harvest time.
Witness! will ask you once more.
Did you not tell this court in your di-
rect testimony, that you stood near, and
were looking on, when Mr.. Marston
passed my clients house?"
eyes, sir,-I did,"
" And noW, sir, what was he driving?"
Z" Tie a0nS driUin' his Hoss, SIR"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-25
Pensions to Heroes.
[FrOm the Boston Globe


Grants to successful warriors have
generally been made in England, vary
ing Ill manner and amount according to
circumstances and the more or less i'm
posing services of the recipients. Thus
Marlborough got manors and broad
estates, sumptuous palace and per-
petual pension. Wellington received
marks of the national munifcence in
various lnstallments; q peerage and a
pension after Talavera; increased rank
and a double pension after Ciudad
Rodrigo, G100,0 900 after Salamanca; half
million more to purchase an estate at
the close of the Peninsular war; after
Waterloo an additional G20O, 900 to help
to build and furnish Apslev House and
keep up Strathfeldsaye. Nelson got a
couple of pensions for three lives; Rod
ney, a couple of thousand a year for
himself and his heirs forever. Lord
Lake, the hero of Laswaree, received a
peerage and pension; Lord Keane, the
same after Ghuznee and the Afghan
campaign of 1889. Lords Hardinge and
Cough were very literally treated after
the Sikh war, the first with pension of
eight, and the latter with one of four
thousand year. More recently Sir
Henry Havelock was granted a
baronetcy, with pension for three lives,
after the relief of Lucknow. Sir Gar
nett Wolseley got lump sum of five
and-twenty thousand pounds, and re-
fused baronetcy, for his courage,
energy and perseverance in the Asian
tee war; and now Sir Donald Stewart
and Sir Frederick Roberts are to have q
similar sum divided equally between
them