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The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Miss Dickford swallowed her pOwde
and looked up at her visitor.
Now YOU feel restless and tired o
the bed. and would like to make anothe
move" said the doctor in a confident
tone.
"Yes-may To-
'Not to day" was the decided reply
Il Will call again tomorrow, and if yol
continue to improve so rapidly-whicl
you certainly will if you follow my
orders strictly-you may occupy an arm
chair"
BY the next day Miss Dickford wa9
ready to get up.
Your medicine is really wonderful
Doctor" said she. Just think how
many years / have lain there, unable to
raise my head, and now you are curing
me so quickly! !"
Il knew there would be no difficulty
if l could only have my orders obeyed,
was the reply.
The next step in her recovery was
walking. This had to be undertaken
very cautiously, for she had been
out of practic so long hat she had en-
tirely forgotten how, and the lessons OF
her babyhood had to be taught her
over again. 1t was all accomplished,
however, in good time, and at the end
of three weeks she had thrown aside
crutches and all other assistance, and
walking with rs steady a step as
any ne.
Miss Dickford could not say enough
in praise OF 1.-THE new doctor. His won
derful cure was looked upon by the whole
community very much in the light of a
miracle. Patients poured in upon him
continually.
The little unpretending house of fou1
rooms became a formidable opposition
to the imposing mansion on the other
side of the street. DR.. Jaeger %contin-
ued to shake hands with the same bland
smile; and he congratulated the young
upon his success, while he unwil-
admitted to himself that this very
clever boy" was a rival to be feared.
Finally, he called upon his young
brother in the profession, and proposed
a partnership upon equal terms, to which
our friend acceded.
1t was not many years befor the house
four rooms, which DIR. Miuter had in
he meantime purchased, became a wing
10 a larger edifice which arose beside 1T.
Annie always laughingly declared that
his was built upan a foundation OF
'ochineal m~agnesi-Home Circle.
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Jay Gou1d's Great Fortune.

Jay Gould has an income equal to a
small fortune every day. The New
York Journal "sizes him up" as follows {:
In round numbers the permanent invest
ment stocks appearing on Mr.. Gould's
schedule were $50, 900 shares of West
ern Union telegraph, 10, 900 shares of
Missouri Pacific, lao, 900 shares of Wa
bash common and 10000 shares of the
preferred, $4,000 shares of Kansas and
Texas, 40, 900 shares of Texas Pacific
and 10000 shares of Erie. There were
a large number of small lots of yarious
stocks, apparently only incidentally
held. Besides his railroad shares Mr..
Gould holds five and a half millions of
Wabash general bonds. At yesterdays
prices the value of these securities is
$49,49 900. Western Union and Mis-
souri, Pacific pay dividends; the other
stocks do not. The bonds also bear in
terest. Between them they yield him
81 LAO, 900 a year. His interest in the
Union Trust company and his loans are
profitable to him. The World building,
nominally owned by the Western Union
company, was built with his money.
In real estate, loans and mortgages he
has So 600 900, and S., 200, 900 more in
floating investments. His two resi-
dences represent another 81, 900, 900 and
his yatch 100000 His wealth, as
nearly as he "a figure it, is $5S, 795, Alb,
and his income 81, $40, oil. Thus his
fortune earns him $12, $685. SO every day
and s .95 each minute.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Truth from the Lime Kiln Club

Trustee Pulback then offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, Dat when a pusson has bin
tried in due form, convicted 10y an hon
est jury an sentenced to prison by a
Judge in whom de people have conf
dence, de criminal should stay dar' I'M
till his sentence has expired"
Giveadam Jones moved that the roll
be called upon the vote, and this being
done Shindig Watkins was the only
name marked as opposing the resolu-
ton.
dis r~esolushun kivers a subject Of
deepest interest to de people at large"
said Brother Gardener when the vote
had been pronounced. "A robber or
embezzeler or d~efaulter or,,thief or even
murderer kin sit down wild a piece of
chalk in II han an'a Single in de Cd
der an make clus figures on dis matter.
De murderer strikes his victim
an makes a break. Do
papers howl, de detectives rush an de
public talk of lynchin'. If he am not
picked up right away dar' am a fusilade
agin' de officers. When he am CAUGHT
dar' am great anxiety to push him to
trial. When he am tried an convicted
dar' am a heap of sweet talk bout de
majesty of de law. He gifts, say, fifteen
vars in prison. He orter have bin sent
fur life, but it was shown dat he was
drunk, or his grandfather was insane.
or his great-grandmudder had allus
acted a lettle queer. Befo' a var has
passed away somebody begins to pity.
In de course of two or free Vars de
prosecutin' attorney begins to relent. A
Potassium am drawn up an de jury finds
dey was mistaken, de Judge diskivers
dat he sentenced de wrong man, an de
Gub'ner I'm asked to exercise de par
donin' power to restore a perfeckly in
nercent man to society ?"-Detroit Free
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
Books in the Home.

II would urge" says Ruskin. "npon
every young man at the beginning of hi
due and wise provision for his housa.
hold, to obtain as loon as he can by the
strictest economy, a restricted, service
able, and steadily-however slowIy-iD-
creasing series of books for use THROUGH
life" This excellent advice, which is
given In the preface to the little book
Sesame and Lilies, " if followed ont.
would do what we sometimes call mis-.
sionary work, says a writer in the New
York Evening Post. Who can doubt if
it were made a rule when the household
Just assumes form and consists of but
two members, who usually think alike
for a time at least, that it would become
a habit, and in counting over the
necessary expenses so much a
year would be put aside for books as q
matter of course, and to the lasting ben
eft of all the future inmates of tba
home? 1t may not occur to the voung
man and woman who found the home
that the greatest safeguard of it will
prove to be the tastes they have in com
llAOlis OhCI AlAth Illl6 has ~ DOMHF.0n0
to love the same books, to approve of
the same aUthOr, and to take a delight
in his work will form a bond not easily
broken. OF course it may be possible
for a man and woman toread Shaks-
peare and to enjoy him and still to quar-
rel, but it is not very likely that they
will do so, for all the likeness of mind
which leads them to enjoy him are links
in the chain that binds them. The
associations that are connected
with home books are
never readily forgotten or overlooked.
and sons and daughters have been led
away from temptation by these cold
but ure friends, the books that moth
er priced or that mother loved. How
ever the mistress of the house may re-
gard her duties to those employed by
her, she cannot very we'll put out of
the fact that, if her servants read
anything worth reading, it must be pro-
vided by her. For this reason l advo-
cate having two or three shelves in the
On these should be
placed not only the cook book and the
of the kitchen, but some 9TH
er good books and papers; let it be I'M
derst@pd that these may be taken and
read at any time. 1t is
Just possible that some of these,
like the Bibles in the cars, may not be
used, but it is not probable. If any II
fears that "A taste for reading will inter
with a legitimate performance of
l would like to cite to her the
of a whom I know who
reads Carlyle, and quotes Burns, and is
also an accomplished cook, and one of
most conscientious diggers-out-of
ever employed as a maid of all
work. A judicious selection of cook
books is an actual inspiration to a girl,
and a perusal of them will lead to that
interest in work which makes
pleasurable.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
RIPPLES.

/ held her little hand in mine,
As at the rink we skated.
And met the glances from her eyes,
With purest love light freighted
Her pretty face was very near:
/ stopped and fOndly kissed her,
Aud all the other fellows wished
They, too, could kiss-my sister.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

The prince of Wales has an income
of 1880, 900 a year, and his wife $50, 900
yet it is said to require management
and occasional spasms of retrenchment
to enable them to live within their
means.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01
THE WIDOW.

Her smiles are tempered by her signs;
Her garb scarce wells her glory;
The tender glamour of her eyes
Eushrincs her and her story.
No g|reeuling girl, nor spinster tart,
She's all things that become her;
Her life, her beauty. and her heart,
Are IA their Indian summer!
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Rhubarb or pie plant may not only
be preserved in cans, but may be made
into jelly. After rinsing the stalk in
cold water, cut them in pieces, and with
only about enough water to cover them:
put them in aporcelain kettle; let them
boil until nothing seems to be left but a
soft pulp. Strain through a flannel
Jelly bag. To each pint of this Juice
add a pound of sugar; let it boil after
putting the sugar in, and try it by tax
ing out a little and putting it On q cold
plate; when it "jellies" at once, it is
safe to pour it into bowls.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Archibald Forbes, the war CORES
pendent, has SO many foreign decora.
tions and orders that he has caused a
lot of the least valued to be made into
n necklace for his little daughter.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

A lady go years old, residing in Roch-
ester. N. Y, skated from that city to
BrockpOrt, twenty miles, in an hour
and twenty-five minutes.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

Alfred Smith, of Newport, has pre-
Bented to the Claiming Church in thst
city, as a memorial to his wife, the es-
tate No. 20 Key street, to be used as a
parsonage. 1t is worth about $25 900.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

A strange dish, but one that has found
favor with the epicure himself Che in
no case being told how it il made) is
called bacon short-cake. Make a crust
Just as youdo for the biscuit served with
fricassed chicken rolf out in one large
cake to be baked in a long tin cut little
slashes in the dough, and through these
slip slices of bacon in. The bacon
should be cut in thin slices or strips
about five inches long, andnot half that
width. Have these slices about three
inches apart. Bake the same as any
short-cake, and serve hot. As an en-
tree, with game, this is considered
especially appetizing.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-01

This recipe is from those furnishedt to
a fashionable cooking class in Provi-
idence: Select a given number los
many as may be desired upon ~occasion)
of thin skinned, juicy oranges, remove
the peel, lay the orange upon its side, and
cut (crosswise) into very thin slices,
using a thin, sharp knife, and without
entirely separating the slices from the
orange, which will her spread open
somewhat in the form of a sea shell;
sprinkle ove it fine g~ranulated sugar,
more on less according to taste lay fine
ly chopped or pounded ice over the
whole, and let it stand about five min
utes and serve. Eaten just before break
fast, the dish possessessa peculiar del
icacy and flavor as an appetizer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25
AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.
Commercial Telegram.


Mr.. j. A. Hamlcy, for long time an
operator for the Western Union has Just
been appointed nnnrgeT AM, supeaintend-
ent of the Postal Telegraph anil Cable
Company, of New Yok, in charge of tie
Toledo, Cleveland and Detroit Offices. This
action ON the part of the company was
brought abont through a numerously
signed petition circulated among The mer-
chants Of T.,ledo, and is higl, compli--
ment to n pniiistwking aud efficient opera-
tor.
The reorganization of the Postal Tele-
graph company is now complete. 1t is now
operating it's line to Clicsgo, and has
already completed its pole lines to Wash
ington via Philadelphia and Baltimore,
and also from Chica go 10 st. Iouis and
from Buffalo to Pitisburp, through the oil
regions, and from Fostoria to Toledo. The
wires are now being rapidly strung on
these new lines, and they are to he opened
for business about ,he.middle OF February
In addition to the above quite hattering
notices are published from the Detroit
Tribune and Baltimore Sun, of date De-
cember 20, 1861, detailing a pleasant oc-
currence in Baltimore, in. the presentation
Of handsome drum 10 Mr.. Hamley, then
drummer boy, aged Ia years, and great
favorite with the 9th Michigan Infantry,
in which lie had enlisted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25
The l,rpcl,p,.s.

The question WAS raised recently whether
Henry Ward Beecher was younger or older
than his sister, Mrs. Stowe. 1t was found
that Mrs. Stowe was born in 1912 and Mr.
Beeciler in 1913; he lisa little more than
one year the younger. Calharine Beecher
was born nearly twenty years before her
well-known sister. While Catherine lost
her dover, Prof. Fisher, of Yale College, by
shipwreck, when she was still very young
Mrs. Stowe married, it appears, widowcr,
if we are to trust Mr.. E. d. Manstie!ds
"Memoirs," which cay that ''Prot. Stowe
had irst wife, handsome New England
lady" Mr.. Stowe was ten years older than
his wife, who wrote her great work nj the
age oi forty, and her second important
novel. "Dfed," at the age of forty four.
The Beechcr family seem to owe their lit
erary vitality to their transplanlaIion 10
the West, where their father, Lyman
Beecher, went abou, 1882, and he remained
there many Yeas. Mrs. Stowe lived in
Cincinnati about seventeen years, or till
the time that she pl,nned "Uncle Tom"
whcl, novel was not drawn from Eastern
or Virginia slave sources, but from Ken
lucky, and the escaping slaves who came
up through Ohio and Indiana. Among
these was Eliza Harris" whose feat of
crossing the river with her eli ID on Hoaling
cakes Of ice is fully testified to in the re-
Gently published remini-cence of Levi
Coffin, the President Of the Western Under.
ground Railroad, who sheltered her ut his
h0qise
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25

Another wood coun,y aardcr.
Ed. nennhnn 1trceivvr Thirry~
Thrc1 wou nas From a Texas
Cow Boy,
At Hasistus ee Trcsdey Bvcning
and Dies From tho Effects at
ar, M. wednssdnyt

Ed. Manahau, Of Hull PrMrie, ana another
worthless desperate who lives on the river west
of iiaskins, who IL is claimed has been Texas
Cow boy, quarreled in Cobley's saloon at Has
kius on Tuesday evening as DO which should
pay for a game Of pool, They had a fight inlhe
saloon ard were put out to settle The difficulty.
AS there are half dozen different stories
aAoat as to the particulars how II was done,
and as there is a c7urt Of Justice Which receives
pay therefor and to which is assigned yhe pain
fu duty to slit and weigh all the fHcls in the
case, and as we do not wish TO prejudice the
intelligent juror aud give eause for a change Of
venue, we win leave the facts TO be developed
later.
Manahan received thirty three severe flosh
wounds from large pocket knife, twenty-six
of which were sewed up by DR.. Greenfield.
lie fingered In an unconscious state until 4P.
N. Wednesday, when death relieved him from
his suffering and the disgra ceiu life which he
has been living for several years past.
Fairbanks, Rre COW boy, is awaiting his
dotm In iail nt Bow ling Green.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25
He Evidently Had Been There.
[wall Street News.l


We would rise to remark and stand up
to explain that this will not be good
year for silver mining companies formed
on the wildcat plan. The feeling is agin
EN-. An old bull on Wall street, who has
boughta little of everything ever sold on
earth, WIS saying the other day:
"Gentlemen, il a man says silver stock
to me he has got TO diel"
"Den't you believe the prospectuscs?"
"lf President Arthur had his name to
one, and General Grant, Jay Gould and
Russel Sage guaranteed the stock worth
twice its face value, wouldn't pay 10 per
cent for it w
"But there is paying silver stock"
Possibly; but should want to see the
hole in the ground: should want to 20
down the shaft; should want to reach up
and knock down half n ton of the stuff,
carry it to the assayef, hold cooked re.
volver to his head. and have his certificate
written on parchment, before 1 would in
vest a dollar. Then, before could credit
the fact OF a dividend, should want te
swear that l was sane, two others testify
that was sober, and fourth man spike
the money down TO the table, So that il
couldn't blow away w
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25
A $40 Bible Prize,

The publishers ofRutiedge's Monthly offer
twelve valuable rewards in their Monthly
for February, among which is the follow
ing:
We will give $4,000 to the person telling
us which is the longest verse in the Old
Testament Scriptures by February 10Th,
1884. Should two or mere correct answers
be received, the reward will he divided
The money will he forwarded To the winner
February 18th, 1884. Persons trying for
the reward must send 20 cents in silver (nu
postage stamps taken) with their answer,
for which they will receive the March
Monthly, in which the naa,e and address oi
the winner Of the reward and the correct
answer will he published, and in which
several mere valuable rewards will bt
offered Address RUTLEpGE FURNISHING
COMPANY EistOn Pa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25

Baliou,- BNEbou's Monthly NhasgiSw
for February contains ln,ge installurnl Of
Mr.. William II. ThmcS amusing and itrs,r,c.
tive story Of "on Land and Sea. or California
in the Years 1919, IA, and Us" The auihm
Of "The Gold Hunters and THE Relic Of Ans
tralia" never wrote anything better than this
autobiography Of boys life at sea, aud the
funny and serious adventures that b. expert
euced on the passage around Cape Horn, nm
his way TO California in search oil h idcs. This
yarn Is something for old aud Young 10 read,
and there is no fear 0f person firing of 1t.
The frightening of ''lhe doctor" l,ire black
cook by the French lad is lively reading.
Besides tire leading story, there is clever II.
Illustrated article on submarine diving, large
number Of poems and stories, amusing matters,
q puzzle department, ladies' page devoted to
fne and lapcy work, comic pictures, household
matters. wonders Of nature, and many things
which we have not room to mention. Ballnu' s
Magazine is only 81 so per nnnum, postpaid,
but ii is the beet of its kind in the world, as
any "ne can judge by sending in n subscrip-
tiou, or only 10 cents fera sample. II is a
iavorite household serial, and is instructive
ami useful. Fur sale everywhere. Published
by Themes q Talbot, % Hawley Street, Boston
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25
PROGRESS,

As in this discussion we use the word
Progress AZ merely Synonymous with i'm
provement, we must have a good, or
starting point. William Seward, when in
Congress, said, there is a higher law.
Slave ptolder' held that the constitution Of
the United States was tle highest law.
The Abolishionists appealed To the Billie.
The question was, does the Bible sanction
slavery? The North said, nay The
South, aye! The argument was too hot
ior reason and common sense. Gunpow.
der and steel were more elective than
lrains. Had the dispntants gone into the
discussion in good temper, they could have
saved treasure and blood. The consilu-
tion, il rightly understood, is in unison
with the Bible aud the Bible is The torch
light of emancipation. The Christ of The
Bible is liberty per+oniind No slaves
were ever found walking in the pathway
marked by the footprint. Of our Lord.
| Tyranis and devils cried out and fled be-
.nre HIM. The scuses of men tound iu
chains of superstition and hate were en-
irnnced with sounds al peace ON earth
good will to men, ms well NJ with sentiments
OF piaiSe and glory 10 God in the highcs,-
God, that unr,valled governor al the mi
verse, who enacted and executes he higher
law. Tia, book, we mean the Iihle. in
which We are taught that God wrote The
hipher law with his avn Gnppr dies ,ot
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25
In MEMORIAM.
HALL OF PuGNIN LODGE,
NJ 100 l. e. Al

No. l23 f. & A. NJ.
10 The W. NJ, Wardcns and Brethren:
The committee appointed TO draft reso.
lulions ON the death Of Bro. Perry Thom-
as, respectfully submit the following.
WHEREAs-An allwise providence. the
Grand Master of the Celestial lodge above,
has sen, his Tyler, Death, and summoned
our beloved brother, Perry Thomas, into
his eternal presence, and
WuEREAs-By this sad bereavement
our order loses u very exemplary urother
and ilicicnt officer. who for M IRE than u
quarter of Il century has been consistent
Mason therefore I've it
Resoired-Thnt we mourn the loss Of q
true citizen, devoted christian, a most
worthy friend and u jealous Mason. who
ever strove to discharge faithfully the
great duties Ia his God, his neiglibor and
his family.
RsoirVl-Thnt we will not withhold
from his menrTy The just commendaliom
thar his many virtues claim ut our hands.
ResoiDsd That we sincerely svmpailizc
with l,is family in their ailliction aud he.
rravenrent, and we offer the consolation
that benevolent saviour has promised to
give 1" the faithful follower "to eat of Ike
hidden ,nnnn2' and 'to receive the white
stcne with the new name writtei,," that
will insure perpetual happiness.
| Resoircd-Ihat these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the Lodge a
copy, under seal Of the Lodge. be present.
ed to the family, and another furnished
the Journal for publication.
JAS TIMMoNs)
| HENRY RooT, Gem.
j II. SCOTT, J
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-25

Demorpst.- February nmber of
DEMoRHsv's MoNr1Ly is both instructive
and entertaining. The serial of Mrs
Champney is continued, and shorter sto.
ries are contributed by Eleanor Kirk,
Hope Ledyard, Carlotta Perry, ana Miss
E. B. Cheefborough. Among the readable
articles ara "rhe Yellowstone National
Park" "Tho French Shakespeare" and
"The Medieval Mystery of the Passion
Play" Jenny June contributes ellie in
New York, !" and the various departments
are well filed. "The Pompeian Maiden
fine steel engraving, forms tlre fronfis-
piece, and there are Other admirable Illus.
trations.