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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
THE FARMING WORLD.
WOOD ASHES.
Their Value When Applied to Different
Kinds of Soil.

Their Value When Applied to Different
Kinds of Soil.
Leached wood ashes contain about 6
per cent. of phosphoric acid and 216 per
cent. of potash-two valuable fertilizers
for number of crops-and about "a per
cent. of lime, which, when applied to
the soil, has the effect of rendering
available plant food that is already in
the soil On land that has been cropped
until at least some of the elements of
plant food have decreased so that full
average crops can not be made, wood
ashes are worth, says the st. Louis Re-
public, all the way from IS to % cents
per bushel.
They can be applied to nearly all
kinds of fruits with profit. With potatoes
they are especially valuable, either APP
piled in the hill or scattered broadcast
and worked we'll into the soil. Onions
are another crop that can in many cases
be largely benefited by an application of
wood ashes.
If applied in the orchard, good plan
is to stir the soil thoroughly and then
apply broadcast and work we'll in. The
soil can be stirred as far out as the
DrdHCucS chUeuu.
With onions one of the best plans of
applying is to prepare the soil in good
tilth ready for the seed or buttons, and
then scatter the ashes as evenly as pos
sible over the surface, and then, with a
good rake, work well into the soil; then
mark out the rows and plant; or the
seed can be planted and then the ashes
be scattered over the surface; the nee
essary cultivation will work sufficiently
into the soil. The roots of the onions
grow very near the surface and there is
no necessity for working the fertilizer
deep into the soil.
When there is good supply of ashes
they can be applied broadcast for po-
tatoes, working we'll into the soil. Very
good results can also be obtained By ap-
plying in the hill. Mark out the rows
the proper distance apart and then put
small quantity Of ashes where each
hill is to grow; eighteen inches apart in
the row IS good distance. Stir into
the soil we'll, and then plant the seed
and cover. This places the fertilizer in
a position where it can be readily
reached by the roots of the plants. 1t
is not good plan to have the ashes
come in direct contact with the tubers;
hence good care should be taken to in
corpor.se we'll with the soil before
planting.
Ashes aid to make stiff soil more
friable, and can be profitably used with
nearly all garden or truck crops.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
SAVED FROM DEATH.
How the Late w. ID. Kelley Preserved n
Soldiers Life:

How the Late w. ID. Kelley Preserved
Soldiers Life:
In 1864 young soldier Of Pennsyl-
vania regiment was convicted by q
court-martial for sleeping on post and
sentenced to be shot. Friends of the
unfortunate boy hastened to Washing
ton and enlisted the sympathies of Mr..
Kelley in his behalf. Their statements
of the boys grave offense indicated that
there were mitigating circumstances
which rendered him proper subject
for executive clemency. 1t was claimed
that the soldier was in feeble health,
but had refused to go to the hospital,
remaining with his company, which was
engaged in the campaign against Rich
mond. He had been marching and fight
ing for two days and nights without
sleep, and it was under such circum-
stances that overcome by exhaustion,
he had suffered himself to fall asleep
while on picket.
Mr.. Kelley laid the case before the
President, and volunteered to go at once
to the army and investigate. To ena-,
BILE him to do this Mr.. Lincoln handed
him reprieve for three days. So fully
did he trust the judgment of Mr.. Kelley
that he also wrote and signed pardon,
which Kelley was to present in case he,
found the statements of the soldiers
friends to be correct. If, upon the other
hand, he should find the case to be with
out extenuating feature, he should not
interfere with the execution. Mr.. Kel-
ley took the first train for the front.
Travelling as far as he could by rail he
rode on horseback nearly all night
through the great camps to reach the
regiment he sought. The execution
was to have taken place that morning,
but was stayed by the Presidents order.
Mr.. Kelley satisfied himself that the
demands of justice and the discipline of
the army did not require the sacrifice of
the young life, produced the pardon, and
the soldier was restored to duty. The
soldier fully redeemed himself by con-
spicuous gallantry. and lost an arm in
the final assault upon Petersburg
Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
ONE OF TIE YOUNGEST.
An Ohio Boy who has Reason to be Proud
of his War Record.


s. B. Moore, of Harrisville, o., sends
the Tribune his war record. He says it
eclipses that of any so far as heard from.
Others may have been younger at the
time of enlistment, he writes, but none
did more camp duty.
az was" he continues "a fully
equipped soldier from the start, and not
. messenger boy at headquarters. / was
born in Harrisville, Harrison, County o.,
October 22, 1s46, and ran away from
homo to Mount Vernon, o., and enlisted
in the Forty-third Regiment Volunteer
Infantry December 20, 1861. After
about two months drilling we received
orders February 81, 1869, to get ready to
go to the front. We left for Cincinnati,
thence down the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, and landed at Converse, Mo.
From that point we marched to New
Madrid, Mo. That town is on the west
ern bank of the Mississippi river, oppo-
site Island No. 10, and was held by a
Confederate force from Missouri. We
gained possession of the place and assist
ed the gunboats in the capture of the
island and took 5000 rebel prisoners.
On orders we proceeded down the Mis-
sissippi river to take Fort Pillow, but on
account of the high water at that time
we were ordered up the Tennessee river
Co Pittsburgh Landing; from there to the
siege of Corinth, Miss; then to Iuka and
back to Corinth, which place the
rebels made an effort to recapture with
S5, 600 men under Price and Van Dorm.
Our regiment suffered terribly in this
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22

has an oscillating arm pivoted near the
back of the casing which incloses the
mechanism. This arm has motion inn
parted to it about midway between the
pivot and the cutter by means of a
crank carrying a steel roller. The neces-
sary pressure is brought upon the cutter
through the fork by means of a spher-
ical-ended stud, or mushroom piece"
as it is called. This stud is surmounted
by an external cap, which can be
screwed down so as to adjust the press
ure on the cutter The whole of this
apparatus is about twelve inches long,
and for sheaHng it is connected with a
flexible shaft, which can be driven by
any convenient power. The rotation Of
the shaft causes the cutter to move
rapidly to and fro across the face of
the comb, so that when applied to q
sheep the wool is clipped off as fast as
it is brought between the teeth of the
comb and those of the cutter. - n. Y.
World
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
RANDOM SHOTS.
ESsa

THERE are forty-five veterans of the
late war in the lowe Legislature
THE old State Armory at Troy, N. Y,
was recently sold at auction; price So
900.
THE House military committee has
ordered favorable reports on tne bills to
retire General Fremont with the rank of
Major-General, and appropriating S4O,-
900 for branch OF the Soldiers Homo
at Marion, Ind.
BEGINNING with this year comrades of
the Grand Army of the Republic will be
admitted to camps of Sons of Veterans,
a special countersign, however, being
necessary for admission. The latter will
be given to comrades in the usual man
ner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22

by some "snake-charmer." 1t was
very young and inexperienced rabbit
that was chosen to feed the big boa yes
terday. The snake was in a dry-goods
box, whore she had been put to be fed.
The little white, innocent rabbit was
lifted from its cage by its long ears and
dropped gently into the box with the
snake. He had never seen a snake be-
fore in his brief experience, and was not
at all frightened. He went up to the
boa and smelled her and walked over
her, and seemed inclined to make
friends with her. The boa did not seem
to notice the rabbit at first.
When she did see him she at once
cooled herself and drew back her head
preparatory to striking" That is the
technical name given to the vicious bite
with which the snakes grab their vic
Tins. One often reads of the way that
snakes charm rabbits and birds before
they capture and eat them, and the re-
porter stood up alongside the box and
looked In to see the interesting per-
formance for himself. But he didn't
see any thing of the sort. The rabbit
was not charmed in the least. He did
not tremble and rivet his eyes on the
glittering little black beads in the
snakes head. He did not seem to take
in his position. From his actions he
evidently thought that he was destined
to live to good old age.
Suddenly there was dart of the boa's
head forward and her cruel jaws, armed
with rows of needle-like teeth, closed
with snap on the little rabbits head.
The movement was so sudden and rapid
that it was difficult to follow it with the
eye. The rabbit gave one little squeak,
but as quick as thought the boa had
wound fold after fold of its length about
it's victims body, and was squeezing it
with deadly force. There was no more
breath left in the rabbits body. Prac-
rtically he was dead the instant that the
first coil had been wound about him.
He struggled conyulsively for a moment
it is true, but it was merely muscular
contraction, not done on purpose.
1t must have been fully five minutes
before the snake again showed any signs
of being alive, so still and motionless
was she. Then she relaxed the terrible
pressure of her coils a little and began
the act proper of swallowing. This was
performed in very peculiar way. 1t
did not seom like swallowing so much
as it did like absorbing. The snake just
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
SWALLOWING IT.

drew herself over the rabbit as glove
is drawn on over hand, and as she did
/. so her jaws stretched wider and wider
until it seemed that they must part at
the place where they joined together.
1t is marvellous how much boa con-
'strictor's jaws and neck can stretch
without tearing apart. Wider and wider
stretched those jaws and less and less
could be seen of the rabbit as he was
gradually enveloped. AT last, after
about fifteen minutes had passed in this
way, nothing but the hind feet of the
rabbit could be seen. Then these, too,
disappeared. and, with conyulsive
movement of the snakes body near the
head, the swallowing process was COM
plete,. 1t took only about ten minutes
more for the lump caused by the rabbits
body to pass down the snake from her
head to about eighteen inches below it.
Then she crawled over into corner and
poiled herself up to digest her meal.
This will take her week or two.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
SNAKE AND RABBIT.
The Latter Is Now Concealed
Within the Former.
How Boa Looks When Dining Tho
Rabbit Objected Family, but lHe
Got There Finally just
tho Same.

Did you ever see snake swallow q
rabbit? asks writer in the New York
Bun. NoP Well, perhaps it is just as
well for you that you haven't. You
would be apt to think it over too much
afterward, when the recollection would
not be altogether pleasant one. But
the reporter saw it recently and here
is the way of it: The side of the box in
which the snakes were kept was re-
moved and two little white rabbits were
dropped in. This is the way they looked
when they first made the big serpents'
acquaintance.
If 1t isn't a pretty picture it is very
rtrue one, and in real life was mighty in
.teresting, too.
The snake was boa constructor eleven
feet long. He had made his last
meal about two months ago and was get
ting a trife hungry, so his owner de-
icided yesterday to give him something
to eat. No, that is wrong; it should
read to give her something to eat. For
for some unexplained reason-those
who handle big snakes always speak of
them in the feminine gender. They do
this without any regard to the snakes
sex. Be that as it may, however, it was
decided to give the snake square meal
yesterday, and as boa will not eat any
thing unless "she kills it herself I"
first, it was necessary to provide a live
animal for her. Rabbits being soft,
tender, easily-digested animals, and also
cheap, are generally chosen to feed the
boas and pythons which are kept in cap
tivity here until there is call for them
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
LoNGwooD, NAPoLEoN's HOUSE AT ST.
HELENA.

the Hundred Days, the hurried prepara-
tions for war, the rush to arms all over
Europe, the campaign of Waterloo and
the second abdication were to them un-
known. But they all understood that
thenceforth their island was to be ia
nous, one of the noted places of the
earth; a place to which pilgrimages
would be made; whose memory would
live in story and song as long as that OF
the most extraordinary man the world
ever produced.
The memorials of Napoleon are num-
berless. Here are the Briars, the first
homo of Napoleon on the island, whore
he resided until the house prepared for
him by the British Government was
completed. The island is full of stories
of his captivity. How he played with
the children and ran away from the
angry COW; how he tried to frighten one
of his childish friends by brushing up
his hair and giving Cossack howl;
how he helped the little girls in their
French exercises, correcting their
idioms and spelling; how he would sing,
or attempt to do so, with his peculiar,
sqLalling voice; how he was fond of dis.
playing his horsemanship on the lawn
how, with maps and red and black pins,
he fought his battles over again; how
he helped rig out negro slave as
ghost to frighten the family; how he
explored every nook and corner in the
island and asked questions about every
thing, you will read in the histories.
Longwood, the Emperor's permanent
home on the island, is in the same con,
dition as when he left it, though now il
is museum of Napoleonic relics. Here
he endured living death for over five
years. Longwood is situated on the
largest of the plains of st. Helena, in
singularly forbidding part of a singular.
ly desolate island. 1t is said that the
mighty heart of the Emperor sunk with.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22

ING MACHINE. sheari ma
chine, however, as described in its
details, is very ingenious piece of
mechanism. The main features are the
clever way in which the rotary motion
of the main spindle is converted into
the reciprocating motion impaired to
the cutter, and the method of putting
the necessary pressure upon the cutter.
First we have steel comb, which is
about two inches broad at the points of
the teeth, which are slightly curved
underneath. This comb is stationary,
being fixed to the handle, which is held
in one hand by the shearer when at
work, while with the other he holds
down the sheep. On the face of
the comb is the cutter, which is trident
shaped and about one and a-half inches
wide. When in operation this cutter
moves to and fro at the rate of about
two thousand vibrations minute, mo-
tion being impaired to it through flex-
ible shaft The novelty comes in be-
tween the shaft and the cutter, which
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22

by an English gardener and originally
photographed by the Mark Lane Ex-
press. This is unlike most potatoes in
that it is perfect likeness of mans
bead. In most potatoes the eyes are
we'll representation much so for the
thrifty housekeeper in this we
have the mouth, nose and chin (double).
The illustration is correct reproduc-
tion of this sample of the genus solanum
tuberosum, reduced about one-third in
size.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
A Remarkable Potato.

We have been called upon of late to
notice some big potato stories, vouched
for by American growers, and now we
have an English contribution to swell
the list.
The remarkable sample, genuine
one that can not be matched, and shown
in the cut here presented, was dug up
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
ST. HELENA.
Tho Island Prison of Frances Greatest
Sovoroign-Relics of Napoleon.

IIIo I5iHIIH ITIHUn OF FTHHCb-H NTGHUSHU
sovoroign-Relics of Napoleon.
The natural features of st. Helena
are the same now as when old Juan
steered his crew of cut-throats past the
DEVILS Nose into the harbor, but every
spot is hallowed by the memory of Ma
poleon. Up to quite recently there
were living a few old islanders who re-
member the lively excitement that was
created on the island when British
vessel came into the harbor and it was
announced to the astonished population
that o man-of-war was on the way
thither with Napoleon on board as a
prisoner. The inhabitants had heard of
Leipsic and Elba, but so slow was news
in those days that the return from Elba,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22

THE presence of two or three inferior
COWS in herd affects the average profit
of the whole. If dairying is to be con-
Quoted as paying business, the most
important requisite ia good COW in
place OF an inferior one.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22

or less success
by the s h @ o p
growers of Aus
t + a l i u and is
now being intro
duced among the
British Farmers,
w h ere it 8
known as t h o
w o s g l @ y
Sheep Shearer."
1t is claimed
by foreign eX-
changes that in
Australia t h / s
machine h n s
rendered it prac-
ticable to shear
from 100 to 200
sheep per day.
In a shearing
trial reported a
S h @ g p w a s
sheared by the
Wolseley m u :
chine in two and
one-half m i n :
utes.
7 h @ general
principle of the
machine i s, o (
course, not al :
together new, as
it h as b 9 g n
Ae m b o d / G d i n
Va o + s o clipping
machines. Il h o
.lnnn~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
Electrical Item.

I, John-What are you doing now, Tom?
Tom-I'm lightning jerker.
John-Telegraph operator, eh?
Tom-No; lightning beer-jerker.-
rcola Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-02-22
A LABOR SAVER.

A Now Shcep-Shcaring Machino-It Docs
It's Work Well and Quickly.
The machine depicted in the accom-
panYing cuts has boon used with moro
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-02-13
sherman on Foraker.

Senator Sherman's testimony before
the ballot box committee yesterday
mustihave made His Royal Highness,
Foraker feel smaller than ever. He tes-
titled that when the campaign opened
he believed ia Foraker's good faith to-
wards him and had himself in good
faith odene all-in his power to bring
about Foraker's reelection. He had
an interview with him during the CAM
paign and while Foraker had the forged
document in his possession but the lat
ter had never intimated to him that
Sherman's name was on ii. Senator
Sherman intimated plainly to the COM
mittee what he thought of a man who
would assume him guilty of a crime on
such Q miserable pretense of reason as
the forged document and His Royal
Highness squirmed. Senator Sherman
put the finishing touch by showing
there was mot the slightest excuse for
suspectlng Gov. Campbell of improper
motives In introducing the ballot box
bill as members Of congress introduce
bills Of all kinds. as they present petit
tions, at the request of constituents and
without the slightest interest, financial
orotheEwise. in the fate of the measure
after inffoduction.--Hdia Dealer,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-02-13
M'KINLEY'S DISTRfCT I.
lis NHbl /
4 Way to Lsgislats Him Out.
It May Come With the Next
Redistricting of the State.
SENATOR HowELLsy ELAN TO
MARE AN ALMOST EQUAL
DIVIDE.
The Reorganization OF the State In
stitutiOns and Other Minor Mat
tiers to Occur LaterOn.
Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.

Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
MAsfLLoN, Ohio, February TO-
Senator Anthony Howells spent Sun
day at his home in this city and before
returning to Columbus to-day was in
terviewed by The Enquirer. He was
asked, what would be done about re-
districting the State and the probable
disposition of Stark county. Mr.. How
ellis said: "The State will be redistrict-
ed and on a fair basis. It Is true that
many wild schemes were advanced;
some to give the Democrats seventeen
or eighteen districts and others twelve
to fifteen, while the most conservative
and the great majority want only what
is fair and right, which would be eleven
or twelve districts. From present in
dications not over twelve Democratic
districts will be made, and this is my
own idea of what should be done:- As
to Stark County, I believe it will be
put in q district with Tuscarawas, Car
roll and Coshocton counties, which
will make the district about l 400 Dem
ocratic, and one, in my opinion, that
any good Democrat can carry against
Mckinley. If the Democratic candi-
date is defeated in such q district, all
| have to say is that he ought to be de-
feated. 81.
"I see your name mentioned as a pos
slble candidate for CongressY a
"No, sir, am not, nor did ever say
I was, as am for another man and
one whom feel certain can be elect
ed"
"What about recognizing the insti-
tutions?n
II think 1 can safely say to you that
the institutions will be reorganized, but
not until the redistricting Of the State
is through with, and that may take two
or three weeks.'
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-02-13
Fsa Fosa..Il sEvidence, id.n,dr Or Terrible, Ter ) Fight.

Prof. Murchison of the Kansas scien-
tific association has been for months eX-
ploring the region around Fort Riley
FOR fossil remains, in which the country
Is rich, being the ancient bed OF the
cretaceous ocean OF the west The pro-
fessor's search has been rewarded by
several valuable discoveries Of the re-
mains Of extinct animals, among them
the entile vertebral column, over thirty
feet in length, of. the ornithorinchus,
and the bones of the paddle Of q giant
turtle or tortoise which must have been
at least eighteen feet long. ...-..
The richest find Of all, however, was
made few days ago in a ravine some
six miles west of town which had been
filled by the recent heavy rain to over
flowing. This water passing off washed
away the loose earth and sediment OF
limestone on the sides, thus revealing
an almost entire skeleton Of liodon
dyspelor, the longest Of the antedilu-
Wan reptiles, and q head Of the por-
theus molossus, q sharklike fish of form
liable power. The dyspelor measured
nearly sixty feet in length from the tip
of the blunt muzzle to- the end of the
long, serpentlike tail, and the head of
the molOssus some inches longer than
that of a full grown grizzly bear, but
much heavier and broader. -.
To add to the interest OF the dlscov-
cry, It could be easily seen that the gi-
gantic monsters had died in combat,
for the great jaws of the molossus, with
their terrible cylindric faDgs, were
closed in a death gf;p upon the hind
leg of the dyspelorr crushlngis between
other giant it could be plainly seen that
it had used its flexible though massive
tail in beating to death its foe, which
with bulldog tenacitX had still retained
its hold. The capacious mouth Of the
dyspelor, with its glistening teeth, was
wide open, the head thrown nearly back
on the vertebr@, and the whole carcass
convulsed into q half coil.