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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-13
SOLDIERS DEPARTMENT.
SHERIDAN AND GRANT.
Tho nigh opinion which tho Latter iin

Tho high opinion which tho Latter En-
tcrtalnod for Littio Phil.
Governor Lionel A. Sheldon, of New
Mexico, who is now in Los Angeles, has
enjoyed long and honorable career in
public life, IIo served with distinction
in tho war of the rebellion. He was a
member of Congress for years, and he
has been Governor OF New Mexico, be-
sides holding other important Offices,
He was an intimate personal friend OF
General Grant, the acquaintance having
its beginning in the campaign that led
to Vicksburg, and continuing until the
great commanders death. Governor
Sheldon never met General Sheridan
during the war, but since then he has
known Little Phil we'll.
In connection with Grant and Sheri-
dan, Governor Sheldon relates an anec-
dote which has never been in print be-
fore this present occasion. II illustrates
Grants lnodesty and inclination to
honor others rather than himself.
al had been member of Congress
for nearly six years." says the Gov
crnor, when in June, 1874, Congress
Hall ut Cape May was opened. General
Grant, who was then President, several
members of his Cabinet, and many Sem
ators and Representatives, myself
among the number, went down to the
opening festivities. We returned on
Sunday, and arrived in Philadelphia to
find that we must wait three hours for
the train that was to carry lis to Wash
ington. The prospect was naturally not
an agreeable one, but it turned out
quite the contrary. A number OF us
were assembled in a private room, when
the conversation, which was animated
and general, turned upon the war and
military affairs. Then Grant began to
talk, and gradually warming to his sub
ject, he held the brcathless attention of
the others. His talk was not brilliant,
for it never possessed that quality, but
it was sensible and solid. He reviewed
his campaigns minutely, pointing out
what he considered the salient points in
each, and gave his opinion of the vari-
Gus officers of prominence that were
engaged He spoke much more freely
than he has since spoken in his men,
oirs, and he was as frank rs possiblS.
"Whcn he came to Sheridan he said:
"General Sheridan was always where
/ expected him to be at any designated
time. He accomplished as much or
more than / expected him to accom-
plish. tell you, gentlemen, Philip
Henry Sheridan is the ablest military
man now living, and if this country
should become engaged in war with
any or several of the great powers of
Europe during my term as President, |
should give him command of the armies
of the United States
"While l was Governor of New Mex
ico," continued Governor Sheldon.
General Sheridan came out and paid
our country there II little visit. told
him then what Grant had said: He
laughed and replied:
"'Well, when fellow is expected to
be around anywhere he ought to be
therer"-LoS AngeleS (Cal. Union.
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A Confederate Veterans Yarn.

Mr.. John Eastman was Major in
the Confederate army, and this is one
of his anecdotes of the war: when |
was u soldier on the Confederate side
we had n young and ambitious Lieu
tenant. One day he was ordered to
take command of body of slsirmish-
ors. He bravely led his men on until
the bullets of tho Fcderals began to
whizz uncomfortably about their ears.
They all knew that it was time that he
should give the order "Deploy slsirm-
ishers!" but he did not. He seemed to
be embarrassed, and looked first ahead
and then back at his men. In fact, as
it was subsequently learned, he had for
gotten the order to give. He had led
them farther than he ought to havo
done, and then, angry with himself, he
wheeled about, waved his sword in the
air, and shouted: Spread out, you
piratesH They spread. Y. Erem-
ina NcUS.
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RESCUED FROM DEATH.
A Soldier Left for Dead Suddenly Appear
to His Friends Alive.

to His Friends Alive.
In the army of the Cumberland lit
tie pale-faced fellow had joined the
cavalry, and it is pretty certain that
the recruiting officer who enlisted him
had to give him the benefit of doubt
both as to age and height in order that
he might come up to the requirements
OF the regulations. He was hardly
equal to the work of serving with his
regiment, and was detailed as an "or-
DERBY" at headquarters to carry mes
sages or to hold the horses of the staff
officers.
AT the battle of Chickamauga, while
he was behaving with great coolness,
he was struck by Il bullet in the side of
the neck; the blood spurted in man
ner which indicated that the jugular
vein had been cut; he fell from his
horse and was left on the field for dead.
twenty years afterward gentlemanly
looking man stepped up TO me in a ho-
tel where was staying and asked me il
remembered the little orderly who
was shot ut Chickamauga. / said yes,
that recollected the circumstances of
his death very well.
He then turned his head to one side,
showed me deep groove in his neck,
and went on TO tell me that he was the
person, that surgeon had come across
him on the field, had stopped the bleed
mg, and succeeded in having him car
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-13
NAPOLEON AND SHERIDAN.
The Likeness Existing Between Little Phil
and the Great Corsican.

Iht isikenesS EXISTING betWceh isittie Ihli
and the Great Corsican.
Just now the press is publishing
many interesting things about General
Sheridan. | now come with little
matter which / do not think General
Sheridan had any knowledge of. 1t
was in October, 1864, after the battle of
Cedar Creek, in Virginia, in which
General Sheridan defeated the last at
tempt of General Early to invade the
North by way of the Shenandoah Val
ley, that | heard President Lincoln, at
the War Department, in Mr.. Stanton's
room, speaking to him of General Sher-
idan and of his victories over General
Early, state that of all our fighting
Generals Sheridan was more like Ma
poleon than any of them; more like him
particularly in the forehead and in the
general mold of the bust. The Presi-
dent said he thought the Shenandoah
Valley would never be the highway for
another Confederate advance into
Maryland.
The liltening of General Sheridan to
Napoleon in his personal appearance
about the head was followed by express
sions from the President that Sheridan
had effectually closed that road to tho
North. 1t was that famous Sheridan's
ride that saved Washington from n
panic like that which Early produced in
July, 1864. Mr.. Stanton had in his
room on the marble mantela little book
of about five hundred pages which con-
tanned as n frontispiece n likeness of
Napoleon, and he took it, and turning
to the frontispiece, handed it to the
President, saying there was resem-
blance about the forehead and bust.
Sometime prior to this, when our armies
were being slaughtered by piecemeal
in Virginia, Mr.. Stanton had received
letter from some prominent person
calling his attention to a saying OF Ma
poleon, that one commander for an
army was better than two armies with
Independent commanders, when he told
me to get him this book on Napoleon
from the library. They talked for some
time about General Sheridan, who had
several days before this Cedar Creek
battle defeated Early, and / heard Mr.
Stanton then say to the President that
Grant and Sheridan would end the wal
soon with such fighting. 1t was after
and in connection with this saying o
Napoleon that the President is reported
as having said that one bad General is
better than two good ones.- Washing
| ton Star
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RANDOM SHOTS.

Iowa has 1885 members in the
Grand Army.
THE Department of Arkansas, G. A.
r., has been formed.
The number of men available for
military duty in the United States is
7,171,590.
The Department OF the Gulf is now
known as the Department of Louisiana
and Mississippi.
Mrs. j. A. GARFIELD has an income
of $25, 900, and $1,000 is pension from
the Government.
SHERIDAN was modest when he en-
tered the war. He left Oregon in 1861
saying he would gain Captaincy be-
fore his return.
The title of General is not an empty
one in this country. To Sheridan it
meant an annual addition of 81, 800 to
his salary. The honor was increased
and SO was the pay.
REUNIONS of veterans at farm-houses
are becoming popular. Down East they
take the lead. Socially they are more
enjoyable than the reunions held in
large villages and cities.
THE beautiful statue of General
Thomas, erected by the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee, in Washington,
is having four bronze lamps, costing
$1,000, erected on marble pedestals.
SEABRIN STROKE, an eccentric old
cobbler in jefferson, Ga, who still
keeps at his trade, although SO years
old, is veteran of three wars. He beat
drum in Jackson's army at the battle
of New Orleans, fought in the Mexican
war, and served with credit through
the war of the rebellion.
THE Fulton County Confederate Vet
Grams of Atlanta, Ga, recently elected
jefferson Davis to an honorary member
ship in their association, and sent him
handsome gold badge in token OF
their esteem. The badge bears the in
scription, Confederate Veterans As
sociation," and on the reverse, Jeffer-
son Davis, President c. S. A."
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Enthusiastid teachers.

1t Is an interesting commentary on
the earnestness and professional zeal
of the teachers, as a class, that they are
in such large numbers willing to spend
no inconsiderable portion of their sum-
mer vacation, and no small part of
their scant earnings, in paying board,
tuition and incidentals ut some sum
mer watering-place to pursue their
studies, brushing up neglected places
in their education, and fitting them
selves for higher and better work in
their profession. Especially is this
noticeable when we find them spending
several weeks in close attendance upon
the teaching and lectures of the most
famous experts the country has pro-
duced, getting hints, and more than
-principles-of the best methods
of teaching the common school studies.
Journal of Education,
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Recruits sometimes rush into dangers
from which veterans would shrink.
When Thomas was holding on to his
position at Chickamauga on the after
noon OF the second day, and resisting
charge after charge of an enemy flushed
with success, General Granger came up
with division of troops, many of whom
had never before been under fire. As
soon rs they were deployed in front OF
the enemy they set up yell, sprang
over the earthworks, charged into his
ranks, and created such CONSERVATION
that the Confederate veterans were
paralyzed by the very audacity of such
conduct. Granger said, as ho watched
their movements; "Just look at them;
they don't know any better; they think
that's the way it ought to be done; I'll
bet they'll never do it again" Men,
like children, are often ignorant of dan.
ger till they learn its terrors in the
school of experience. Century.
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A oAMpINe-our TENT.


hstttit fANpCnHtt
Boys always begin to think about
camping-out equipments MS soon as
spring fairly sets in. Tho most i'm
portant thing TO provide for such an
expedition is a tent, and as It costs q
good deal OF money to have one made
TO order, perhaps the boys who intend
to spend few days in the woods this
summer would like to know how to
mako ono themselves and Mt u trifling
cost
Buy nine yards OF good, stout yard
wide cotton cloth and cut into three
strips OF three yards each. Sew these
strips together securely by overlap
ping, and you will then have q piece
three yards square. Make solution
of twelve ounces of limo and FIVE ounces
OF alum in three gallons of water, and
soak tho cotton in it for day. Rinse
it in warm rain water and stretch in
the sun to dry. 1t will then be- water
proof.
Having reached your camping-out
place, cut two poles eight feet long,
each with n fork at one end. Sink the
the other ends in the ground about a
foot, beat the earth we'll down to keep
them firmly in place. These poles
should be about eight feet apart. Now
cut another pole about nine foot long
and put in on top OF tho other two,
resting in tho forks. Cut two more
poles ton feet long each for tho sides
of your franc, resting one end OF each
pole on the cross pole and the other
end on the ground. Stretch the can
vas over the frame and tack it to the
poles. You can make the sides of your
tent weather proof with the boughs of
cedar and other trees.
This is the simplest and least expen-
sive tent you can have, and it Will
answer your purposes fully. The
interior of the tent, however, would be
little more roomy and comfortable If
you would put up second frame in
the rear similar to 'aat in front, say
two feet high, and stretch the canvas
over that and thence to the ground.
Select sloping ground to put your
tent on, so that il it rains the water
will readily run Off and also dig lit
tie ditch around the tent with an out
let leading down the incline. AS the
front of the tent will be open-unlesa
you choose to provide enough canvas
to close it-you had better place ii
with the front toward the north or
northwest, for storms, If you have any,
will probably come from the south or
southwest.
The rude hut we have described, for il
is little else-will no doubt seem flimsy
shelter to those who have never occu-
pied one, but for perfect rest and the
soundest of sound sleeping you will
find 1t superior to the best room in
your city house.--Philadclphia Times.
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e -
Fires From Meteors.

Tho remarkable possibility that mys-
terious fires may have been set by
sparks from other worlds than our own
has been suggested to the Paris Acad-
emy of Sciences by Mons. Oh. V. Zen
ger. From study o! statistics for
several years, he learns that fires OF
unknown origin in woods, farmsteads,
barns, mills, and even in villages and
large towns, are extremely often coin
cident with the periodical showers OF
shooting stars. He points out that
during the first eighteen days of last
August violent storms, rich meteoric
displays and conhagrations were OF
frequent occurrence Irau-
eler.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-13
. UNCLE Mates FUNERAL.

.rwas not at all like those you sec OF ordinar
mon;
'Twas such as never could occur, oxceptln
now and then;
For Uncle Nato had studied hard upon II, nigh
md day,
And planned 1t all--whio yet alive-ln his pecu
liar way.
"rvc managed other mems remains" +" no spid
with quicttono,
sand now I'll make a flrst-class try to regulate
my own"
And so, n month before his DEATH he wrote Tn,
details down,
For friends TO print, when no was dead, nnt
NAH throughout the town.
Tho paper said: 'I've figured close, and done
the best knew,
TO have good large funeral, when this shor'
life was through
Two thought about 1t night and day, I've brood
cd DER the same,
came,
Especially as my good wife has wandered on
ahead,
And nll tho children we possessed have many
years been dead;
And now I'll toll you what want my friends and
foes TO do
I'm sorry that can't be here to push tn or.
rangement throughi
''T do not want TO hiro hearse, with Grape
around IL thrown:
I'm social like, and am not used to riding round
alone.
Bring my old wagon, into which the children
used to climb
Until I've taken on n drive full twenty at q
time:
We've loafed along tho country roads for many
pleasant hours,
And thoy have scampercd far and near, and
picked the freshest flowers;
And would like to have them come upon my
burial day,
And ride with mo, and talk to me- md sing along
the way.
"I wnnt my friend the ministor-tho best of
preacher-folks,
With whom I've argued, prayed, and wept and
snapped thousand jokes
no talk q sermon TO the friends, and make 1t
sweet, but strong;
And recolleot 1 don't believe in speeches over
q. long.
And tell him, Notwithstanding oil his eloquence
and worth,
'Twon't be the first time have slept when he
was holding forth.
I'd like two texts, and one shall be by Bible
covers pressed,
And one from outside, that shall read, He did
his level best
"And any ono I've given hclp-to comfort or to
save
Just bring flower, or sprig of green, and throw
1t in tho grave.
Please have pleasant, social time round tho
subscribers bier.
And no ono but my enemies must shed single
tear.
You simply sny: Old Uncle Nate, whatever
may befall
Is having probably to-day the best time OF us
ALI
He's shaking hands, two ut n time, with several
hundred friends,
And giving us who stay behind good giltedged
reoommendsp
They tried TO follow all tho rules that Uncle
Nate laid down;
When no was dead they came TO him from every
house in town
Tho children did their best to sing but could
not quite be heard;
The parson had q sermon there, but did not
speak n word
or fcourse thoy buried him in flowers, and kissed
him as he lay,
For not soul in all that town but he had helped
some way;
But when they tried to mold his mound without
the tears sweet leayen,
There rose loud sobs that Uncle Nate could al
most hear in Heaven.
- -lpW Carleton, IN Hdrper's Weekly
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BARBARIAN BRIDES.
How Somo Sweethearts Are Won
and Welded.
Presentations In South Africa--The Part
Played by tho Old FolSs--Respects
Duo the Mother-in-Law---
Marriage Feast.

! There are barbarian regions where
wives no doubt have hard times,
but as a rule they have not much to
complain OF in South Africa. Dr. Liv-
ingstone bears testimony to this.
Among the Makalolos, for example,
should n young man have u liking for
young woman he can not marry her
without the consent of her parents, and
that granted he may not take his wife
TO his own home. He must reside with
In the Jurisdiction OF his mother-in-law,
TO whom he is bound to pay more re-
spect even than to his wife, inasmuch
Us when he comes into her presence
"he is expected to sit with his knees in
n bent position, as putting out his feet
toward the old lady would give her
great offense." Should he, after awhile,
grow tired of this state of vassalage,
and wish TO return to his own people,
he is not Mt liberty to take his children
with him. His wife's parents have on
them IL claim that can be set aside only
by his making them compensating
present Of goats and oxen.
As was shown in the case that came
for settlement before an English tribu-
nal, horned cattle play conspicuous
part In the South African marriage
rites. Among the Kaffirs It is the
swain's father who In the first instance
nogotiates for a daughter-in-law, and If
his overtures on his sons behalf are
tavorably received an OK is killed and
partaksn OF in common, after which tho
marriage arrangements may proceed.
More cattle appear on the scene, not,
however, rs the brides dowry, but rs
compensation to her father and mother
for tho pains and trouble they have
been put to in bringing her up and
in making hcr the delightful young
creature she is, as well as for their
loss of her services, now that she
has grown to be strong and useful.
Tho marriage day appointed, there
is gathering of friends on either side
and the presentation oxen are paraded,
and, as rule, after much haggling, ac-
ccpted. By the BRIDES father, that is.
The mother, who is not present, has a
little business to do on her own account.
Her husbands demands satisfied, she is
reen approaching with few matronly
cronies, attired in rags, and she comes
bewailing her hard fate that u woman,
poor as she is. should be deprived OF
such valuable daughter. 1t is u
recognized feature of the programme,
and therefore no one Is surprised. A
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ENGLISH AS VOLAPUk.
Anslo-Saxon Gradually becoming the
Language OF All tho World.

Language OF All the World.
A universal language must be a
growth. Some national language must
expand until it covers the whole world.
Of late years the English language
alone has been much spoken of as likely
to grow so great. Hardly any philoso-
phic linguist attempts to forecast the
future without some discussion of the
destiny of English; and De Candolio
calculates that within one hundred
years English will be spoken by $780,
100000 of men, German by 124,000,000
and French by o6,000,000. At present
the populations either speaking the
English language or under the domina-
ton of English-speaking people, num-
ber more than 31S, 900, or one
fourth of the population of the globe.
English-speaking races occupy one
fourth of the dry land of the earth, and
own nearly two-thirds of the tonnage
of the ships. They live in all regions;
they handle all articles of trade; they
preach to all nations; they command
one-half of the worlds gold and silver,
and dis rlbute more than two-thlrdS OF
the Bibles and Testaments. More than
one-half of the letters mailed and car
ried by the postal service of the world
are written, mailed and read by the
English-speaking population. The ex-
pectation that English will come into
universal use is not based upon any
thing in the nature of the language,
but rather on the character and circum-
stances of the people.
The English people have been the
great colonizers of modern times.
They have taken possession of Ameri-
ca, of Australia, of South Africa, the
regions which arc to be the seats OF
new empires, and they control and as
similate the populations which flow
into them and which grow up in them,
II. A. Marsh, in Forum.
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ried to hospital, that his memory had
left him for two years so that he could
scarcely recall his own name, but ho
then recovered his mental powers and
became perfectly well.
l found he was very successful busi-
ness man and among other enterprises
was conducting largo cattle interest
in the West. His suddenly turning up
in the corridors of hotel so many years
after his supposed death seemed like the
entrance of an apparition.-Yo Youth's
Conipdnion.
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was dance. Every one was plostored
with tola putty, and they danced and
danced until this began to crack and
peel off, whom the morry-malsing broke
up and the Princess of Issapoo walked
homo soberly with her husband
London Telegraph.
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-"What do you expect to make of
your son when he grows up?" II hope
he will go to Congress" but II Con-
gresham isn't looked upon with much
respect, nowadays" II know that;
the boy is my step-son. ."-Ihe Epoch.
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Judge Lambright, OF Brunswick,
Ga, has an eleven-ycar-old dog which,
ten years ago, he repeatedly whipped
for following him TO church. Since then
the dog will follow him on week days
and Sunday afternoons, but no kind of
coaxing can induce him to follow the
Judge Sunday mornings. How tho
animal knows when it is Sunday is II
conundrum, but no does, and has re-
fused to follow the Judge on Sunday
mornings for ten years.
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--Lawrenceburg, Indiana, has three
citizens named Ewing, who, it boasts,
are "the oldest, largest and best-look-
ing triplets in the United Stutes," They
were born fifty-four years ago, and their
aggregate weight is ZIG pounds.