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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-09

about grizzly hunting, but L had llt-
tie experience in that line that wasn't
pleasa MT assure you. You have all
told your hunting stories; now give me
a chance, and if mine don't lay it over
all of them I'll stand the cigars.
81 have lived in San Francisco, as you
know. about fifteen years. During all
that time my recreation was confined
exclusively to little sails on the bay or
fishing excursions. | had never been
able to get off on hunt, though you
all know that | am fonder of hunting
than anything else in the way of sport.
But the spring business was a little
dull for awhile, and l had an oppor-
tunity to visit my brother in the north
ern part of the state. / took along one
of the finest guns you ever saw and
complete hunting outfit, for my brother
had written that game was plentiful,
and l was resolved to have full month
of unlimited hunting.
THAT brother of mine is a queer fell
low. He went with me on two or three
excursions and then grew tired of it
and staid at home with his vines and
stock. You We're liable to find almost
anything in those woods, he said Such
depredations had been made on his
sheep that he had been forced to build
bear traps and dig pitfalls for the
wolves on every side of his farm. He
had caught no bears yet, but wolves
had been captured nearly every day.
Still, for several days | brought home
nothing more formidable than deer,
though several times | saw wolves
,skullsing after me as L carried my
trophies home. l had been there about
a week, l think, when one morning as
was getting ready to ride forth on my
usual jaunt my brother begged me not
to go, and said he felt as though some
thing would surely happen. John is a
funny fellow about things like that
always having premonitions. l laughed
at him and gayly told him what direc-
ton | was going to take. so that he
could trace me up if l failed to put in
an appearance, and l rode away,
whistling as / went.
Before had gone mile saw fine
buck, but got very poor shot and
only wounded it. / felt certain, how
ever, from the way the blood was pour
ing, staining the ground as it ran, that
it was badly wounded and must as
suredly drop very soon, so l rode after
it as fast as l could, trailing it easily
by the blood-stains. / had shot the
deer on the mountain side. 1t ran
along the side of the slope for perhaps
a quarter of mile and then suddenly
struck down the mountain. And so,
following it, came at last to the edge
of the valley, with its large timber and
heavy underground. just as l entered
this valley | came upon the PROSTATE
trunk of an enormous tree which had
apparently fallen several months be-
fore, turning out huge mound of clay
with it's roots. The trail of blood
showed that the deer had leaped over
the trunk, but my horse was no jumper,
and began hastily circling around the
tree.
''As turned the angle of the clay
mound at its root, with vicious snort
an enormous grizzly sprang up erect
out of the shadows and faced me with
jaws open. This apparition and the
sudden 'squatting' of my horse occu-
pied one second. Before the next Sec
ond was over my horse had jumped
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-09

"A Narrow Escape. Miss X. Pense
Papa, what's the meaning of souve-
nir?" Mr.. X. Pcnse (apprehensivcly)
ahem. It's French word
my dear, meaning in bad taste, rank,
snide. Jewellers Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-09
Golden Advice.

Esculapius was idling in his garden
one bright morning, when young stu.
dent, greeting him, said:
Master, have been experimenting
during the dark hours of the night with
gold of divers kqrats for the purpose of
making 10 karat gold look like IA karat
gold, but have failed. would fain
seek thy advice"
YOUTH" replied the wise man, thy
experience is green. Take the figures
! and 4, and the hetter X, from thy
types, and with mallet stamp them
upon the gold" And the youth re-
joicing went away.-Jewelers' Circulay.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-09
Preposterous.

Tailor-i've come in to collect the bill
for your last spring suit, sir.
Howell Gibbon-Yes. But I can't
wear that suit another year.
Tailor-What's that got to do with
1t?
Howell Gibbon-How am going to
pay for it, when I've got to get another
suit?--Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-09
A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
Saved from a Grizzly by a Pack
of Hungry Wolves.

OU may talk
about grizzly
hunting" said
the bronzed and
bearded Califor-
nian who ar
rived n few
nights ago, and
who was now
looming through
Il cloud of
smoke in the
bachelor quar-
ters of u friend,
with a group of
b o h C IN i a n S
around Ii i IN.
SIOu may talk
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-07-09

Its getting so with me, I" remarked
o practical farmer, that it isn't until
the hay days are all over that feel AZ
If the hey-dey of my existence had III
rived. ."-Boston Courier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
PRETTY, BUT A ROGUE.
A Canadian Girls skiiful Work in Making
Illegal Money.
Toronto Globe.l

loIOulO
For nearly nine months the public has
been systematically defrauded by the skill
full connivance of an adept at altering
bank notes. The man or woman who con-
ceiyed the idea and operated the system
must have had confederates, as the work
was carried on somewhat extensively.
The complaint first came from the Do
minion Bank officials. One of their experts
found among the bills one day 81 note
which was about three Fights OF an inch
shorter than the usual length. He ex-
amined the bill more infinitely, and DIS
covered that small piece was missing
from place almost in the centre OF the
note. thinking that this might
have been torn out accidentally. nothing
more was thought of the occurrence
until few days later another bill OF the
same denomination turned up, short IN
length to the same extent as the first. The
piece missing from this bill, however. II
was noticed, was from another portion OF
the note. Suspicion was aroused and a
careful scrutiny of the bill made, where
upon it was discovered that the missing
piece had been cut out. But the work had
been done so cleverly and accurately that
no person but an expert banker would
notice the deficiency.
The detective department was COM
| NAlus anu lut oAOib OAlo
continued to come in were handed over to
them. IL was several months before they
were able to understand how the perpe-
traitors Of the fraud could be benefited.
At last they had nine Of these short bills,
and an analysis of the different places
where the cutting operation had been
performed solved for them the problem.
There had been enough paper taken from
these nine bills 10 make, if properly put
together, tenth note. almost as long as
the Others, which would pass anywhere
undetected. The detectives knew that the
work was gong on, and an officer was put
on the case especially some months ago.
Several weeks ago he suspected that the
operator was q woman, and close watch
was kept over her.
Yesterday a warrant was sworn out &C
cusing pretty young woman named Cath
arine Rhodes with altering and utterlne
Dominion Bank bills. She is only Is years
of age, and lives with her father. Robert
Rhodes, lsborer. at As Wardel street. IL
is understood that the operators, whoever
they are. have been making s. notes in the
same manner out of bills belonging to other
Canadian banks. The cutting-out work
was evidently done with razor and by q
cunning hand.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
Cut and Wire Nails.
Nav York Sun-1

The question as to the comparative value
Of cut and wire nails has been the subject
of some interesting tests at Watertown,
Mass. The cut nails were driven with the
taper of their sides or points acting
lengthwise the grain of the wood,
and the advantage was with the diff
ferent woods in the following order
viz White pine, yellow pine, oak, Call-
fornia laurel, and chestnut. In the first
named wood 1t appeared that an iron cut
nail was worth two and one-tenth Of the
wire, and with a gradual diminishing ad-
vantage. the chestnut being about the
same as the wire. There was also a great
advantage Ill the four, eight. and ten
penny nails. these tests being made by
driving the nail to within one quarter of
an inch of the head and then attaching
the weight. The conclusions set forth in
view of these circumstances empha-
size the point that the roughness
of the cut nail adds to the holding
power, and the square or parallel grain OF
cut nail has a greater bearing surface
than the round nail. There are as many
nails to the pound of some sizes in the cut
nail as in the other. The steel cut nail is
smooth aud lacking in adhesive power.
Then the head being of non-fDrous ma.
terial. the last blow generally knocks IT
off-a great disadvantage. 1t is admitted
that in finishing and casing work the WIRE
nail has ITS place, but not in rough, heavy
outside work.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
The Man ON Horseback.
washington POST

"Hjll IL the man on horseback, and,
like Henry OF Navarro, his plume IL waving
on 10 victory.r so declared Major Albert
Akcra. an ex-State Official Of Tennessee.
and who held an important position du-
ring Mr.. Cleveland's administration. Ma
Tor Akers il q general agent OF O large IN
aurance company of New YORK: and mas
lust returned to his quarters at the Eboitt
from o six weeks tour IN the Soutn At
lantic States. He lett Washington an en-
thusiastic Cleveland man. and when he
made the above declaration in party OF
friends last evening they. were no little
surprised. because they knew that as q
popular mixer" he has few equals. and
Is about as quick to catch public senti-
ment wherever he goes as anybody.
ayes, sirs," he continued, have Wis,
tied fifty-seyen towns In the States oi
North Carolina. South Carolina, ana
Florida. and everywhere l hnd the people
changing from Cleveland to HILL. Why Z
Because thew recognize in Hill the man
canal TO the occasion. There are no Mug
wumps in the South. and they do not
want another four years In the White
House of a supposed Democrat, whose
poljcy il was TO paralyZe the Republicans
with kindness. They believe that Hill
can win. and that when he does win there
will be not only Democratic postmaster
in the city of New York. but that IN due
course Of time, aside from civil service re-
strlctions, there will be Democrats ID
every place Of trust. thus recognizing that
the majority even If untried has the intel
lipence and integrity to administer the az
fairs of the government. That is the way
the Republicans look at it, and 1t ID no,
thing more than right. Put Voorhees,. OF
Indiana. on the ticket with Hill, and sucn
walk-over for the ticket will not nave
been known since their patron SAINT, An
drew Jackson, welded the fierce De-
mocracy."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
Virginians of Royal Descent.

10 UW EuNOT " uU D'sDuIts
Nothing that has appeared in the col.
umns of the DISPATCH of late has caused
more interest than those extracts from the
royal lineage of our IF. +. VS." and
venture to say that could you extend these
notices In your subsequent issues they
would afford unbounded qualification TO q
vast mum Der of your readers.
There are many Virginians who can
claim descent from truly noble and loyal
families Of not of royal blood, bur
whether these, too. are In that select
volume. of which your correspondent had
a sight, | know not.
There are the Whitehursts Of Virginia
and North Carolina. and the Rlggotts OF
Eastern North Carolina also. who inter
married with the Whitehursts. There are
the Fulfords (or Fullfoords) connected
with Admiral Fulford, of the British navy
and George Fulford, ex-mayor of Sails
bury. England quite recently, who were
strong Unionists in the war of 1776 and
were prisoners of war TO the British.
Then there are the Hutts, descendants OF
William HUT, of Virginia, to whom George
III. granted the charter IN 1876 10 Norfolk,
Va. Again, the family of Mountcastles in
your city, who came from Canada. and
are descendants direct from Lord Mount
castle in Ireland, &c.
The lie Roys (my own family are
French. Grandfather was Secretary to
Lord Holland at the Court of Madrid IL
the last century. Yours. L. KING. SR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
Inferior Goods.


The only safe way for purchasers is to in
sist on having the genuine article. and
not allow themselves to be swindled by
having plasters said to be Just AS good,h
or containing superior Ingredients"
imposed upon them. These are only tricks
to sell inferior goods that no more COM
pare with Alicock's Porous Plasters than
copper does with gold. One trial of AL
cocks Porous Plasters will convince the
most skepticsl Of their merits
The eminent Henry A. Mott. Jr., Phi. D..
7. G. s., late Government Chemist. certi-
fees:
MY investigation Of Allcock's Porous
Piestor shows 1t to contain valuable and
essential ingredients not found in any
other plaster, and 6nd it superior to and
more efficient than any other plaster"
Ask tor Allcock's, and lot no solicita-
ton o. explanation induce you to accept
substitute.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
The Record 4. One Of Success.

From the Birmingham lAla.) Ago-Herald.1
A large part of the opposition to David
Bennett Hill in this section comes from
men who have an entire want OF informa,
ton as to his public career and personal
character. Would IL not be better TO look
a little into the truth of history before
condemning a man who possesses so abso-
lutely the confidence of the organized De
mocracy of the greatest state In the
Union? No information derogatory 10
Hill has been gwen out by any new
York Democratic newspaper. The Word,
while opposing the mIdwlnter convention
as bad politics aud useless GRIND
of the machine, has never questioned tue
character and abilities OF this man OF the
people. The ISLANDERS on this man have
come from the independent newspapers,
whose unanimous support OF Cleveland IN
1855 was .mpotent TO elect him, and wnich
have no more influence now than then.
Southern Democrats should look into the
record, and from beginning TO end this
much-maligned man will be found mea-
surfing above the stature of Mr.. Cleveland.
He mas succeeded along many lines where
the latter tailed. He has succeeded along
all lines indeed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
Severe Blow to Cleveland.

The severest blow yet dealt to Grover
Cleveland's chances for nomination by the
Chicago convention is the act OF his pro-
fessionsl friends calling for another State
convention for the purpose, OF choosing a
contesting delegation to the Democratic
National Convention.
II any protest was to be entered against
the action of the Albany convention " far
better" in the forcible language of our
Norwich contemporary, that 1t should
be voiced by msss-meetings and petitions
which, az IT we'll adds, would be more
effective at Chicago than any contesting
delegation"
If Senator Hill had been given carte
blanche TO name the weapons for killing of
a rival candidate from his own State. he
would not have done better for himself
than did the Committee OF Fifty protesters
do for him.
They have unwittingly played directly
into the Senator's hands.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
A Question of Taste.
Texas siftingsl

"Sister. who is the pretty girl with
blonde hair and deep blue eyes there IL
the jaunty hat ?" asked Hostetter Nc.
Ginnis. as they came out of the Church OF
the Holy Embarrassment.
Who?" replied Birdie McGinnis, that
taffy-haired girl with the tallow eyes and
that nightmare of blue rags on her head
never saw her before; nobody we want
TO know"
That is the way different people look al
a pretty girl in a pretty hat.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
What Is Wit Anyway?

Duderby: Haw They call Snsppaw a
wit, but. by Jawve. he hasn't a particle OF
it in him.
Snawkins: Why not!
Duderby: Why, the fellah has only an
odd way of saying some things that We all
ought to have known befaw
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06

Tammsny people will pick out % candi-
date Tor mayor some man who Is not too
closely allied to other organizations and
who may yet be depended upon 20 selvo
Ismmany and who may yet commanu
large independent vote. They VII Gel.
tairly do this if they are wise and u they
consult the future of their organization'
for there Is very strong feeling IN Demo-
cratic CIRCLES outside of Tammany tnht
the close-corporation business ID Doing
overdone.
THE MODERN sAwsoszs.
People didn't know anything about
"paress" ten years ago. They are ainio s.
IL rs ignorant Of appendicitis now. but
ia lust at present the very latest thing out
in fashionable maladies. having been Ia,
yorsbiy introduced to the attention OF
New Workers by the son OF an English iotd,
Captain Rose, who sought under tne
knives Of New York surgeons refer wnlcn
he could not get IN his own country. lhls
was naturally a card for the American
faculty: but there's nothing particularly
new in that since Professor Biliroth, OF
Vienna. declared that DIR. william L.
Bull. of New York. had no equai IN
America as surgeon and no supe-
nor in the world. II is DR.. Bull who has
lust performed the two famous operations
for appendicitis. Sir John hoses son, a
beefy Briton. got we'll Mrs. Marion smith, .
delicate Rhode Islander, succumoed. NOW
the interesting feature of it all is the non
chalance with which the advanced surgeon
of to-day watches his patients, die under
his knife. He seems absolutely superior
TO human weakness. including the emo
tions. His skill has perhaps been won In
no small measure by iron nerves ana heart
which pumps the blood into his myers ana
brain with unvarying regularity. 1t Is not
his business to soothe. to condole, OF even
to regret. He Operates" on living
Subject in the interests of science. IL
the subject survives so much the better
for the subject. If not science prohts per-
haps all the more. This same DR.. Bull IL
one OF the coolest of cool hands. he IS
one of the handsomest men in New YORK,
bssides-strsight. regular OF feature, gray;
eyed, Greek-nosed. abundantly clothed
with well-clipped iron-gray hair, and other
fashionable ralment. Heisn't much, II any,
more than 40. and he regards newspapers
as social tumors which 1t would be good
Job 10 excise. But he loves bis WORK ana
his achievements in it are something all
Americans may be proud of.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
The Red, Red. West.

lChicago Daily Ntws-
I've travelled in heaps OF countries and studied
ali kinds OF art,
Till there isn't critic or eonndsseur who's pro-
perry deemed SO smart
And TN free 10 say that the grand results Of my
explorations show,
West go.
I've slipped the voluptuous sheroet that the ORR
entails serve.
And I've felt tho glow OF red Bordeaux tingiing
each separate nerve;
I've sampled your classic Massic under an arbor
green,
And I've reeked with soag q whole night long
over brown potecn.
The staiwart brew OF the land O. cakes, tho
shnapps OF the frugal Dutch,
Tho much-praised wine Of the distant Rhine,
and the beer praised oyermIch,
Tie ale OF dear old London aud the port Of
southern climes,
All, ad infA., have taken In hundred thou
sand times
Yet. as aforementioned, these other charms
are naught
Compared with the paramount gorgeou sness
with which the West Is fraught;
For art and nature are Just the same In the land
where the porker grows,
And the paint keeps getting redder the further
out West one goes.
Our savsnts have mover discovered the reason
why this Is 90,
And ninety per cent. OF tho laymen care loes
than the savanfs know
Il answers every purpose that this IL manifest:
The paint Keeps getting redder the further you
90 out West
Give me no homo meath To pale pink dome Of
European skies
No cot for me by tho salmon sec that far 10 tho
southwark lies;
But away oai West would build my nest on top
OF cArmlne bill.
Where can paint, Without restrAint crestion
rsddsr ssih buosn1 kmLn
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06

they propose trying to do-send an In
structed delegation Tor Cleveland.
A prominent lawyer and politician whose
influence with the voters Of Richmond =:
nearly a. great as that Of Mr. Wise, told
me to-day that, in his opinion, Hill VIII
make nearly clean sweep OF the Rich
mond delegates to the State convention.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
they The lou ought to nave waited until next
The Cincinnati Way.


$50 poor Bill Stubs is dead" said a
man on the train the other day.
Yes. | understand so. Where did it
happen?
In Colorado"
Did you learn any of the particulars ~?
Nothing. except that he died natural
death"
rs that so? Why, was told he was
knocked down on the street and had the
life beaten out of him"
well, that's what they call natural
death in Colorado now"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
The Mystery solved.

Mrs. Yerger is not handsome, and her
voice when she sings is dreadful. but
Colonel Yerger IS very demonstrative.
why is he always kissing herr" asked
friend of the family of another gentle
man.
II can't imagine, unless it is TO keep her
from singing"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
lie Married Too Soon.

ITeIAs SftlnRhI
First Club Man Old McGuzzle is mar
ried.
Second Club Man: You don't say so.
Yes: he married beautiful lady who
is remarkable for her complexion
" Has she creamy complexion"
"She has"
They ought to nave waited until next
spring"
Why ?"
because her creamy complexion
matches his red nose. and Strawberries
and cream are not in season just now"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06

The New York Herald is out with the
inevitable table of presidential probabili-
ties. in which it figures Hui and Cleveland
as neck and neck. and both greatly dis
tanced by western man. Just how much
this table is worth may be inferred from
the fact that Virgnia's twenty-tour votes
in the Chicago convention are put down
for Cleveland. AL the probabilities point
to Virginia's support Of Hill, but whether
these votes are cast for Hill or not, there
is nothing more certain in the future than
that they will not be gwen to Cleveland
PETERSBURG TrdeL- Appeal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-06
An Enthusiastic Hill Man.

r. G. Thornton. of Richmond, Va,
representative of the Richmond Paper
Manufacturing Company. registered at the
Wayne yesterday.
Mr. Thornton lett Richmond about two
weeks ago. He says that unless some un-
foreseen accident happens Virginia will
send solid delegation TO Chicago for HILL
Cleveland" says Mr.. Thornton, "is
looked upon by Virginia Democrats as a
dead man politically.
"Of course, Cleveland has the eX-offce-
holders and a certain following, but it is
so small that it cuts little or no figure.
Hill is gaining in various southern States
and Cleyeland's strength is waning"