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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
Not Quite tho Same.

Mrs Glibc-I think your new house
is delightful one, Mr.. Jones. Only
yesterday | was telling my husband
that th2dght you were very level
headed man.
Johnny Gnterrupting)-No, ma, you
didn't say quite that. You said fla,
headed.-Munsey's Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
SHAWHAN'S SUPERB STABLE.
The Folly of Wealthy San Franciscan
Who Flew Too High.

The Folly of Wealthy San Franciscan
Who Flew Too High.
About fifteen years ago, in San Fran
cisco, speculator in mining stocks
''struck it rich" and began the erection
of costly stable OH the very summit of
fashionable Mob hill, intending to build
"a splendid house when he ''strucls it" u
little richer" The lot was one of the
largest and best on the hill, and all
about We're the homes of the suddenly
made rich, who We're irrcvcrently called
''nobs," and thus the loca ty came to
be christened by its suggestive name.
The speculator's hame was Shawhan,
and he meant to outshine every other
mob on the hill. He is said to have
spent on his stable over 800, 900, and it
looked like splendid house. There
was in it great marble drinking trough
into which the water ran from the
mouth of marble lion that had been
sculptured in Italy expressly for Shaw
han. In front of the trough was plate
glass mirror as large as the side of a
small house. The floor of the hay-loft
was of inlaid wood and plastered all
over the interior walls of the buildings
WtTt SnlcluS
Shawhan was from Kentucky and with
characteristic pride traced his ancestry
back to enough great people in England
and America to make biographical
dictionary an Indispensable article in
the household of every acquaintance.
After the stable was finished Shaw
hans speculations were not so protlta-
BILE as he had hoped, and, pending rise
in the mi rket, he and his family lived
in rented house near the costly stable.
His ventures all proved unsuccessful
and within comparatively short period
he had lost his last dollar in the stock
market. The lot and stable on Mob
hill went with the rest of his suddenly
acquired fortune, and for long time
after people who were ignorant of the
history of the stable would audibly
wonder in passing by it, "Wby doesn't
somebody live in that splendid house?"
Chicago Times.
-"Doctor, is there no remedy for
gout?" 80, yes. You shouldn't have
tl.a ~ .,a a ,.a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
PLEASANT RECREATION.
Visitors ut n French Watering Place
Watching Fiahcrwomen.

watching Fishcrwomen.
At Biarritz, favorito French bath
.ng place on the bay of Biscay, the prin-
,ipal morning recreation for visitors is
watching the groups OF fisberwomen
waiting for the return of the boats on
the sands below. Some were moving
about; some half lying or sitting on the
rocks and sands; most of them knitting,
their brown fingers moving deftly, while
their eyes now ard then were eagerly
strained seaward, watching for the first
speclx of the boats heads to appear
They were very handsome women in
strong, muscular way. Their bare feot
and ankles, bronzed and roughened as
they wore, would have served sculptor
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
DANCING MARIONETTES.
Fun-Making Toys for the Long
Winter Evenings.
Any Ono Can Make Thorn II Ho Follows
, tho Instructions Given IN This Article
Matches and Old Cards Turned
TO Good Account.

Marionettes says sanguine inventor,
must have an inherent life of their own.
The clown, tho Columbine and all the
figures representing animals will now
caper about on their own hook.
Worn-out visiting cards, match-sticlks,
these are very simple materials with
which people who arc fond of little
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

marked down.-Texas Siftings.
He Knew Her Seconds.-"We can't
cave for an hour" "Why not" "My
wife has gone into the kitchen for q
second. IN. Y. Sun.
Somebody claims that Strawberries
and corncobs contain about the same
elements. Some folks will claim any
thing.--Ram's Horn.
--Lummix-"Why did you kick that
man, SkimgulletY' SlSimgullet "He
told me an untruth, and my sole revoltcd
ut the lie. e."-Demorests Monthly.
Utility. - Dealer - "Tl ese carpets
can't be beat, num-" Customer
Huh! Catch me buying carpets that
can't be beat. What dye 'sp, sc keep
husban' for. Good News.
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures your hus-
uand?" Mrs. Athome-"Down cellar,
inoculating the gas meter. He says it's
consumption of gas is something awful"
Boston Traveller.
His Employer-"I cau only say, Mr..
Jones, you have acted like donkey in
this NATTER "But you mustn't forget
sir, that acted as your representative"
Philadelphia Times.
The Reason.-Peeler (before doors
Of wrecked ba,lk)-"What are you loaf
ers collecting here for?" The Peeled
lin chorus )-"Because we can't collect
inside. IN. Y. Sun.
$50 you are looking for an honest
man." said friend of Diogenes to him.
"Yes, SIR" "IIow will you recognize
one when you see himP" "He will re-
turn borrowed lead-pencil. Wash
ipgton Post.
That VIII Quiet Them.-Clerlz--
"Here's another statement from Inkwell
& Co. Shall pay it?" Principal-"No.
Tell Valise to place another order-a
large one-with them. American Sta
TONER
Customer purchasing fountain
pen)-''What's this it is wrapped up in?"
Clerk-"That, sir, is tract. Read IL
and it may counteract the terrible effect
on you caused by swearing at the PEN"
Boston Traveller.
(which side do you lie on?" asked
the physician in attendance on an editor
who was very i'll. Neither" replied
the editor, rallying at ence; my paper
is published on strict upright princi-
pies. es."-Washington Post.
Mrs. Watts-"For all the smart talk
about women's curiosity, the men are
just as bad" Mrs. Potts-"Yes, indeed.
He never gives me dollar without
wanting to know all about what in.
tend to do with it.-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
-Jack-"Why nre you looking so
sad?" Toni saw Maud throwing
sly glnnces at Harry tonight" Jack
"Cheer up. 1t was doubtless for you she
meant them, though Harry got them.
Women never can throw straight, you
know."-Harpers Bazaar.
like our new neighbour" Mrs. B.-"I
never met such an ignorant woman as
she is. She can't talk about any thing
but paintings, books and music. She
doesn't know word OF gossip about
body. y."-Manhattan.
Some Nice Pieces.-She-'Yo are
getting to be quite poet, Mr.. Middle
mere. l notice some very nice pieces OF
yours in the paper" He with irony)-
"Yes, the printer seems to think they
look better that way. l assure you
write themcomplete, however. ."-Ameri-
can Grocer.
But, Your Honor" SAID the pris-
oner, 'siX months for me? Remember,
sir, | have been a member Of the ], gis-
lature and once -an fc Gov ellis"
THAT may be. But you shoul- AVE
spoken sooner, can not increase vol.
sentence ow."-Philadelrhia Tines.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
A Philosopher.

Mammar-If you eat any more OF that
pudding, Tommy, you'll see the Bosie-
man tonight
Tommy (after moments Thoughts
Well, give me some more. / might as
well settle my mind about that story
right awayl--Puok.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24

Minister Ito little Johnnie)-"What
do you go to Sunday-school for, my
son?" Johnnie-"Because Billy Smith,
what's in our class, lives next to de ball
groun's, and he tells us all about dc
games every Sunday. The Epocb
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24
WOODEN CATERPILLAR.
Tho Growth of What May Ee Called the
Oddest OF Insects.

The oldest insect in eXistence-soo odd
that unless it were vouched for and ex.
planned scientifically would be consid.
cred hoax-is the aweto. 1t is not
easy to decide whether it ought to be
classed under the fauna or flora of New
Zealand, for it is as much vegetable as
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-01-24

-"Doctor, is there no remedy for
gout?" so, yes. You shouldn't have
drank so much wine the last thirty yeara
or 80. so.n.-PhiladelphiA Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
A coPPER-coLoRED GHOST.
Sitting Bulls Cabin May Be Seen at the
Worlds Fair.

The plan to remove Sitting Bulls
cabin from Grand river to Chicago
for exhibition purposes during the
Worlds fair will be hailed with delight
by supsrstitious Indians on the Stand
ing Rock reservation. They are firmly
convinced that the dead chieftain's
late abode is haunted by his ghost and
nothing can persuade them to believe
otherwise. Sitting Bulls immediate
Followers arc the most superstitious
but every other Indian on the reserva-
tion shares in the belief that the build
ing is nightly inhabited by the disem-
bodied spirits of the old warrior and
|, his men who were killed in conflict
with the Indian police over two
months ago. Not one Indian can be
prevailed upon to go near the place,
which remains entirely deserted. Even
Sitting Bulls two wives and his chill
dren deserted the cabin, and havegone
to live among Indians with no distinc-
tion of being widows of the great
chief The blood stains on the thresh-
old where Sitting Bull was killed are
said to emit a sort of PHOSPHORUS
hue at night.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
PARAGRAPHERs' PUNs.

: Adrowning man will grasp at straws.
So will thirsty man, if there is
a mint julep in sight.-New Orleans
Picayune.
The difference between suitor and
an office-sseker is that one pays court
and the other courts pay.-Arkansaw
Traveller.
1.-THE Decline and Fall of Roam" is
the title of the book which the great
American tramp intends to write.-In-
dianapolis Journal.
A barking dog cannot bite, but the
trouble is that he is likely at any time
to stop barking and take piece out
of your leg.-Somerville Journal.
at costs the government $3.50, 900
a year to print the Congressional Rec
ord" The government should econo-
mize by using a patent inside and
boiler-plate matter for the outside.
l-Norristown Herald.
And now medical students are dis
secting cats and dogs. No doubt their
object is to discover remedies for cat
alepsy and the operation OF the va.
rious kinds of barks that are used
medicinally.-NswYo York Sunday Times.
The boy is now too sick to saw
The smallest stick of wood in the pile.
But he can slide down hill and draw
big sled back for half mile
-Binghampton Republican
There is no difference between dead
miner and live one, for in either case
his dream of life is ore.-Texas Sitting
The only certain way to judge a
mans position in society by his dress
is when you see him in the spenitentiary
earb.-Texas Siftings.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
MONTANA NEWS.

The Bezeman and Castle stage line, as
an independent enterprise. will shortly ma
tsrialirs.
The Billings Gazette claims that the Bur-
lington q Missouri railroad is headed for
Billings and will be finished to that point
the coming season.
The consideration for which Thos Davis,
Of Iowa, one of the illsgitimats children Of
A. ]. Davis, ssld out his claim to the dead
millienairs's brother, is said to have been
100000. Lawyer stapelton is indignant
over the sale, and says it 10 a breach OF
contract entered into last spring with other
illsgitimats children.
The census OF the Montana Indians just
completed for publication shows that they
number 10. .33e, or an apparent deere Of
734 since 1889. The only tribe that has
increased are the Assinaboiuss, and they
show an increase OF fourteen since 1889.
OF the 10. 900 or more there are 6, 764 FRA
tioa" Indians in the state.
The contract for building the railroad
inte Barker has been let. and work will be
csmmenced in few days The Nsihsrt
L
right OF way into that camp can be secured.
Business in these two camps will now boom
and the miners will push the development
oftheir mines with renewed energy.-Lsadsr.
Mr.. Thomas (Red) whaley, the petty
thief who went aboard OF Great Northern
train at Havre and stsle a fur overcost
| frem Mr.. Gleason, Peter Seims' brothsr-in-
law, get a just sentence to-day-one year
in the state prison. His crime wa declared
to be burglary, just the same as il hs had
broken into house to accomplish his pur-
pose. This is good law and we hope every
petty thief who enters train or a building
will get the same dose.-River Press.
The precious metal product OF Montana
Last year was S34, ,s14,955 Its mining
dividends declared by listed companies
amounted to 81. 262 ,42o. This statement
10 exclusive Of hundreds OF mining compan-
les which are operating privately, and
whose output 10 not made of public record.
The base metal product of the state for
1890 was made up OF copper and lead, the
production Of the former being about To-
600, 900 0lbs.-Intsr-M Mountain.
prize fight, with four ounce gloves, took
place at Great Falls on the 18th inst, be-
tween Dick Carroll, . FIT. Assinabeins sol
disr, and Charlie Gleason, champion mid
dle-wsight OF Minnesota. The prize was
S30O,-S20O to the winner and S1oo to the
loser. In the first round Gleason seemed
to have decidedly the best OF the soldier.
| but after that Carroll rallied and forced
the fight detsrminsdly to the fifth round
when he knocked Gleason completely out,
| and thus won the battle.
| James c. Blanding arrived from Sand
Coulss at neon Monday bringing news o.
the instant death Of Robert Lind, a minsi
employed by the Sand Csules Coal com
pany. Lind was working in one OF tn
tunnels this morning when suddenly hug
piece OF slate became detached from tn
roof OF the chamber and fell, striking hin
on the head and crushing the skull in hor
ribls manner. Death was instantaneous
Lind was about thirty years OF age an
married. He leaves a wife and two smal
childrsn.-Leader.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
Big Churches.

st. Peters church at Rome has seat
ing capacity for "a 900 persons.
In st. Stephens church in Vienna
IL 400 persons can be seated.
The cathedral of Venice will accom-
modate IL 900 persons with seats.
The cathedral at Milan IS provided
with seating capacity for $4,000 per
sons.
The Antwerp cathedral is provided
with seating capacity for "a, 900 per,
sons.
The church of St.Sophia, in Constan.
tinople, has seating capacity of 49,
OOO
The church of st. Petrionio, Bologna,
contains seats to the number of "a 400
The Pisa cathedral has seats ar
ranged to provide for the seating o.
13, 900 persons.
In st. Marks church, in Venice
seats are provided to accommodate I,
600 persons.
London's great church, st. Pauls
can accommodate 80, 800 with q seal
each.
st. PauPs church in Rome containi
seating capacity for the accommoda
ton OF 32, 900 persons.
The cathedral of Notre Dame il
Paris has seats to accommodates a con
gregation of q, 900 persons.
In DIR. Surgeons tabernacle in Lon
don, seating capacity is provided for {
congregation of z, 900 persons.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
Odd Items.

There are now IL ,OOO,OOO men in
Europe ready to be called into the
field.
The scheme for duplicate of the
Eiffel tower in London has been aban-
doned.
The Kansas legislature has lis far
mers and but three lean, lank, lone
some lawyers.
The French and 10 centime pieces
are hereafter to be coined with holes
in them like Chinese currency.
The first London directory was
printed in 1867 and contained sixty
four pages, with the names of 1,79O
| persons and firms.
The maximum speed which French
passenger trains are permitted to
make is about seventy miles an hour,
and this is uncommon.
A grain OF carmine or half a grain OF
analine will tinge hogshead OF water
so that a strong microscope will de
tect coloring matter in every drop.
| According to an official report re
Gently published the number OF stu
dents at the twenty universities o.
Germany amounts to 2S,711. Berlin
comes first with 5,52T.
Wooden cloth was first made in Eng
land in 1881, though it was known II
Oriental countries since time out o
memory. It. was neither dyed mol
dressed in England until the year 1867
The Rev. w. w. Carson, of Kingston
Canada, who has accepted call te
become pastor of a Presbyterian
church in Detroit, finds himself barred
out under the law against importing
contract labor.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
The Car Paid the Draft.

"The funniest thing happened to me
once" remarked st. Louis business
man visiting in this city. "I had more
credit than cash and more cash, per-
haps, than sense. L wanted to use
about $500 and 1 drew on the czar of
Russia for $4S7. Iexpected, of course,
that the draft would go to protest,
but thought that it would take three
months for the draft to go across the
water and return, and by that time l
was pretty positive that l should be
able to pull out of the hole To my
utter astonishment the draft was paid,
but / received a note, signed by the
czar, stating that it was necessary for
him to protect his credit and that he
would honor the draft this time,
though he could not imagine what he
could owe an American in a far-away
city. However, he warned me that he
would investigate if he heard anything
more from me. / have not yet made
up my mind whether the proper policy
would have been to send that money
back to the czar. Being entirely igno'
rant of court rules and court etiquette
have concluded to wait until Russia
becomes . republic and then l will
send the money to the car. He may
need it yet. t."-Kansas City Times.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
The Shadow Of Free Trade.

1t will prove fortunate for voters
who may for the moment be tempted
by the dazzling pictures held out by
free trade crusaders, if, before casting
a ballot for tho vaunted panacea of
tariff reform. a littlc search be made
for the inspiration of that interest in
the general veal of this country just
now SO prominent. 1t will prove
equally beneficial if some attention is
also given to the results of revenue
only" policy as, found ip the nation
most active IN the enort'ro forcs It's
views upon this country.
A little scrutiny in this direction will
develop the fact that what is really
sought is to have votes so cast, and
legislation so framed as to discourage
the further growth of industries in this
country, and give over to foreign work
men, now but partially employed, a
large share of the manufacturing, now
furnishing employment for labor and
capital in the United States.
A glance along the line of march of
free trade crusaders soon finds it reach
ing a steamship pier, and thence to
England, where sits the Golden club as
commander-in-chief of the forces assail-
ing the policy of Protection for any
country except Great Britain. And it
is not necessary to look beyond the
shadow OF this presiding genius of free
trade for the results OF the policy it SO
persistently champions. There the
area devoted to farming is steadily
diminishing under the necessity for
competing with breadstuffs grown
abroad. There the effort to keep the
price of manufactured products low
enough to underbid other nations in
their own markets, has crowded wages
to level that compels wives and chill
dren to join in the battle tor bread,
while the unsolved problem of provid-
ing for the army of the unemployed is
pressing upon Parliament with daily
augmenting intensity.
Such are the practical fruits of the
policy championed by the Golden Club,
and urged by it's American assistants
for adoption by the United States.
Remove the existing tariff on wheat,
and India would pour her grain into
San Francisco and other seaports at
prices far below the cost reproduction
here. Remove the tariff from any con.
siderable number of our range of man
ufactures, and foreign competitors
would take our market, or compel the
cost of production here to conform to
that in countries of lowest wages
And these facts voters cannot afford
to learn in the dear school lofexperience
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-02-26
IT WAS MOT MURDER.
Triumph Of Genius in Explaining the Death
Of Young EnsIey.

MILAN, Tenn, Feb. 14.-The famous
Avery murder trial in the Henry
county circuit court ended recently.
John G. Avery walked forth a free man
for the first time In three years. The
story reads like q romance and it is
perhaps the most remarkable and
unique case ever tried in any court.
In June, 1887, Charles Ensley, a cousin
of Avery, and wealthy young man.
was killed in his rooms at Rocky
Springs, about three o'clock in the
afternoon, while lying on a lounge.
The weapon used was a small rifle,
sending a 32-calibre ball through Ems
ley's brain. No one was in the house
at the time but Ensley. An empty
rifle was found lying in it's rack on the
side of the wall, and the bullet fitted
the tube. Avery was arrested for the
crime, as he was the only living close
relation to Ensley, and would have
profited by his death to an extent OF
nearly 100000. Avery was tried,
pleaded not guilty. but was convicted
of murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hung. Avery appealed
to the supreme court, and engaged the
celebrated criminal lawyer, Wallis, of
Cincinnati, o., to defend him, and
other counsel of some reputation to aid
him. The supreme court remanded it
back to the circuit court on account
of technical errors. A change OF venue
was taken and the trial transferred to
Paris. Two mistrials have been
brought about. Now comes the strang-
est part of the story: The brilliant
Wallis, with q genius almost phenom-
email, and influenced by a fee of 50, 900,
struck the key note to the mystery.
In August last he had the rifle loaded
and hung on the wall, white sheet
with the form of q man marked on it,
and a heavy cut glass pitcher OF water
placed on the shelf above. The tenn
perture was ninety-nine degrees in the
shade, one of the hottest days in the
year. The pitcher of water acted as a
sun-glass, and the hot rays of the sun
shining through the water were refract
cd directly on the hecartridge chamber OF
the rifle. Eight witnesses were in the
room, and few minutes after three
O'Clock puff and a report, and tho
ball struck the outlined form back of
the ear, and the theory of circumstan-
tial evidence was exploded. This incl
dent being seen and sworn to readily
explained itself to the jury. AS the
sleeping man was lying on the lounge
the direct rays of the sun-glass heated
the cartridge, causing it to explode.
No stranger case has ever been known
in the history of criminal law than
that of the state against John G. Avery.