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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19
FROZEN TO DEATH.
MANY Persons Known to Have Porlshed
During the Recent Northwestern Biis-

MANY Persons Known to Have Perlshed
During the Recent Northwestern Biir-
xnrd.
DEvIL's LAKE, N. D., March 12.-
More fatalities from the storm have
been brought to light Asa Wilson has
been found frozen 20 death near the
residence OF his employer, Morris
Duffy, Is miles north of town. Wilson
was from Eden, MINI. Three
farmers named Garsker and q
man named Gus Germain were
overtaken by the storm when
near home. They turned their
wagon box over, tied up their stock
and remained there till the storm was
over. They are all frozen more or less,
but it is not thought that their injuries
are fatal, although one of them may
lose his feet The storm was the worst
that has ever peen known here, and
coming as it did, so unexpectedly, was
all the worse. 444 t4
JAMESTOWN. N. D., March 12.-Frank
Braithwaite, wife and two children,
living miles west Of Oberon, were
lost on Wednesday when mile from
home. The team was unable to go
farther and Braithwaite froze to death
while trying to lead the horses. The
woman and children were covered in
the sleigh with blankets and arrived
safely at Oberon.
WILLOW CITY N. D., March IL. Mrs.
Lolsken and Torgen Thompson, boy,
who live about 20 miles east of here,
started to go to the house of John
Tveton. about one. half mile from their
home. A terrible blizzard ragged and
they lost their way. They wan-
'dered around in the Wild
storm until they became exhaust
ed and lay down The woman
died but the boy awoke about $40 p.
m. the next day and stumbled to the
house of Ole Cregin, only few rods
distant, and told his story. Mrs. Gre
gin and her neighbors carried the
woman's body into the house and did
what they could for the boy, who will
die.
ASHLAND, Wis. March lathe
storm has abated here and all trains
are ON time. There are reports of sew
.eral homesteaders near Iron River per-
ishing in the storm. They were out
exploring about the new copper field
anu nave OCCu oCNSiai ooN
Two or three searching parties are
out.
HUMBOLDT, Ia, March 12.-The gale
here capsized John owenson with his
load of hay and broke his neck. 1t de-
molished q. III. Shellbern's big barn,
which was 100 feet long. 1t threw
John Oleson upon the ground and broke
his skull.
New YORK, March 12.-The storm
which came out of the west Thursday
night has been disastrous along the
coast and very severe in the interior
Heavy snow has fallen in northern New
York and the railroads are blocked
in various places Navigation ir
the bay was almost as dangerous as il
was beyond the hook. The steady
fierceness of the westerly gale whipped
the waves into snowy riot. The ferry
boats had hard time getting int
slips
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19
GREAT SUFFERING.
A Blizzard the Cause of Much Hardship
Among Settlers in Oklahoma.

Among Settlers IN OklahOmhs- ~.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 15.-The
present storm in Kansas and Oklahoma
is more severe than any during the
winter. The fall of snow varies in
depth from to s inches on the level,
which is proving very troublesome to
the railroads The evening trains from
the west are bulletined late from one
to four hours and some of them are
posted as .'indefinite."
A dispatch from Wichita states that
the fall of SNOW in the southwest aver
ages inches on the level The morn
ing trains passed through there on
time, but the evening trains are all
late. The telegraph wires west from
there are many of them down and it is
difficult for the dispatchers to keep the
trains on the move. The street rail-
way service at Wichita has been aban-
doned on account of the heavy snow.
Dispatches from various points in
Oklahoma indicate that the blizzard
prevails there also. A special from
Guthrie states that it has been snow
ing there titfully all day, the snow
being accompanied by heavy
been sufficient to cause delay to railway
traffic. but it has caused much discom-
fort and some suffering among the
pioneer settlers in the Indian lands
that were opened to settlement last
fail. These people are poorly housed,
poorly clothed and poorly fed, not yet
having had the opportunity to harvest
a crop. They live in shanties, tents
and dugouts and their suffering will be
acute. ..t.rfF sH
The dispatch also states that the
greatest suffering is among the ne
groes who have been lured to Okla
homa by unscrupulous immigrant
agents who have promised them
sustenance until they shall be
able to support themselves. These
negroes are from all parts of
the south and have no means for pro-
viding against emergency. Many OF
them have no places to sleep, all are
poorly clothed and majority are with
out money. Those who have gone tc
the borders of Cheyenne and Cherokee
lands to await the proclamation open.
ing them to settlement are of the poor
est possible classes and their suffering
must be intense.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19
Murder in the soldiers Home.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 15.-
James Johnson, the colored inmate of
the soldiers home who was stabbed
last week by Peter Thomas, another
colored inmate, died Sunday night from
his injuries. He was ~ years old. lie
returned to the home drunk, had po-
litical argument with Thomas, who
stabbed him in the groin when he
was on the floor being kicked by John
son. Thomas is still in Jail awaiting
an Investigation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19
THE GREAT COAL STRIKE.
Serious Effects Being Felt In Many Parts
of Great Britain.

LONDON, March 15.-1he latest esti-
mates place the number of miners now
idle in Great Britain at 1850, 900. At
least 200, 900 men in other employ
ments have been thrown out of work
by the closing down of industries. The
Northeastern Railway Company has
stopped many of its trains because of
the lack of fuel, and large number
of engineers in the engine works ut
Crewe, in the county of Chester,
have been temporarily dismissed for
the same reason. In the Leeds district
the strike is severely felt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19
ROYALTY AT THE FAIR.
King Oscar H., OF sweden. Ia Thinking oi
Visiting Chicago.

aSlng Oscar H., OF SWeueh, - IhinkinB o.
Visiting Chicago.
NEW York, March IA letterfrom
King Oscar H., of Sweden, an,
nouncing the possibility of his attend
ing the worlds fair has been received
by President Bonney, of the worlds S
congress auxiliary. King Oscar is. one
of the most intellectual of the sover,
eigns in the world, being something OF
an author and a patron of the fine arts
and sciences Should the royal scholar
visit the Columbian exposition lie will
probably preside over some literary or
scientifc congress.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19

CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON, of Indiana, Is
said to talk at the rate of $50 words q
minute. Tho only other man in the
house who can approach Johnson in
rapidity of utterance is Catchings, OF
Mississippi, whose usual rate is $50
words q minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19
FLOOD AT LEAvENwoRTH.
A Reservoir Collnpses and Much Damage
rvs .L.F Results.

& LEAyENwORTH, Kan, March IA
section of the wall of reservoir No. of
the Leavenworth Water Company gave
way Saturday and 10000 600 gallons of
water went over the bank across the
Missouri Pacific railroad tracks into the
Missouri river. The. food tore away a
section of the Rock Island track and
narrowly missed striking Rock Island
passenger train. The engineer said the
wave was higher than the stack of the
locomotive and as it came down the hill
looked like water spout The city's
water supply will not be affected.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19

PADEREwsKI eats but little besides
eggs, and his favorite beverages are
tea and lemonade. One might judge
from his wonderful blonde hair that his
chief article of diet was peroxide OF
hydrogen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-19

THE queen of Italy is q great reader
Of English novels.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

James Mullen, of Louisville. KY. bled
to death recently as the result Of a
strange malay which has for months
baffiad the SSH Of the Physicians, says
the New Orleans Picayune. HIS blood
lost 81 its cosgulative properties and had
ta,sn on tie appearance and consistence
OF fresh milk.
The corpuscles OF the blood had become
perfectly white From a small scratch
or cut the blood flowed with such
rapidly that on several occasions it was
scarcely able to be stopped before causing
death One morning one Of the smallest
of the blood vessels under the tongue
became broken. The point where the
blood came from was SO small that no
danger was apprehended at all.
81 efforts. however. to stop the flow
were futile. Every remedy was resorted
TO, but to no avail, and in little less than
an hour Nr. Mullen bled 10 death.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
cur,ou. Trick. of Memory.

One OF the queerest freaks of the men-
DRY is the trick-often enough noted, for
that matter-which some peoples men,
cries have of seeming to recall only the
things that the mind never made any ef-
fort to remember, and letting go irrevo-
cably all the things that the mind did
consciously attempt to store up. Posi-
bly, the Listener has once before told the
story OF friend of his, whose occupation
is more or less literary, who can remem-
Der but one single piece OF poetry, and
that was piece of doggerel that
his seatmate in school once learnedI
All the divine verse that he himself
has often labored to commit is gone for
ever; but this piece of doggerel which
the other boy labored to learn, but prob
ably totally forgot in a month or a year,
sticks fast in his mind. Every body's
memory has a tendency to hold fast
to mischief and nonsense, and let
serious and important things go. How
ever, this very characteristic of the
memory is thing that can be made use
of If we know how to dc it. If we are
bright enough at the right time to take
in these useful things somewhat after
the easy and enjoyable fashion that we
take the agreeable nonsense, the chances
are that they will stick to us.-Boston
fTrau5~rspt
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
ANCIENT ASTRONOMY.
Much knowledge Possessed by the
Egyptians 5000 Years Ago.

We find in the table at the Ramesseum
distinct references to the bull, the lion,
and the scorpion, and it is also clearly
Indicated that at that time the star
Sirius rose heliacally at the beginning Of
the rise of the Nile.
This word heliacally requires little
explanation, writes Lockyer. The
ancients. who had no telescopes, and had
to use their horizon as the only scientific
instrument which they possessed, were
very careful in determining the various
conditions in which star could rise.
For instance, if star were rising at
the same time as the sun was rising, it
was said to rise cosmically. bat unless
certain very obvious precautions were
taken, the rising star would not be seen
in consequence of the presence of day
light. 1t is quite clear that if we OBJ
serve star rising in the dawn it will get
more and more difficult to observe the
nearer the time of sunrise is approached.
Therefore, what the ancients did was
to determine time before sunrise in the
early dawn at which the star could be
very obviously and clearly seen to rise.
The term heliacal rising" was coined
to represent a star rising visibly in the
dawn, therefore, before the sun. Gen
orally throughout Egypt the sun was
supposed to be something like 10 deg.
below the horizon when 7 star was
stated to rise heliacally.
We find, then, that more than 5000
years ago the Egyptians were perfectly
familiar with these facts and the differ
ence between cosmical and heliacal
rising was perfectly clear to them. But
the table at Thebes tells us, moreover,
that the suns journey in relation to
some of the zodiacal consultations was
perfectly familiar 5000 years ago.
These, then, are some Of the more
general statements which may be made
with regard to the most important points
so far discussed by those who have dealt
with Egyptian astronomy, and it may
be added that all this information has
come to us in Hydrologic guise.
The various apparent movements Of
the heavenly bodies which are produced
by the rotation and revolution of the
earth and the effects of procession were
familiar to the Egyptians, however ignor-
ant they may have been to the causes !;
they carefully studied what they saw
and attempted to put their knowledge to-
gether in a most convenient fashion,
associating it with their strange imagin-
ings and with their system of worship.
Nineteenth Century.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
How F.., Can a Fly Fly.

"The speed OF fly is something that I
have always had great curiosity to know"
said j. A. Bascomb. 81 had a splendid
opportunity few weeks ago to witness
an exhibition OF the fy's speed by which
it could be approximately measured.
rode out of Little Rock early one morn
ing over the Little Rock and Memphis
Railroad. My business neccssitated my
occupying a seat in the engineers cab.
The air was chill and crisp, and as we
passed through a stretch of swamp no.
ticed that great swarms Of little green
flies that abound in the Arkan-
sas swamps were attracted to the loco
motive by its heat. They appeared
almost frozen. When we stopped for
a minute they huttered around the
smokestack and the boiler, and soon
seemed to get thawed out. When we
started again they few along close to the
engine to keep warm. Going on a down
grade of forty miles in length we run a
mile minute. The flies easily kept up
with US, and, in fact, really went faster
than we travelled, for every little while
they would fly away from the engine and
then come back to us. 1 am confident
their speed was greater than mile a
minute, and / will venture the assertion
that they didn't reach the limit."-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

The springboks of South Africa migrate
at regular intervals in vast herds, moving
in a compact body and carrying every
thing before them. II flock of sheep be
in the line of march (as sometimes hap
pens) it is surrounded, enveloped aud be-
comes willingly or unwillingly, part of
the sprinkbok army.
An African hunter tells the strange
story of seeing a lion in the midst of the
antelopes, forced to join the march, says
a writer in Our Animal Friends.
1t is supposed that the lion had sprung
too far for his prey, that those upon
whom he alighted recoiled sufficiently to
allow him to reach the ground, and then
the pressure from both TANKS and the
rear prevented him from escaping from
his strange captivity.
If the springbok travels in such armies.
how can those in the middle and in the
rear find food? In this wise: Those in
the front rank, after they have eaten
greedily of the pastures, gradually fall out
of the ranks to rest and chew the cud,
while the hungry ones in the rear come
mp, and SO the columns are all the while
changing.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

There is a system of underground rivers
in Florida almost as extensive as that
which appears on the map. 1t often
happens that on a farm or sometimes in
thlcSly-settled neighborhood q small
circle OF ground from foot 10 100 yards
IN diameter VII suddenly cave in, leaving
an apparently bottomless abyss Of water.
This Indicates that an underground river
IS towing beneath and that the crust has
beroIne too thin and has broken through.
These sink-holes with flowing water st
the bottom are so common as 10 excite no
attention among florida people, but they
are certainly indications OF a state Of
things which prevails nowhere else IN the
UnitsS States.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

Where are my suspenders, maw9"
shrieked Jefferson avenue belle to her
mother across the upstairs hall.
"Ycur father borrowed them while /
mended his, was the answer.
:" can't find my four IN hand tie"
"Your brother Tom wore it last night
you will find it in his room.n
But, NAV, where's my silk yachting
shirt?''
"Algy wore it to the regatta"
There was a brief silence. Then the
voice walled across the hall again:
NAV. can't lind my riding trow-s-
e-r-s"
"Charles nas them on" wac The re-
Spouse
Then tire looking young man who
had been waiting unannounced in the
hall below rose up and softly stole away.
"She might want my boots next he
said YEARLY, and no one knows why that
engagement is off."-Detroi- Free Press.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
Legal Customs in India.

have received the following from an
India correspondent. An immediate
stop should be put to the practice to
which he alludes:
1t is the custom once every six months
for the native infantry regiment sta
toned at Alipore, near Calcutta, to be
summoned to the Alipore Jail, where
there are more than 1 900 native prison
ers, in order to fire ten rUrrnsls of blank
ammunition by section volleys at, or in
the direction of, the said criminals. who
crouch down in their cells and tremble
in their shoes-metaphori as they
all have naked feet
The idea OF the civil authorities is, 1
presume, to intinidate the prisoners. and
to dissuade them from attempting to
escape. am sure ali the native soldiers
called on to perform this duty must
think it very strange. have been
long time in Calcutta and never heard of
any prisoner escaping from Alipore
Jail Besides, there IS always fairly
strong native police force there on duty.
To witness this last parade the Lieu
tenant Governor of Bengal and others
were present on the roof of the jail
London Truth.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

IN one respect 81 least Quito, the capt.
tai OF Eueador, Is The most unique city in
the woric-it Is situated il bota the
Northern and the Southern Hemisphere,
a dlsIlae' ion claimed By no other place Of
Importance on tie globe. In one part of
tns city tie summer season does battle
with Old winter, who IS Just across the
street The seasons, as far a. names are
Concerned. change almost instantly: but.
as TIE temperature Is remarkably even.
these curious points are seldom though.
o. % the 5000 people who make Quito
their houe.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

Near the town of White Oaks, n NJ,
lives one of the most remarkable women
even of this most remarkable age. The
house in which she lives, a low, white
walled adobe building covered with
green vines and fitted out with rich
carpets. artistic hangings, books and
pictures, exquisite china and silver, and
all the dainty belongings with which a
refined woman loves to surround herself,
was built with her own hands. The
huge ranch on which it is located, with
5000 cattle, is managed entirely by her
1t is she who buys or takes up the land,
selects and controls the men, buys, sells
and transfers the cattle She is also a
skillful and intelligent prospector, and
found the valuable silver mine on her
territory, in which she now owns half
interest. She sings charmingly, accom-
panying herself on the piano or guitar.
and handles cambria needle or a water
color brush as dexterously as she uses an
adze or a jackplane She entertains de-
hghtfully at her home whist parties, 1t
tie dances and even an occasional ger
man. Her name is Mrs. Barber, and she
has been twice widow A woman who
can run ranch, build a house, manage
mine and engineer a successful german
deserves prominent place in the ranks
of women of genius.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN.
All the srme He Dcvsutiy Hopes HE
voic- Wasn't Recognized.


A mau has been spending few days
at Minpetonka and this is what happened
to him: He arrived at the lake late one
night Il was warm and clear and
everybody had gone away somewhere.
He wanted to 20 in swimming, so he
sought dark little cove. and, as no one
was in sight, dispensed with bathing
suit, but kept strictly in the shadow.
In the midst Of his enjoyment he was
Mortified by the sound of two feminine
voices. He submerged himself TO the
tip of his blushing nose Just as two
young women he knew came skipping
TO the shore and pumped themselves
down in the moonlight. He stood in the
water and quaked for what he says was
an hour Then one said
"Oh, Maude, isn't this lovelyf"
It's perfect night. Well never have
better chance; never"
"Oh, I'm afraid"
"Oh. bosh Every soul is in bed.
It'll be an awful lark-all by ourselves,
too"
Maude. if there's any one about I
shall simply die right here"
There's no one about, goosie. Do
you think I'd risk it if there vast"
WED better go up back of that rock.
Did you bring buttonhookH"
81 never thought of it,
Horrors What were those awful
girls going to dor If you can fancy cold
drops of perspiration starting out on a
man under water that's how that man
felt. A horrible fear flashed over him
and it became an awful certainty when
the voice went on:
"Oh, Maude. I'm awfully scared
"Why, what conventional girl you
are. If your such 'fraid cat we can
go over in that little cove where it's
dark.
Then that man lifted up his voice-or
at least he says he did-and screamed !:
Ladies' You are observed -
There were two sudden screams and
one mad rush for the rock, and then a
quivering voice said:
lift you are a gentleman you will
remain where you are, sir. !"
And the shivering man chartered:
IL am gentleman, but please
hurry up, for am freezing to DEATH"
There was three minute silence,
broken now by sobs and cutting remarks,
and then streak of blue serge and pink
muslin across the lawn to the hotel. The
man followed later and retired in confu-
sion, accompanied by whiskey and qui-
nine.
And now he wants to know if those
girls recognized his voice st. Paul
/ Globe.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

A curious collection of books is con-
tanned in the library of Warstensteln'
near Cassel, in Germany. The books
appear at first sight TO be logs OF wood
but each volume is really complete
history of the tree it represents Ihe
back shows the bark, in which small
place is cut 10 write the scientific ana
common name as title. One slds
shows the tree trunk in its natural
state, and the other IS polished ana
vanished. Inside are shown the leaves
fruit. fibre and insect parasites, to when
Is added a full description OF the tree anu
its prOducts.-The Million.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30

Besides gases, a ton of coal will yield
$500 pounds of coke, twenty gallons of
ammonia water and lao pounds OF coal
tar. Destruction of the tar gives us SO. 8
pounds of pitch, II pounds of creosote.
IA pounds of heavy oils, 90 pounds of
naphtha yellow, So pounds of naphtha-
line, 4T5 pounds of naphthaoIe, 2.25
pounds of alizarin, "a pounds of solvent
naphtha, 10 pounds Of phenol, 1.2 pounds
of aurine, IL pounds OF analine, o.77
pounds of tolndine, 0.46 pounds of antira-
cine and o.9 pounds OF toluene. From
the last named product sacharine is OBJ
tanned, which is 223 times sweeter than
sugar Press.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
N.w war to Set ,Yntch...

Nicholy Jensen. of Washington. has
patented 4 simple device that greatly IA
ciitates the accurate setting Of watches.
1t consists n lever, which when pulled
out stops the second hand at the sixty
point. After this the other hands are
set. and when the second hand of the
regulator reaches the sixty point the
lever on the waIch being set is pushed
ii. This releases the second hand and
the other two at the same moment. The
three hands thus march in step.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.