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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02
ALBERT OF SAxoNY.
The Most Important and Influential OF
Germany's Minor Sovereigns.

Germany's Minor SOVerelgnS.
There is to-day King of Saxony,
descended six removes from this August,
who is distinctly the most interesting
and valuable of these minor sovereigns.
He is sagacious, prudent, soldier-like
man, nominal ruler of over three millions
of people, actual Field Marshal in the
German army which has a Hohenzollern
for its head. Although he really did
some of the best fighting which the
Franco-German war called forth, no.
body outside his own court and military
circles know much about it or cares par
ticularly about him. The very fact of
his rank prevents his generalship Sc
curing popular reco gnition. If he had
been merely OF noble bir tn, or even
commoner, the chances are that he
would now be chief of the German gen.
eral staff instead of Count Waldersee.
But being only King, his merits as a
commander are comprehended alone by
experts.
There is just bare possibility that
this King Albert may be forced by cir
cumstances out Of his present obscurity.
He is only sixty-two years old, and if
war should come within the next decade
and bring defeat TO the German army in
the field, there would be strong effort
made by the other subsidiary German
sovereigrs to bring him to the front as
generalissimo
AS it is, his advice upon military mat
tors is listened to in Berlin more than
is generally known, but in other re-
spects his position is melancholy one.
Even the kindliness with which the
Kaisers have personally treated him
since 1870 can not but wear to him the
annoying guise of patronage. He was
a man of thirty-eight when his father,
X ng John, was driven out of Dresden
by Prussian troops, along with the
whole royal family, and when for weeks
it seemed probable that the whole king
dom of Saxony would be annexed to
| Prussia. Bismarck's failure to insist
upon this was bitterly criticised in
tag actually wrote book deprecating
the further independent existence OF
Saxory. Freytag and the Prussians
generally confessed their mistake after
the young Saxon Crown Princes splen.
did achievement at Sedan, but that
could scarcely wipe from his memory
what had gone before, and even now,
after the lapse of aqu trter Of a century,
King Albert's delcate, clear-cut, white
whiskered face still bears the impress oi
melancholy stamped on it by the hui
milia ions of 1856 Eugene Field. IL
ChioAgo News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02
Casts OF Two Human Flends.

Robespierre and Marat are enigmati-
cal characters. Their deeds were hor-
rible, but tho casts of their head taken
after death are of ineffable sweetness.
In both the cerebral development is
poor, particularly in the coronal region.
The skulls, each of which goes up into
point, may have pressed there on the
brains. chronological developments, or
lack of development, taken with facial
traits, betoken Unbalanced minds.
Marat's face, in David's portrait of him,
is in all but complexion that of a red
Indian. Robespierre's sister, on the
other hand, is sweet, serene, pensive,
and of lovely purity of expression.
Charlotte Corday, accordingto to Danloux,
one of her portraitists. was rather
good-looking young woman, more the
peasant than the lady. She had hard,
quick, willful glance. Tallien was an
other Unbalanced creature. He had the
profile of an Egyptian dog goS.-Con-
temporary Review.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02

saurian lying in the creek right across
the path, and evidently waiting for
some one to cross. This was not over q
quarter of mile from the bungalow,
and the saurian had evidently come
down the creek from a small lake about
two miles away. / made ready to fire
at him, but one of the natives touched
my arm and respectfully said:
"Please don't, sahib. If you anger
him he will bring others to make us
trouble"
"But he ought to be driven away or
killed"
''Yes, but when there are a thousand
more in the lake what would you
gain?"
He seemed so earnest about 1t that
/ turned away. That night number of
the servants crossed the creek to attend
some sort of q party, and in the morn
ing young man was missing After
considerable inquiry 1t was decided that
.he crocodile had soized him as he at
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02
FISHING FOR POTATOES.
A Good Story Told by an Ex-Guardsma
of Libby Prison.

A Good Story Told by an Ex-Gunrdsman
of Libby Prison.
The following story is told by Mr..
Joseph Wingfeld, an ex-guardsman of
Libby prison, of his experience while
standing guard over the prisoners one
night, in 1868:
The building was so crowded with pris-
oners that a large number of them were
quartered in the second story of the
building across the street. In the first
story of this building the prison Off
GERS had slowed large supply of splen-
did North Carolina sweet potatoes.
About the third day after the prisoners
had been placed in the building it was
noticed that the potatoes were disap-
pearing at the rate of about a bushel a
day. At first it was thought that the
rats had taken them, but second
thought showed that the idea was abb
surd. Sentinels were posted around the
building, with orders to shoot any man
caught stealing those potatoes; but
they didn't see anybody to shoot, and,
although they were posted there day
and night, and no one was allowed to
enter tho room in which the potatoes
were kept. they still continued to dis.
appear.
Sweet potatoes at that time were con-
sidered luxuries, and the Confederate
officers were nearly wild with rage at
thSir repeated losses. The doors and
windows of the room were sealed, and
private marks were put on the wax. The
next morning the officers went into the
room. The wax was all right, but an
other bushel of potatoes had vanished.
1t was the maddest crowd you ever saw
They locked me in, and lighted candle
was put at each end OF the room so that
could see. was ordered to shoot on
sight anybody that saw stealing those
yams.
1t was terrible lonesome in that room.
Just as fast as would light one candle
and go to 'he other end Of the room to
light ,ae other, the rats would cut the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02
temptod to Gross the oath. 1 saId to |

tempted to cross the path. I said to
the native who had restrained my fire.
Now you see what you did. Had
killed the reptile the young man would
have been with us this morning
"Ah, sahib, but you might not have
killed him, and then he would have
taken two of us"
About six miles below Patna, on t.
Ganges, in the Bengalee district,
couple of English officers with whom
was acquainted had shooting box, and
l went up with party to enjoy some
sport. 1t was a wild strip of country
along the stream, and although so near
to a village this fact did not render
game any less abundant. A dozen
tigers, three or four panthers and
score of hyenas had been bagged there
within two years, but it still remained
favorite lurking ground for big game.
AS q matter of curiosity l hunted up
the returns made to the Government
from this place, and found that the
average of natives bitten by serpents,
devoured by crocodiles, or slain by wild
beasts was over three per week the
year round. These were the figures re-
ported, but only one loss in three Is re-
ported by the natives, as they persist in
believing that the blanks sent in by
officials are somehow connected with
taxation or official surveillance. Two
days before we started q native came in
to the civil authorities to report case.
He said:
1--WE were going to see our father and
mother at Mugador Ia village seven
miles away, my brothcS and I. We
were in a path crossing the forest to
save distance. He was ahead. 1t was
about two hours after daylight. We
were very happy, and he was telling me
q story which his wife had told him,
when tiger suddenly sprang upon him.
stopped. The Tiger stood over him,
with both paws upon his breast, and
looked at me and growled and switched
his tail. could do nothing. l walked
backward in the path, and the tiger
seized my brother by the shoulder, gave
him half whirl, and then trotted away
into the thiclset. have been told that
it is my duty to report this"
We had been at the shooting box
three days, and had killed dozen hy-
endS, pdlIner' anu Couple VI pAS
snakes. There were four white mon of
US in the party, and we had eight or ten
native trackers and servants. On the
fourth morning, before breakfast, ran
a thorn into my foot, and was advised to
lie quiet during the day. The house
| was divided into two rooms, each about
twelve feet square, and each having
two hammocks in it. The first room
was used to store provisions in. The
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02

first one down. They were regular Con
federate rats, and candle was god
send to them.
About midnight heard creaking,
grating noise, l cooked my gun and
listened. The noise ceased, could SEQ
nothing but the rats, and began tc
think that the place was haunted. Pres
emily the noise occurred again. / looked
at the pile of potatoes, and presently
saw something drop from the ceiling
and fall on them. / saw 1T was q brick,
and could distinguish rope tied to it,
1t was drawn slowly up, and there was
about peck of potatoes sticking to 1t.
1t went up through a hole which had
been in the floor above, and presently
came down again with a thump right
among the potatoes. 1t was the most
artful arrangement you ever saw. The
brick about had fifty holes drilled in it,
and through each hole sharpened ten.
penny nail had been run, so that when
the brick fell among the potatoes these
nails stuck into every one they fell on
l could not help laughing at the smart
dodge those Yankees had taken. ]
gently put my hand forward and caught
hold of the rope. Pretty soon they be-
gan TO draw on it, and when it did not
move l heard one fellow say:
STEADY boys; the bricks hung ir
something Pull her steady without
jerking"
They did pull steadily, and fairly lift
ed me from the floor.
"Now jerk; easy boys, easy" the di.
rector said, as they tugged away.
got pretty red in the face holding tc
the rope. was afraid to let go because
thought some of those spiked nails
might strike me in passing. l thought
of my pocket knife and hauled it out
just as they were putting all their
weight on the other cad of the rope.
cut it ia two and the end shot back
through the hole in the ceiling, and l
could hear arolling and tumbling on the
floor above, showing that the sudden
giving way of the rope had a disastrous
effect. l heard another voice say:
There, now; told you so. You've
broken the rope. We've lost our brick,
and tomorrow we'll be found out Can't
you see it? We might hook it up"
Next l saw long neck protruding
through the hole, and fellow peering
down. Then / called out:
'If you trouble any more Of those po.
tatoes I'll shoot"
That follows head shot back through
that hole just like terrapin, and it was
as still as death up there. / hated to
tell on them, because it was such q
sharp scheme of foraging on the enemy,
but l had to. When the officers went ur
next morning to examine the room il
took long while to find the hole.
Those Yankees had cut hole about a
foot square through the floor, and it was
done so neatly that it took good eyes tc
discover it.-Toledo CO., Blade.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02

built with this idea, being provided
with as many windows as possible, anu
always surrounded with verandas. mad
never seen cobra, except in geological
gardens, when l went out there, but
was fated to have an adventure almost
as soon as | arrived. My bedroom was
at corner of the second story of the
bungalow and contained three windows.
These were screened with wire and
the sashes taken out. A hammock was
slung to hooks in the ceiling, and the
room was fairly comfortable even on
a very hot night.
On the third morning, just at day
break, l was aroused from sleep by
aoise on the veranda which ran along
lnder my bedroom windows. My ham
mock was within two feet of one of the
windows, and of course the wire cloth
admitted every sound from the outside.
AS the grounds were guarded by two
chowkadars, or watchmen, I had no fear
of thieves, and therefore had no arms
within reach. l lay facing the window,
with my face not over thirty inches from
the screen, and was wondering what
had caused the noise, when big cobra
suddenly lifted his head against the
outside of the wire, and his eyes looked
into mine. For half minute it seemed
as if my heart did not beat at all. Had
the window been unguarded l could not
have raised q finger to ward off the at
tack. The serpent Kissed at me and
moved his hideous head all over the
screen, looking for some break in its
surface. 1t bulged in as he pressed on
it, and, knowing how slovenly work is
done by Indian servants, / expected it
to give way at any instant. After
couple of minutes the snake went to the
second window, and then to the third,
searching every square in ch in hopes to
| find way into the room.
After he left the window directly in
front of me 1 might have dropped out of
the hammock and got my revolver from
the bureau, but it occurred to me that
| if I provoked the cobra he would be
pretty sure to make more vigorous at
tack. l therefore lay perfectly quiet,
closed my eyes so that could just peep
at him, and after going over all the
windows a second and third time, l
heard him crawling around the veranda.
1 then dropped out, opened the door and
| called to my friend, ana ne selZeu
double-barre shotgun and passed
through the halls until he found the
serpent on the other side of the house.
He had given up seeking an entrance
by the windows, and was mounting to
the roof when a charge of buckshot
fired at close range through the screen
cut him almost in two. No one was
at all excited. The incident seemed to
have no more weight than the visit of a
bat.
A week later two of the servants ac.
companied me on hunt around the
neighborhood after birds. Neither
was armed, and both were barefooted
barelegged and barearmed. In the
marshy ground along the creek I shot
several birds of the snipe species, and
we were about to cross it when one o.
the natives, who was in the lead and
following path, halted, turned back
and quietly said:
"We had better go another way
sahib."
"But why?"
because the crocodile might do us
harm"
l advanced to the spot where he hat
halted and at once made out a hug,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-02
INDIA'S ENEMIES.
What the Native Population Has
to Contend Against.

FRIEND OF m me
had Il summer
residence about
nine miles from
Lucknow, and 1
accepted his in
vi t q I'll o n t o
spe n d a ( g W
W g 9 k s wi I h
him. He had
about 800 acres
of land, a large
part of which
was forest and
thicket, with a
creek running
across a portion
of the esta tie.
The i'd a in
India is to keep
cool. Therefore,
every house is
N-t1 nH
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17
FooD ron THOUGHr,

Stop moment voters, and look at
Pierre as the world sees her, and not as
she sees herself. She claims to be a
proper place for our permanent capital.
Let us. look and enquire what sine has
done to deserve such q position at our
hands. She has been where she now is
for ten long years. Has she done any
thing oi particular moment for the veal
or betterment OF the statesat large, since
| the day Of her foundiHsf Is her site
such as to induce the building Of rail
roads 30 as to give easy access TO alarge
majority OF the taxpayers whom she
asks TO help build her upf Has she dur
| ing her ten years Of existence inflicted
amy improved Lines Of either local or
Istate improvements? Has she been
first and foremost in any thing looking
4 to the general advancement Of the
state,s interests? HISS she built hotels
Tor, has she built manufactured Has
Eshe put in foundries, or machine shops
in order to cheapen their products tx
i the people, or has she invested hel
money in local Improvement wholly oil
aAlfish nature, on which to boom he
sllocal real estate holdings1 And wha
improvements che has instituted within
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17

n. Mosso Of Turin, having carried
ont ! series Of experiments with the
blood ot eels. finds that it possesses
marked poisonous properties. Even
10 the tongue il has nm insupportable
sGriditys and y very small quantity Of
the serum Is sufficient ia kill dog.
Hall : cubic centimeter injected be-
meath the skin Of u dog weighing
shirty-five pounds killed il id four
minutes. Al this rate, an eel weigh
Ing i've pounds would contain enough
poison 70 dispatch ten mon. The blood
LOT animals thus p0isoned can not be
made to coagnlaie. Just as after the
bite Of serpeits. F0rtta nntely tho blood
HIS Inert when introduced by the stonl.
ach, and y l0ses it, toxic propertisl
when heated. &
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17
A Bear Near the Eta Mine.

A Bear Near the Eta Mine.
ETA MINE, October 16.-[ [Correspon-
dence to TIE UNION. Charles Jones, Of
this place, while out hunting deer on
Wednesday, the 18th inst, was badly
injured by bear. At about one o'clock
as he was walking and leading his saddle
horse through some thick brush, at a
point about three miles southeast Of
here, a large grizzly bear rose up in front
Of him only about ten ieet distant and
made for him with open mouth. BY the
was at The muzzle. He could fire but
once before the animal caught him BY
the leg and dragged him some distance.
Apparently being tired of shaking him.
the beast lot 70 his hold of the leg and
made for his head. To shield himself he
thrust his arm into the animals mouth.
After crunching it for time his bearship
became alarmed or disgusted and made
off leaving his victim very faint and
weak from loss OF blood, but being pos
sessed OF good grit, Mr.. Jones walked
and crawled about two miles until he
reached the Glendale road where he was
found by q passing freight team in q
very exhausted condition. Ed Hazel
tine who happened to bepassing brought
him home and DIR. Jones, OF Hill City,
WAS sent for. He found the arm broken
in two places and the leg badly lacerated
besides scratches on all parts Of the
body, still the injury will not necessarily
prove fatal, although the escape is 8
very narrow on for Mr.. Jones. Th,
horse reached home the same evening
Thursday morning g party WAS organ
lied to search for the bear and gun. /
is thought that recent timber fires droy
the bear down from the upper country
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17

In once, RAPID CRY, s. D., september 40,
$780, Complaint having besn entered at this
Office by William Clark against Edwin n. Ste
vens for failure 70 comply with law - 70 timber
culture entry No. .22s7 dated February 4, 1889,
upon the mex section 28. township g n, range
10 q, b. 81. n, In Pennington county, South
Dakota, with view to the cancellation Of said
entry: contestant alleging that Edwin II. Ste
vens iailed to break or cause 60 be broken five
acres on said tract tho first year after entry.
ending February z, 1890. as required BY Law,
are hereby summoned to appear At this ofice
on the twenty fourth day OF November. 1890,
at 10 o'clock .. M, to respond and furnish tes
timony concerning said alleged failure.
a ]. r. LusE, Register
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17

{ Another Disappearancc Accounted For.
VIM. VonKannon reports that while
with party Of tourists who were out hunt
ing near the head of Little Rapid creek q
few weeks since, he discovered the skeletons
of man and a bear lying side by side.
Not shred of clothing, button, gun or any
thing belong to the man could be found;
to all appearance the bones had been in
the position when found, for years. The
bones were those of a large bear. The sad
story of the mans fierce fight for life, his
probable anxious calls FOR help as he
fought for life will never be known OF
heard, and the incident will be interesting
only as it accounts for the disappearance Of
ono more unfortunate. 80 many Of whom
left their haunts and made no sign, during
the early settlement Of the Hills.-Hill
City Tin Miner.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17

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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17

About the middle Of September. there
Istrayed from the residence OF the sub
scriber, q spring call, heller, red, white
spot in forehead and bellows brand on
left side. Leave word at this Office ol
with subscriber one mile north Of the
Ingersol school house. w. E. LYNcH.