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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

Women may not be deep thinlkera
but they are generally clothes observ'
ers.-Texas Siftings.
Traveller (entering dining-room carl
It's this the smoking car, my good
man?" Porter-"No, sab; this is the
chewing car sah." - Yonkers States,
man.
-Author--"These two books-I hard
ly know what to call them = are wait.
ing for titles" Joblots - "Why don't
you call them American Heiresses,
then?"-Harvard Lampoon.
Young Husband MY dear, bust
ness reverses have caused me to make
an assignment and" Young Wife
(tearfully)-"Y-e-s." Young Husband
1--WE will go abroad and travel for a
year or wo."-Epoch.
-He-"Yes, darling, and it shall be
the purpose of my life to surround you
with every comfort and to anticipate
and crafty your every wish" She -
"How good of you. Harry. And all on
S12 a week, too.-Boston Transcript.
-Briggs-"That was terrible thing
about Wangle, wasn't it? While his
wife was talking to the dressmaker he
committed suicide in the next room. Z"
Griggs-"Phew! Have they found out
the cause?" Briggs--"It is supposed
that he heard what the dressmaker
said. Cloak Review.
81 wonder" said Sapson to the bar
ber, "what makes it hurt so to shave
my upper lip. 1t seems very tender"
81 dunno" replied the old colored man,
as he smiled at himself in the looking
glass, "but specs yoh got one of desc
hyur ingrowin' mustaches Washing
ton Star.
Encouraging, but Ambiguous
Anxious Millionaire - "Then, sir,
have your consent to pay my addresses
to your daughter? All, sir, if 1 only
thought 1 could win her affections!'
Eager Father-'Why not my dear sir
why not? Plenty of others have sue
ceededr'-Yankee Blade.
Miss Straitlace-"Do you see that
poor blind beggar woman on the corner,
Maude? How pitiful it is to see her sit
ting there in the crowd with that card,
i am blind suspended around her
neck" Miss Follibud-"Yes, it is pitt.
full; but, Ethel, what delightful chape-
journal.
Mr.. Reeder-"Don't you find much
enjoyment in reading Shakespeare,
Mrs. Shadmind?" Mrs. Shadmind-''To
n certain extent, yes. think, though,
he would have made his works of much
more interest to us if he had introduced
some of our great Americans in his
plays. Boston Courier.
She was Not at Home
is your sister at home?" said the young
man at the front door. "Wait till light
the gas-or hold on-is your hail
sandy?" why, no." replied the abashed
youth. Have you got mustache that
curls at the ends?" "N-no. l don,
wear mustache at all" Hum. Have
you got large seal ring on the fourth
finger of your left hand?" mo,
haven't" Then" said Johnny, conf
IDENTIFY, 'she amt at home" and he shut
the door without further to do.-Wash'
ington Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
FOR OLD SOLDIERS.

GENERAL" the famous locomotive
of the old Western and Atlantic line,
captured by Andrews raiders at Big
Shanty and recaptured the same day at
Ringgold, is to grace the capitol grounds
of Georgia by resolution of the legisla-
ture.. The old balloon stack will be
replaced and the old-style look restored.
CAPT. J. r. MCCONNELL, of the gen.
eral land office at Washington, has
been carrying ever since the war bull
let in his head. A few days ago, as he
was bending over, he felt something in
his nose, which passed out and fell on
the floor. He picked it up and it prov
ed to be bullet. He now carries 1T in
his pocket 's
LABoRERs employed in a sewer at
Danville, Va, the other day struck
tnnnel which is said to be one dug at
the time of the war by federal prison.
ers confined in an old factory which
stood on the corner of Spring and
Union streets, and through which eigh-
teen of the prisoners made their escape.
1t is just large enough fora man to
crawl through.
A soLDIER-HATER recently tackled
ohm ID. Luster, a veteran, ia San Fran
cisco, and tried to make game of his g.
A.. r. badge, saying the grand army
men made him very weary, and that
three-quarters of the men now drawing
pensions never smelled the smoke OF
powder in battle. At this Luster, who
is pensioner, and SO badly wounded
that he has to use cane, brought that
useful weapon down upon the scoffer'a
head with such force that he fioored
him, and afterward used his stick to
such good purpose that the fellow, who
did not think an old soldier could OF
would fight, had to be taken away in q
patrol wagon for repairs. Another vic
tory for the oldveteranA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
LINCOLN IN CAMP.
His Cheering Influence Upon the Wear,
Soldiers.

His Cheering Influence Upon the Weary
Soldiers.
On the morning after the battle of
Bull Run the army of the Potomac was
in a sorry condition. Officers were
looking after their men, and men were
looking after their officers. cold,
dlizzling rain was falling, tents and ra-
tions were wanting, and worse yet, the
army had been beaten, and had not had
time to recover itself. The chronicler
of the Seventy-ninth New York regi-
mcnt pictures the scene as he saw it,
and in the same connection relates a
characteristic anecdote of President
Lincoln.
During the forenoon few of us had
gathered in barn, where we sat nurs-
ing our woes 81 want to go home" was
pictured on every countenance.
Col. Sherman-the future general-in-
chief of the army-came in while we
were talking, accompanied by two or
three mem bers of his staff, and in what
appeared to us gruff and unsympa-
thetic tone, wanted to know what we
were doing here.
Excepting out of the rain" was the
| TtplY. we udNC ho tChto uhh iSN VI
us have blankets; and we have nothing
to eat "sats 'afae' ss''ef''.t '.''r ''e.s''s''''
"Well, you had better go down in the
woods and build bush huts. / want to
put my horses in here"
We were in no condition to remon-
strate, but we, had our opinion of an Of
fcer who would turn men out of shell.
ter for the purpose of giving it to dumt
bIutes. ,i
Col. Sherman's object was no doubt
a good one He knew that broodine
over our troubles would do us more
harm than good But he might hays
advised us in more lsindly manner.
Next morning we moved to better
situation, and in the afternoon were
honored by visit from the president
AS his carriage drove up we noticed
Col. Sherman occupying q seat by hi
side, tf ttH-1t
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
PLANT DIET.
Carbonic Acid of More Importance Than
Soil.

Carbonic Acid of More Importance Than
Soil.
Every plant has one set of aerial
mouths to suck in carbon, and many
plants have another set of subterranean
mouths as WELL to suck up water and
mineral constituents. Have you ever
grown mustard and cress in the window
on a piece of flannel? If so, that's
capital practical example of the COM
parative unimportance of soil, except as
a means of supplying moisture You put
Your flannel in . soup-plate by the din
ing-room window; you keep it well wet,
and you lay the seeds of the cress on
top of it. The young plants, being sup
piled with water by their roots, and
with carbon by the air around, have all
the little they need below, and grow
and thrive in these conditions wonder
fully. But if you were to cover them up
with an air-tight glass case, so as to ex-
clude fresh air, they'd shrivel up at once
for want of carbon, which is their solid
food, as water is their liquid. Y"
The way the plant really eats is little
known to gardeners, but very interest
ing. All over the lower surface of the
green leaf lie scattered dozens of tiny
mouths or apertures, each of them
guarded by two small pursed-up lips
which have a ridiculously human ap.
pearance when seen through simple
microscope. When the conditions OF
| air and moisture are favorable these
lips open visibly to admit gases, and
then the tiny mouths suck in carbonic
acid in abundance from the air around
them. A series of pipes conveys the
gaseous food thus supplied to the upper
surface of the leaf, where the sunlight
falls full upon it, Now, the cells OF
the leaf contain peculiar green diges-
tive material, which l regret to say has
no simpler or more cheerful name than
chlorophyll; when the sunlight plays
upon this mysterious chlorpphyn il
sewers the oxygen from the carbon in
the carbonic acid, turns the free gas
loose upon the atmosphere once more
through the tiny mouths, and retain:
the severed carbon intact in it's OWL
tissues. That is the whole process o
feeding in plants; they eat carboni'
acid, digest it in their leaves, get rid o
the oxygen with which it was formerl.
combined, and keep the carbon store'
up for their own purposes. -Cornhil
Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05

uvail themselves more readily and
speedily of the latest triumph of science
than the criminal class" said the de-
tective.
''The well-informed criminal" he
continued, "skims the cream from
every new invention, if he can make
use of it. No iron safe has yet been
constructed that keeps out the shrewd
and determined burglar, and that's the
way in everything. But / don't recall
case in which this truth was more
thoroughly demonstrated than the
Maxwell case"
"Wkat case was that?" / asked.
'sIt was at the time when the tele-
phone had just been introduced into
business and private use. George
Maxwell was at that time one of the
most successful spectators on the
board of trade at Chicago, and was
currently reported to have tipped the
scale which marked one million dol
lars He was young and handsome
man and had just married lady of re-
markable beauty. 1t was decided
love match. A score or so of messages
were dispatched every day during
business hours. They contained such
important queries as: '2:1o p. m. How
are you now. darling?' And replies
like this: '2:35 p. m. l sigh for you.
How is my sweetest?' Well, to save
outlay and to increase the facility of
communication, Mr.. Maxwell con-
nected his office with his home in Ash
land avenue, two miles off, by private
telephone wire. He was one of the
first men in Chicago to do so. About
two out of six business hours were
now spent by him at the instrument.
"One day, just before the close o1
business, there was ring at the
telephone. The devoted husband
with leap was there. What does my
darling wish?' ne murmured.
"'I'm no darling. You mistake me
4sirr came the reply, in a masculine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
1t Felt So.

An Irish servant-girl came to her
mistress one morning begging permis-
zion to go to the dentist to have an
,ching "toot" filed; saying that it had
teen going "thumpity-thump. thumpity-
;nump!" all night.
When the girl returned her mistress
ieked:
well, Katie, did you have the tooth
1lled?"
sol did mum"
"What did you have it filed with?"
''Oi don't know just phwat it was,
mum, but from the way it fales OF
should t'ink it was t'under and loight-
aing he'd put into 1t, mum. "-Youth's
Companion, ttit.e h-A
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
TOUGH OF NATURE.
An Example of How Circumstances Alter
Gases.

Gases.
Maude, tall, aristocratic and lovely,
looked out of the dining room window
in the rear of the family mansion on
Fifth avenue, Harlem, into the neigh
boris yard next door and saw two roos-
ters fighting.
MA" cried Maude, 'theres big
rooster and little rooster fighting out
here. 1 should think some one might
stop them. It's horrid.
"Just see them fly up and peck at
each other" she continued eXcitedly.
"There! the little one hit the big one
just awfully with his toes. Served the
great brute just right, too, for picking
on little one.
"Oh! how can any one endure to look
at such things? Isn't man around
somewhere?
Look, the big one knocked the little
one right down. I'm going out to see if
Johns in the coach house and get him
to stop it.
'.See, the little one has got up again
and is making the feathers fly out of
the great hulking thing. do just hope
the little one will win-and he is going
to- The big coward is running all
around the yard and the little one is
driving him.
"Goody.'
SIT would seem to an unprejudiced
observer" remarked Maude's mother
languidly looking up from her French
novel, that the contest did not termi-
nate any too soon for your individual
| qualification"
why, maj said Maude, reproach.
fully, ''the idea. IN. Y. Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05

-Wollard--"What do you mean by
telling the boys that You have had the
lockjaw?" Pollard-"Just a little joke
of mine. You see, / couldn't find that
lock last night, and my wife gave mo
the jaw from the window above. -.
Lowell Citizen. a@ ~& 44
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
MANHATTAN MlLESTONES.
Old landmarks Still Existing In New
vi d '' York. Il

a . " York. I.
How many, people out of the tens OF
thousands who pass up and down daily
by those historic mementoes of the lit
tie city of the past take notice of the
milestones by which the Manhattan
Island farmer or country gentleman
regulated his speed or computed his
time for pleasure and shopping as he
came and left town? Yet there is the
milestone of old stage-coach days on
the Bowery opposite Rivington street,
and on Third avenue, near Seventeenth
street, on the west side, opposite
Chinese laundry, stands a stone bear
ing the legend in deeply craven but
time-worn letters: "Two Miles from
City Hall, New York" On upper
Eighth avenue another stone gives not
only the number of miles from the
city hall, but also the distance from
Harlem village as measured by the old
Kingsbridge road from that hamlet
| across the island. AT Kingsbridge:
where the old post road crossed Spuy-
ten Duyvil creek into Westchester
county, diverging thence to Albany and
Boston, is the last of the milestones
1t still bears the inscription: -Four
teen Miles from the City Hall, New
York" These stones were set up when
the final survey of the city was made
by John Randel, engineer, lS07-9,
whose measurements and plans of the
city's streets, avenues and public places
were SO accurate that thIy have stood
unchallenged until this day.-N. Y.
| Sun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05
Tempus FugIt.

Judge-You are charged with being
tramp. This is the third time in six
months.
Tramp-Great heavens! How time
does slip away Texas Siftinga
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
dents va La Bar, appellants, La Bar
wins. The court holds that to appoint
q receiver without notice TO defendant
Prairie Flrc III Dlckey County.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 31.-A special to The
Pioneer Press from Glendale, N. D.,
says: Tho fire which ragged yesterday
afternoon in the no, thern part of Dickey
aud the southern part of LaMoure
Counties was very destructive one.
although not nearly all the details are
yet obtainable Archie McLain lost
sixteen stacks of wheat valued at $1,000
and had a narrow escape from perishing
in the flames. His hands, arms, face
and head we're badly roasted and he is
reported in a critical condition.
h. @. Cnilson lost twelve stacks of
wheat and lot of outbuildings. By the
hardest work and almost miracle Jacob
Amt saved his granaries, containing
5000 bushels of wheat, but John Award
who was fighting the fire. is reported so
badly burned that he may die. The
scope OF the country burned over is re-
ported eight miles long end three miles
wide and the fire is believed to have
started from sparks of locomotive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
Big Fire in Oliver County.

ST. PAUL, Nov. IA Pioneer Press
special from Mandan, N. D., says:
Persons from Oliver County tell of the
severe experience farmers and ranch
men had with the recent prairie fire.
More damage was done than at first
supposed. Sew. raj thousand tons of
hay was lost and large ranges burned,
and it is estimated that at least twenty
settlers had their houses and stables
burned Mrs. John Day came near
losing her life in attempting to save 400
sheep. Her husband and farm hands
were away and the sheep in the corral.
The corral took fire, and not until her
hat was burned from her head, her
hands badly burned and clothing almost
all burned, did she give up the attempt
to save the sheep. and the entire flock
we're cremated. Settlers named Nelson,
Herter and Smith lost horses and cat
tie, as well as buildings. All the build
ings of Postmaster Sanger, at Sanger,
were burned, except the postoffice. 1t
is said the fire caught from parties in
the west end of the county who were
burning fire guards.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
THE PRINCE HOMELESS.
The Prince of Wales London Residence
Completely Quilted by the Fire Fiepd,


The Prince of Wales London Residence
Completely Quilted by the Fire Fiend.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-At Z o'clock this
morning some passersby observed the
top floor of the Prince of Wales resi-
dence was on fire. An hour later the
whole upper part CT the building was in
flames, and in a few minutes the roof
collapsed with tremendous crash. The
reflection of the flames was visible sew
eral miles around. Several fire
brigades were on the scene, and were
assisted by hundreds of volunteers, in
Guiding an engine company sent by the
Great Northern Railway company by a
special train. The fire was got under
control by eleven o'clock. In the
meantime all the valuable furniture in
the lower rooms had been removed to
the lawn. The second and third floors
Of the building were gutted and
their contents destroyed, the
lower rooms were greatly
damage by water. The total amount Of
damage 1s~ estimated at $500 The
Prince of Wales and his family were
absent at the time. but were kept con
stlntly advised as to the progress of the
fire The prince will come home to-
morrow. The servants were preparing
the house for the arrival of the family.
and it is supposed the fire was caused
by spark from the fine which smould.
cred during the night.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
Supreme Court Dec,si ons.

B1sMARoK, Dot. 81. In the case of
the State of North Dakota, defendant
in error, vs.. John Hass, plaintiff in err
ror, an order has been entered, wherein
the Judgment of the district court Of
Oass County was affirmed.
Chies Justice Corliss wrote the opin-
ion, and it is said to be elaborate.
In brief. the opinion holds that the
title Of the prohibition act does not con-
tain two subjects, and is not in conflict
with the state constitution.
The next chapter in the Haas case
will be presented on Nov. s, when the
attorney OF Mr.. Haas will make an ap
plication for his discharge; this. after
he hasseryed eighteen days OF his sem
tence The application will be made to
Judge McC onnell and will excite good
deal Of interest. " 4.
IN the case Of Grandin Bros, respon
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
A Small Strike settled.

GRAND FORKS, Oct. 3O.-Oct. 1 81. L
Vandusen was appointed assistant agent
of the Great Northern here. His duties
included that of general yard master.
Yesterday the entire yard crew struck,
claiming that Vandusen was roadman
and had no rights in the yard; also that
he wanted the foremen of the crews to
work for switchmen's wages. They de-
mand that Assistant General Yardmaster
Bruce, who has been here Ten years, be
made general yardmaster and that the
foremen be paid foremen's wages. The
roadmen refuse to switch. No freight
is moving. Superintendent James ar
rived last night and adjusted the diff
Guilty with the yardmen by granting
their demands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
News From Steele.

STEELE. N. D., Oct. 3O.-Rev. Ware.
ham, of the H. e. church, returned
from conferences this week. He has
beea transferred to Monango and will
leave for his new field of labor next
week. Rev. Johuston, OF Leonard, will
have charge Of the pastorute ut this
place next year.
Sheriff Woodmansee received news
Wednesday of the death Of his mother
in eastern Ohio. Mrs. Woodnansee
was SO years old the day The died.
which was also the anniversary of her
marriage and Mr.. Woodmansee's birth.
The prospect for Steele is brighter
now than it has been for some years.
Property is changing hands, former
residents are moving back and quite q
number of young people contemplate
marriage. Another crop will place us
on our feet and bring about great
changes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
THE RELEASED CONVICTS.
Governor Buchanan Takes Active Step,
10 Ferret Out the Perpetrators Of Las
Nights Wholesale Release.

Governor Buchanan Takes Active Steps
10 Ferret Out the Perpetrators of Last
Nights Wholesale Release.
NASHVILLE, Oct. 31.-5he news
which reached this city last night and
this morning Of the release by 5000
miners of conyicts working in the mines
at Briceville and Coal Greek, and re
ports Of bloodshed, was received with
interest here The number Of convicts
released at Briceville was 1853, and at
Coal Creek l45; total 3CG. Governor
Buchanan entered into telegraph com
munication with Attorney General
Hickle, now at Knoxville, but no
definite plan of action was formulated.
The governor is very positive and de-
termined to bring the law breakers to
justice and effectually put down snch
iawlessness. The affiir is the talk of
the state, and from all sections comes
demand that the miners who partici-
pated in the affair shall be caught and
brought to justice, if it takes mint of
money and an army of men.
QUIET REIGNs SUPREME
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 31.-The
Briceville situation was unchanged at
midnight. Every thing is quiet ct the
scene Of war. A special from Oliver
Springs says that while everything is
quiet there, the people look for the
miners to come there to release 22O con-
Wet miners confined at that point.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
An Fmployc of the 500 Road mt Valley
City Deliberately Cuts His Throat.

An Fmploye of the 500 Road Mt Valley
City Deliberately Cuts His Thront.
VALLEY CITY, N. D., Nov. AT
9 O'Clock this morning o man named
Furgerson employed on the 500 road
here deliberately cut bis throat from
ear to ear with razor in the presence
of his companions on the boarding car.
at the same time severing an artery
of one wrist. He is from ST. Paul. DIR.
Dc Vaux was hastily summoned and
had the suicide removed this afternoon
to the county hospital and dressed his
wounds He cannot survive ana say
he wants to die and is tired Of life.
Liquid food is injected by pump into
his stomach to help him live. On ali
Other subjects but religion he is rational
and is able to express his wishes i'll
writing. He has no relatives in this
country and is Dane. He has prop
erty in st. Paul and is about 80 years
old and unusually intelligent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12

An inventive genius in Brooklyn has
patented an apparatus for automati-
caIly making tea or coffee. A boiler is
hung on counter balanced lever con-
trol1ng a lamp extinguisher, the flames
of the lamp heating the water until
sufficient steam is generated to cause
the water to flow through pipe hav-
ing rose jet, by means Of which the
boiling water is directed on the ground
coffee or tea. The lever then extin-
cuisines the lamp, and in the vacuum
she steam is condensed, causing the
infueed, liquid to be drawn back to the
collier ready for use.