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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
MAcApAM ROADS.
Many Arc Spoiled by Men Who Do Not
Know How to Repair Them.

Many Are Spoiled by Men Who DO Not
Know How to Repair Them.
We copy the following article ire
engraving the cuts) from the useful
monthly called Good Roads:
Suppose you had a pair of boots
which needed half-soling, and the shoe
maker returned them to you just as
they were, except that he sent two
pieces of sole leather and instructed
you to hold them on the soles until
they became permanent. Now you
think the above very absurd supposi-
tion, and yet If you are taxpayer you
are helping to pay for just such repair
ing, only it happens to be on roads
which are partly yours instead of
boots which you alone have to wear.
After years of agitation you succeed
in getting decent macadam road,
(this is assuming a great deal, but we
must start with something). 1t lacks,
however. one very desirable quality
1t isn't waterproof; so in time the rain
soaks into it and finds the most porous
spots and the settling begins. The
road often settles before the town
does. AS soon as low spot begins to
develop, it catches more water and
that soaks the earth underneath still
more, and the low spot sinks still low.
er until it gets almost as low as some
of the politics which prevent its re-
pair.
"Veritas" notices it and writes to g
local paper; the next week "old Sub
scriber" takes it up, and finally TAX
payer" is heard from. Then the editor
"suggests" that it ought to be attend
ed to. And in time generally just be
fore election time) the case is acted
upon. When the street was first fin
| ished it looked like this:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
Old Holland Songs.

Some of the old Dutch nursery
rhymes and songs brought to New York
by settlers of the early seventeenth
century are still in use among their de-
scendants here and among the kin left
behind in Holland. A New Yorker
travelling in Europe fell in with Hol-
lander and recited to him, as well as he
could recall it, Dutch lullaby long
used in the family of the American.
The Dutchman instantly recognized the
song as the lullaby he had heard in
childhood, furnished translation, and
was so delighted to meet one of his own
race from overseas that he insisted
that the American should pause in his
journey and visit the home of his chance
acuuaintance.-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
A BABYLoNIAN TRADITION.
Curious Beliefs Concerning the Earth's
First Inhabitants,

Curious Beliefs Concerning the Earth's
First Inhabitants,
From Berosus, learned Babylonian,
who wrote about the year 260 b. c., the
following curious account of creation
is taken: "In the beginning all was
darkness and water, and therein were
generated monstrous animals and men
of strange and peculiar form. Some of
these latter were menlike creatures
with two wings, and some even with
four. Some had one head and two
faces; others two heads with a single
face between. Sometimes single
body would have heads both of the
male and the female. Besides the
above there were men with heads and
horns like goats, men with hoofs like
horses, and some with the upper part
of a man joined to the lower parts of
horse, like centaurs. Then there were
bulls with wings and human heads,
dogs with four bodies and with fishes
tails, men and horses with dogs heads,
creatures with heads and bodies like
horses, but with claws like lions and
tails like fish. Besides these there
were other monsters showing mixture
OF Une 1OrUnS OF VdTlOuS pedStSs MOTe-
over there were monstrous fish and rep
tiles and divers other creatures which
had borrowed something from each
others shapes; of all of which the like
nesses are still preserved in the temple
of Belus. A woman ruled all
these monsters and her name was
Omorka, which is the same as Chaldee
Thalatth and the Greek Thalassa.
Then Belus appeared. He split the
woman in twain, and of one half of her
he made the heavens and of the other
half the earth, and the monsters which
she had ruled he caused to perish.
And he split the darkness and divided
the heavens from the earth, and put
all the world in order. Belus then com
manded one of the gods to cut off his
head and to mix the blood which
flowed forth with the earth, and tc
form man and beast therefrom. Sc
man was made intelligent, and was a
partaker of wisdom. Likewise Belus
made the stars, the sun, the moon and
the planets. st. Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

The boats crew, meanwhile, had set
up a bottle for a mark and were shying
stones Mt it.
Into the boat, men!" the captain
shouted, as he ran toward them. "They
are almost on top of us!"
BY this time the confederates were
pouring over the sandhills with ex-
ultant shouts. The boat flew, shots
were fired and then the doctor cried:
"They are bringing the field piece
over the hill, captain!"
"Give way, lads!" shouted the cap
tain. "Makc her jump, if you don't
want to sleep in prison to-nightP--
Youth Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
ALMOST CAPTURED.
The Stirring Experience Of Blockade
Ships Crew.

The Stirring Experience Of a Blockade
Ships Crew.
The commander of blockade ship,
the Anderson, off the coast of Texas
in 1862. went ashore upon what he
supposed was the deserted island of
Matagorda on Christmas morning, in
tending to shoot one of the wild cattle
known to be wandering about the
island. His boats crew wore their cut
lasses and there were half dozen
Sharp's rifles in the stern sheets. They
got over the bar by waiting for heavy
roller, and landed near the abandoned
lighthouse.
Leaving the crew in the boat the
captain, with the doctor and the cox
swain, clambered up into the tower of
the lighthouse to get view of their
surroundings. The captain himself re-
lates the adventure in his book,
"Twenty Years at Sea-"
He unslung his marine glass, looked
at his steamer and then turned his
gaze inland. He did not take very long
look. Just over u sheltering sandhill
almost at their feet, was confederate
camp! The tents indicated the pres
ence of at least hundred men, and be-
fore one of the tents were two brass
field pieces.
For a moment the captain hoped that
his party had not been noticed, but as
he looked again he saw men stealing
over the sandhills to the boat, which
they doubtless meant to capture by
surprise.
The captain acknowledges that for
an instant he lost his wits, but the
Doctors question: Hadn't we better
be getting out of this?" brought him
to himself, and the trio made all haste
to the ground.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
THE HIGHLAND COSTUME.
How It Was Introduced Among the Early
Norwegians.

How It Was Introduced Among the Early
Norwegians.
The first reference to Highland cos
tune occurs in the Saga of Magnus
Barefoot, King of NorwaN 1093-11o3,
written by Snorro Sturleson, who was
reared with the children of that mon
arch's daughter. Here it is stated that
Magnus and his men, on their return
from a marauding expedition to the
west of Scotland, brought with them
a great deal of the habits and fashions
of clothing of these western parts.
They went about the streets with bare
legs, and had short kirtles and over
cloaks, and therefore his men called
him Magnus Barefoot or Bareleg."
In the thirteenth century we seem to
have something like first reference
to actual tartans in the statutes of the
| church of Aberdeen, which provide
| that "all ecclesiastics are to be suitably
appareled, avoiding red, green, and
striped clothing, and their garments
shall not be shorter than the middle of
the leg" But it should be noticed that
the word "tartar," which occurs in the
| fifteensh century, in the accounts of
the lord high treasurer of Scotland,
and which was regarded, by both Borth-
wick and Pinkerton, as meaning tartan,
really indicates, as pointed out by DR..
Dickson, a fabric of eastern origin, fre-
quently variant or shot, the warp
and woof being of contrasting colors.
We find, however, true reference to
tartan, in the same accounts, in the
following century; for in August, 1888,
there appears an entry for ''iij. elnis
of Heland tartane to be hoiss to the
kingis grace" these "hoiss" or trews
being evidently intended to be worn
with Zane schort Heland colt" ac.
counted for under the same date
Scottish Review.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
Passes to Richmond.

The following story is from an old
southern newspaper. Times have
changed since it was first told. but. true
or not, it remains pretty good story;
In the spring of 1862 northern gen
tlemap entered President Lincoln's
private office, and requested pass to
Richmond.
"A pass to Richmond' exclaimed
the president. "Why, my dear sir, If
/ should give you one it would do you
no good. You may think it strange,
but there's lot of fellows between
here and Richmond who either can't
read or are prejudiced against every
man who carries pass from me. I
have given Mcclellan and more than
two hundred thousand others passes to
Richmond, and not a blessed one of
'em has got there yeti Southern
Bivouac.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
~ssNE NEssszaSSat lazAS4 HrsazEFisss sE5I#EF1s ssVs

Then proceed to fill it with coarse
broken stone, and hammer it down,
afterward filing in the top with finer
stone, and using the hand "rammer"
to do the work that road roller is
supposed to do in the first place; in
fact, the hand pounding. thoroughly
done, will make harder road than
any roller now in existence, for rea-
sons which are to come later.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
An Intelligent Child.

1.-THE gentlemen that came to see
papa said l was one of the most intelli-
gent children they ever saw" said little
Jack. Indeed" said the proud mother.
"Did you recite Little Drops of Water
for them?" Nom. l refused to-
WASHINGTON Star
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

HusBANp-"At the sewing circle this after
noon L suppose the ladies did little else than
to display their finger rings to each other"
Wife-"That's just all you know about sew
Ing circles I'd have you know that not one
of the ladies removed her gloves during the
whole afternoon. Boston Transcript.
MANY man with an iron will finds after
marriage that it is led instead. Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
THE BOY HURLED urM.ro THE GROUND.

THE BOY HURLED HIM-To THE GROUND.
scratch and pull hair and bite all at
once. Long Tom" beloved for quar-
ter like whipped schoolboy, and the
rest gathered around as near as they
dared to come, and begged the boy not
to kill him; and he didn't-not quite
Detroit Free Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
sggH8ssssSs yyE5s sES~

If the job is well done the road will
be right when the repairer gets
through with it, and a carriage will
pass over it with the same smoothAess
as over new road.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

THOMAS ALLEN, of Pennington, w.
Va, is one hundred and four years old.
and can reasonably claim to be the
Oldest veteran of the civil war.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
Are You Going to Travel?

Are You Going to Travel?
II so, and in whatever direction, or by
whatever route, have sufficiency of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters with you. Then
you may bid defiance to sea sickness, bravo
the influence of malarious climate or alb
rupt transitions of temperature, avoid dys-
pepsia, and the stomachic pangs begotten Of
bad food and water, and counteracts an un-
expectedly developed tendency to constipa-
ton, biliousness and rheumatism.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
Keeping On the Safe Side.

Mrs. Norris-Where have you been,
Robby? told you not to stir till l got
back.
Robby-Well, only went down to
the doctors to ask him whether l was
well enough to go out yet.-Brooklyn
Life
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
Tourist Excursion Tickets

North Western Line, to st. Paul, Mime
apolis, Duluth, Deadwood, Dakota, Hot
Springs, Denver, Colorado Springs, Man.
itou, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone National
Park and all the lake and mountain resorts
of the West and Northwest. For rates and
full information apply to agents of con-
Meeting lines. Illustrated pamphlets, giving
full particulars, will be mailed free upon APP
plication to w. A. THRALL, General Passen-
ger and Ticket Agent Chicago 81 North
Western R'y, Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30
vMsEs a@s ~ 8 D tsasa=,.

Finally taxpayer comes along with
a high-priced horse and he (the horse)
strikes one of the dislocated stones
like this:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

PIMPLEs are inexpressibly mortifying.
Remedy-Clenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hi0's Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

A MAN soon finds out how little he knows
when child begins to ask him questions
RAMS Horn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

"REMEDIEs for toothache, my friend,"'
said philosopher, will be found to afford
instant relief in every case but yours"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

A. N K.-G 1905.
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE
state that you saw the Advertisement In this
paper.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

A LOVE that does nothing is no love at all.
RAMS Horn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-06-30

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The evening world., 1894-06-25
AN ALEXANDER VICTIM.
Mrs. stcinhnrt Gets n Search war
rant In Long Island CITY.

LONG ISLAND CITY, l.. l.. June S.
Mrs. Lena Steinhart, OF s. East Tenth
street. New York, applied to Judge Dufry
In the Long Island City Police Court
this morning for a search warrant to
York. ' -''"
Mrs Ste'nhart is the woman who had
John V; Alexander, who had real es-
tate onice In West Fourteenth street
New York, arrested for securing 81 s63
worth OF furniture from her under false
pretense. Mrs. Steinhar1 accused Alex.
ander' who Is TO be sentenced In New
York tomorrow for grand larceny, OF
removing the furniture from a storage
warehouse, where he said he would keep
IL.
In court to-day Mrs. Steinhart says she
has secured Information that the flrni-
ture Is at the Charles street house, and
the Judge granted her the warrant
After the New York authorities get
through with Alexander he will be
turned over to the Queens County au-
thorities, where he obtained the furni-
ture, and will have to stand trial.
The evening world., 1894-06-25

daub of paint on his trousers that indi-
Gated that he was n painter. At any
rate, he was a seafaring man.
Coroner Morris, of Long Branch. took
charge of the remains and will hold 1t
for Identification. The shore for n mile
is strewn with wreCkage from the i'll
fated tug. The sea broke her into
small pieces at Sandlnss Surf House.
There were three !ife perservers cast up
by TIE waves. Cne of cork and two
of fimsy reek stufiing: one unmarked
and the other marked ~. S. Local In
spector San Francisco, Cal X. IL.
Sayres"
The Highland Beach Company,
through Messrs. Sandlass, have two of
their uniformed experienced surf men,
George Heine and Harry Mears, con-
tinually patrolling the beach in search
of bodies.
Those known to have been drowned
are:
street. New York: body at the Morgue.
FRANK MALEER. OF % Washington
street
WILLIAM MOORE. a bartender; resi-
dence unknown.
HERMAN EVERARD. residence un-
known; body recovered:
- KEYSER. residence unknown;
body recovered and is at the Morgue.
THOMAS MASSEN, l5l Degraw
street, Brooklyn: body recovered and Is
at the Morgue. -
WAItrER BUCKRIDGE. 9S2 Halsey
street, HrooKlyn; body recovered ana Is
at the Morgue.
The survivors generally censure Capt
Eyatt and his crew for mismanagemcnt
of the boat. This viii be thoroughly
investigated by the Coroner.
The evening world., 1894-06-25
THOSE PERDuM PLANTs,
How n Clever Fakir Manufactured
Them from Cucumber Seeds.

speaking of street faSirs," said the
tall man OF the party to Chicago Tri-
bune reporter, II used to know a fellow
in Lawrence, Kan, who was the king
OF the crowd. He could make money
out of anything A block of common
soap was worth many dollars to him as
grease eradcator or something Of the
kind, and for an outlay of a few cents
he could turn, pockets full of cash.
"One day this young fellow came to
me. and asked me in mysterious man
ner to go into loft with him. l went,
and there found one of the most in
genious outfits | ever saw or heard OF
for doing gullible community. This
is what the outfit was:
There Were 100 small cloth bags, each
filled with wet bran. In each bag was
planted cucumber seed. Under the
warmth and dampness, these seeds
would soon sprout, and then my young,
friend would take each bag and dip IT,
into tub filed with highly perfumed
which first sprout would be carefully
taken Off, leaving the next leaves.
which are rough and wrlnkled and do
not bear such strong evidence of iden
tity. Then the hundred bags, with thelk
carefully carried to come jay town,
where my young friend would actually
get 80 cents apiece for them as perfume
plants
cessfully number of times, and he al
ways managed to get away without be-
and always disposed OF his perfume
plants In. an easy. manner. Then. as
persons VINO have been caught at any
such sucker game do not care to
,squeal.' his ch9nces OF detection are re- :
duced to minimum"
The evening world., 1894-06-25

though the sea was rough. only spray
was breaking over the boat. We were
perfectly dry. and there was no particu-
| lar danger.
II Kept the tugs head up into the wind
Tor about three-quarters of an hour.
THE crowd kept on the port side Of the
boat to escape being wet by the spray.
repeatedly told them to get around on
better.
denly a heavy sea came right over the
bow. The tug keeled over from the
weight OF water. and before she could
right again a second sea broke over her
Held down, as she was by the frs,
sea proved too much for her and she
gradually settled down on her port beam
when she went over. leaned out OF
the window OF the pilot-house and called
1.-THE only effect this had was to
cause everybody to rush for the life-pre-
servers, Deckhand Hammond la and ! got
could and climbed down on the star
board side to the deck.
I'VE ran around to the port side.
which was then all under water and
unlashed the life-raft. We got 1t over
board Just as the tug began to settle:
The raft was grabbed by all who could
get hanu on IL anu was oNsrtufneu, -.
Il was thrown OFF, but caught hold of
beckett and held on until picked up by
the Sayre. .,
The report that a boy had the wheel
when the sea struck her Is false. ! had
the wheel myself all the time.
"The story that had been drinking
Is also false. did not taste n drop OF
a ii:tle whi.key to warm me up.
"I didn't leave the pilot-house until
window on he port side. / did all in
my power to save the boat and the
people on board OF her"
Capt, HYATT denied that the boat was
overloaded There were. he thought,
about sixty-three persons on board, in
| eludins the crew OF five. He said that
4 count was made after The second
| landing on the way out and he found
| that xfty-eiKi,t persons had come on
| board.
The Eicol he said. wa. licensed to
carry sixty-f,ye people. This was sub
stantiated by Capt. Haipin, OF the
The evening world., 1894-06-25
BOOM FOR CHICAGO GAS.
Then, in n Few Minutes, 1t Dropped
Below the Opening.


The week opened at the Stock Ex-
change with practically the same con-
ditions in force as those prevailing
at the close of last week.
The foreign advices were awaited with
some interest, owing to the possible
effect OF President Carnots death in
London and on the Continent. When 1t
was seen that consols were virtually
unchanged from Saturdays closing, and
that rentes. after declining from 10Of.
45c. to 99f. 75c.. recovered to 99f. 81 1-2c.,
no apprehension was felt. AS American
securities in London, however, showed
a decline Of l-S to 1 per cent. the mar
ket here opened lower in sympathy.
Chicago Gas was a notable exception.
It started at IS 1-2. The very next sale
was at 1912. and then few large
blocks changed hands at So
When the shorts had covered the
stock fell away almost as quickly to
TssSS The pool has full control of
the stock and marks the price up or
Nothing definite is ,9 kn9wn cenSer1ing s,;S, Ping
the dividend. and hSIdisrs %didney s viii take @
steps Immediately to enjoin It's payment.
louisville & Nashville fell IL to a. IL.
st. Paul SIS to 81 "a. Distillers 1,s 10
Is, Erie 3-s to II IA, American Sugar S-s
10 W i-2. Union Pacific 5-S to .. ana
United States Cordage 3-s to Y IL. SUP
seQuently American Sugar rose 70
At. Paul i-2 to IS IA. Distillers l.2 to
81 Louisville & Nashville 5-s TO 4S 7-S,
Missouri Pacific "a to % 3-4. Northern
cifc 50 to "a and Northwest IL 10
The evening world., 1894-06-25
SUITS MAY BE BROUGHT.
The Nicol Was Only Licensed tt
Garry Forty-fyc paSsengcrs.

The tug James ID. Nicol was licensed
to carry not over forty-five passengers
and to steam n distance not to exceed NJ
teen miles outside of Sandy Hook. The
license was issued on Sept. "a. 1893. and
runs for one year.
At the Custom House 1t was learned
that under the United states statutes the
owners of the tug are liable to n fine Of
$500 for exceeding the provisions OF their
license. and that suit may also, be
brought against them by any person hav-
ing sufficient information in the United
States District Court, for the passage
money and so fine for each person car
ried by the tug in excess of the number
allowed by thu tugs license.
Other than this there Is no punishment
or penalty prescribed by the United
States laws. go
The local steam vessel inspector will
probably call on the captain OF the
James u. Nicol for a report OF the ac-
cident TODAY. This report will be made
the subject of an investigation, the re-
suit OF which will be submitted to the
Collector of the Port. who Will bring suit
to collect the $500 fine referred to above.