davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
IRISH SOLDIERS HuMoR.
Fresh Anecdotes Told Mt Military Din
ncr in Washington.

/ asOh th "hohhhkeShs
] Brimful of funny anecdotes that hat
| no chestnutty flavor was the speech ot
Gen. st. Clair Mulholland, at the Second
corps banquet at the Shoreham. The
Irishmen largely preponderated in
these anecdotes, of which a couple oi
specimens from the memory of guest
will be found below.
McCook's regiment was in front OF
the enemy and expecting to make an at
tack next morning. He mounted his
horse to ride down to the picket line
to examine the situation. With this
purpose in view he called on n soldier
to accompany him and the commanding
officer made n detail. McCook was as.
tonishedwhena little red-hcaded fellow
rode up to him and touched his cap,
ready for service, for he was mere boy,
weighing not more than IS pounds,
and looking scarcely bigger than the
Sharps rifle he carried.
"Hou going with me ?" asked McCook.
The lad saluted and replied in the
affirmative.
Were going right to the 'front.'" said
the officer. "Do you know that it is
very dangerous?"
"Yis, yer honor" said the youth.
Have you been under fire ?" inquired
the officer.
II have, yer honor"
DO you suppose you have the back.
bone to keep up with me wherever
go?"
I'll thry. sir; and that's what I'm sin.
cir Ay,t ~.
among the bullets and ye're kilt you
won't be in h half mint before
come a-tappin' at the window"
They went to the front.
The second story was located at the
hospital. One OF the chaplain's regi-
ment was very badly wounded and GER
tain to die. But the chaplain was tired
the chaplains were often tired in the
army, you remember-and so he went
to bed and he left special word with
Sergt. Joe that he was to be called if
Barney showed signs of immediate col.
lapse. When he arose in the morning he
was much surprised to hear that Bar
ney had died during the night. He up
braided the watcher with not having
aroused him in time to administer the
last consolation to the dying soldier.
"Well, to tell the truth, yer highness,
l didn't want to disturb you, an you
couldn't hev done nuthin' for him.
Nuthin' could a-helped him. An when
he come to die, 1 consoled him myself"
I'm what way did you console him,
sergeant?"
"Well, chaplain, I talked to him gen.
tie like, an hiP his hand an said to
him: Barney says 1, I'm afraid
you're dyin', my boy
L think am says he.
AN expect you'll go below says I.
" I think L will,' says he.
Well, Barney, my boy says I, you
ought to be glad you've got some place
to go to- '"-Washington Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02

Add to two pounds of mashed pota-
toes little butter, seasoning to taste.
and gill of milk. Into stewpan put
half pint of milk and four tablespoon
fuls of butter; let boil together one
minute, then stir in three ounces of
flour, and continue stirring until n
smooth, thick paste; then stir in the
potatoes and the well-beaten yollSs of
four eggs, work well together, and
then add the whites of the eggs, beaten
TO q firm froth. Pour the mixture into
a souffie basin and bake in moderate
oven for one hour. When done, serve
immediately.-Good Housekeeping.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02

II needlework is not cared for the prct
ty insects can be fastened to the cloth
with good and clear liquid glue, gliding
the edges of the wings afterwards with
little paint applied with camel-hair
brush. The other method is to ap-
plique the butterflies on, using a fine
gold thread for the purpose; in both
cases the effect will be very pretty.
When this ornamentation is COM
plete, and a glance at the sketch will
give an idea of the arrangement, the
cloth must be tightly strained over the
frame, each leaf separate, using small
fancy nails for the purpose of fixing,
and being very careful to turn in all
edges quite neatly. 1t will be found
best to cut narrow strip of cloth with
which to cover the screen where the
two leaves join, and this should be
nailed tightly and smoothly as a last
item.
Having then covered the screen, the
upper half of one leaf should be further
adorned by a full gathered piece of
the eau-de-Nil silk, as seen by the
sketch. We then come to the inside
of the screen, and this is lined entire.
ly with the eau-de-Nil silk, slightly
gathered from top to bottom. A small
light Photographic shelf can be, il
liked, fixed across the top of each leaf,
and few pretty fancy brass hooks
screwed in the spar that goes across
the center will be found most useful
for hanging the work bag, etc., upon.
Your screen is now complete, and all
that is required for a finishing touch
are few yards of gold tinsel lace in
sertion with which to edge the screen
top and bottom. My design is, perhaps.
little elaborate, but it would not
prove Observation-Disclosures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
FROM SOUND MONEY SOURCES.

... Having failed to catch the Penn
sylvania manufacturers, the free silver
sawdust operators will now send their
''come on" circulars into other COM
munities.-Chicago Times-Herald.
....Gen. Clarkson says that western
republicanswill support sound money
man, if necessary. The leaders among
the silver democrats say that they will
be loyal to the party nominee. So it
looks as if the more rabid of the white
metal folk would have to secede or take
their medicine like little men.-N. Y.
Sun.
Thirty million dollars worth of
gold will be the total of Colorado's pro-
duction this year, according to the most
recent estimates. Apparently the pros
perity of the state does not depend en-
tirely upon silver, and yet the people
out there do not seem to realize that
fact. They are as loud and boisterous
in their support of free silver as ever.
Troy Times.
ITO cut away the meshes Of
sophistry wherewith the apostles of
the Coin school of finance have sur.
rounded the question of the currency
has been the undertaking of Secretary
Carlisle, and to him more than to any
other man, republican or democrat, the
public owes it's clearer comprehension
of the truths and principles at the root
of our financial system. - Rochester
Herald.
1.-THE free silver bunco-steerers
who tried to put the Philadelphia man
ufacturers into compromising posi-
tion upon the currency have now an
opportunity to consider whether their
little game was altogether the success
which they imagined it to be. Less
than dozen votes were cast at the
meeting of the Manufacturers cluo
against the resolutions. This shows
how feeble the free silver sentiment in
that organization really is, yet, through
the misplaced activities of the secretary
Of the club and the ingenuity with which
the free silver bunco game was worked.
the position of the club was badly COM
Promised.-Bostop Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
A CHEAP LESSON.
Inflated Dollars Brought Only an Increua,
In Price

Inflated Dollars Brought Only an Increnaa
In Price. .
The advocates of cheap money do n
great deal of loose talking about the adj
vantages which they say this country
would derive from the free-conage OF
silver; but they overlook all the object
lessons in the matter of deprecated.
currency which have a practical bear
ing upon the case. For instance, thev
40 not turn their eyes toward the Sou
uan, where the process of cheapenins
money for the purpose of raising prices
and promoting prosperity has been ap-
Plled for all IL is worth, so to speak.
When the Mahdi came into power he
mad coin made which was COMPOSED
OF seven parts of silver and one part
OF copper. 1t was very satisfactory to
the people and promised to answer all
u their purposes for all time to come.
But soon the pillaging of the crops and
the decline OF various industries
changed the situation. Something had
to be done to relieve the prevailing
depression, and the expedient of de-
oaslng the coinage was adopted. The
relative proportions of silver and cop
per were changed, first to six parts OF
the former to one of the latter; and
then the ratio was successfully made,
hive to three, four to four, two and one
half to four and one-half, and finally
two to five, thus adopting means toends
with resolute logic and confident per-
severance.
This policy had the desired effect in
one respect, at least. 1t raised prices
very rapidly. Cotton stuff that had
previously been sold for the equivalent
OF rs cents advanced to six dollars; linen
that had formerly been sold for one dol
lar went up to eight dollars; and there
was relative increase in the prices of
all other kinds of imported goods. Un-
fortunately, however, the result was
not the same as to things produced at
home. They remained at about the old
nominal value. The people had cheaper
money, but it only served to raise the
prices of all the articles that they were
obliged to buy without giving them n
corresponding increase in the prices OF
the commodities that they sent to mar
llet. Their inflated dollars did not
bring good times. The theory was n
Pleaslng one, but 1t would not work.
They could not defeat the laws of trade
by diluting the currency; they could
not make themselves prosperous by les
sening the value of the medium of ex.
changes. Their experiment is instruc-
tive. 1t teaches that there is nothing
to be gained by increasing the number
of dollars in a country according to
the cheapening method. The free sill
verites will do we'll to study it carefully.
1t represents the practical operation of
the theory to which they are so ar
IDENTIFY devoted and they can hardly
fail to see that there are some very
forcible objections to the proposed in
PRODUCTION of such policy in the
United States.--St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
Cooking Cabbage without odor.

Many housekeepers decline to have
cabbage cooked in their kitchens be-
cause of the disagreeable odor with
which the vegetable fills the house. If
the servant would but obey the follow
ing directions this objection would be
reduced to minimum. In the first
place the saucepan should be the larg-
est the menage affords, and must con-
tain enough water to entirely cover the
cabbage. This saucepan must be placed
ON the hottest part of the range and the
water be at galloping boil before the
cabbage is put in, and must be kept at
a boil until the vegetable is done. Last
of all the lid must not be put on the
saucepan during the whole process of
cooking.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
CAMPFIRE STORIES.
AN INCIDENT AT THE FRONT.
Tho Captain Was Permitted to Die Like
4 n Soldier.

Soldier.
One night when the sentinels had
been warned to be unusually alert, as
the enemy were in force only n mile
away, the soldier on post No. 4, which
was directly in front of q small clearing
in the forest, suddenly called out for
tAe corporal of the guard. The order
was to avoid firing if possible, as the
men behind the breastworks were wor
out with marching. There was full
moon and she threw such n light down
into the clearing that the smallest OBJ
ject could be distinguished by the SEN
tinel. AS he looked and listened
confederate in the uniform of a captain
stepped into the clearing in full view.
The sentinel lifted his musket and
opened his lips to cry out, believing
that the enemy was moving down on
our lines, but something in the demean-
or of the lone figure made him pause.
After moment he simply called for
1.-THE corporal of the guard.
! 1t was n strange sight we saw-three
or four of us-as we stood on post No.
a. The confederate came walking slow
ily down upon us, an open letter in his
left hand--his right carelessly swing
Ding. We knew him for u sleep-walker
lthe instant we got eyes on him. His
movements seemed to be made by ma
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
HOW TO REGAIN YOUTH.
Busy Women Should Rest at Least One
Hour Every Day.

BUSY women Should Rest at Least One
Hour Every Day.
Busy women continually resolve to
take things easier, ito rest on their
oars for a season." and drift on the river
of Incidence, if only one hour day. We
embark on the daily voyage fully in
tending to do this, but before nightfall
realize that we have been shipwrecked
on the Scylla of duties, real or imagina-
ry, or engulfed in the Charybdis of social
hurry.
Why not really make up our minds
that one hour daily should be devoted
to recreation or resting in some man.
ner? Either we will walk an hour, lie
down an hour, read an hour, sew, knit,
do fancy work, visit OF chat with con-
genial friend for an hour. In short, we
will overturn our common methods for
one brief space daily. The result of a
months fair trial of this plan will en-
courage to further effort in the same di-
rection, and in faithful observance of
some such system we shall renew our
youth like the eagles" while many of
the worn and toiisome places will take
on new beauties ''and blossom as the
rose."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
CLEARING THE TENT OF FLIES
A Little Incident of Army Life Described
by Veteran.

Little Incident of Army Life Described
by Veteran.
whenever l see a housewife swish.
ing the flies out of room with dust
cloth, and maybe following up one soil.
tary fly until she gets rid of it, and then
closing the Stats of the blinds to keen
the room nice and COOL" said an old
soldier, sit makes me thiAk of little
incident of my life in the army.
I'VE had at one time Sibley tents.
They were the big tents, you remember
circular on the ground, each made te
hold about 1s men, and supported by
center pole, and having circular open.
ing at the top for ventilation.
This opening was perhaps ten or
twelve inches in diameter. 1t had a
cover of some sort for bad weather, but
the one that belonged to our tent we lost
right away, and we never got another.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
Colonial LegaI-Tender Notes.

We have seen how capricious were
the tender laws of the colonial period.
Virginia, for example, varied her prac-
tice in the following manner:
1633-Gold and silver the only legal
tender.
1642-Tobacco the only legal tender.
1865 = Tobacco, silver and wheat
equally legal tender at fixed rates.
1666-Peas, Indian corn, barley, oats
and wound silk added to the preceding
articles as legal tender at fixed rates.
1727-Tobacco notes legal tender for
tobacco debts within the warehouse dis
trict, but not elsewhere.
1730-Tobacco notes the sole legal
tender for tobacco debts in the ware
house district.
1755-Silyer legal tender for tobacco
debts at fixed rate. Maryland like
wise had several varieties of legal
tender, including this:
175a-Inspected tobacco legal tender
for debts at one-fourth higher rates
than nspected.-Horace White, in
Money and Banking.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
Round and oblong Table Cloths.

Round and oblong cloths with circu-
lar borders come in various sizes for din.
ing tables so shaped. Floral designs
predominant largely in these, the clover
leaf, pansy and chrysanthemum taking
the lead as favorites. The handsomest
ones, however, of this kind are of plain
linen, known as butchers linen, these
decorated by three-inch insertion of
renaissance lace and a hemstitched
strip and edging corresponding in de-
sign with the lace.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02

How Many Familiar Bits of Bric-a-Brso
Are Utilized Nowadays.

In these days, when everything from
an ink bottle to a tea caddy is utilized
for lamp foundation, with, too, it
must be admitted, varying success, a
really graceful novelty is not to be
overlooked. Such a one, seen recently,
was a lamp evolved from an italian
wine bottle. Into the long, slender
neck of large wicker-bodied Chianti
flask was inserted one of the delicate
glass lamp bulbs TO be found in the
leading shops. The shade, a most
harmonious accompaniment to this eff
fective conceit, was of fine sprigged
msulin gathered very full over lining
of white silk. The gay red and blue
silk pompoms which the Italian manu-,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02

THE silver miners demand that
they shall be paid for the metal in the
proportion of sixteen to one for gold.
This is as il a cloth manufacturer
should demand a full yards pay for
half a yard of the stuff.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-02
AT THE FRONT.
During the War He Enjoyed Peace, Says
This Applicant for Divorce.

This Applicant for Divorce.
Unlike most men, r. C. Young when
be bade his wife good-by and marched
of to join his command in the civil war,
lheaved sigh of relief and went into
the thick of the fight with light heart.
He smiled when shot and shell burst
over his head. He was happy. He was
away from his wife.
He filed a petition for divorce the
other day, asking that he be legally sep
arated from his wife, who resided at
No. 365 Woodward avenue. He states
that since his marriage in 1859 his life
has been constant burden because of
the sctrang actions of his wife. His
wife, he states, constantly abused him,
and was a promoter of strife among the
children, of whom he had seven.
The petition states that the only
peace in his life was during the years of
1S61-O5, when he was soldier in the
civil war.
Young was once q member of the city
council of this city. He now resides in
Alabama.-Atlanta Constitution.
ABRAHAM LIFE, veteran soldier of
Farmland, Ind, who lost his right arm
during the war, Is suffering from n
peculiar affiiction that is puzzling the
doctors. A few months ago his right
leg began to shorten, and it is now five
inches shsrter tban IL used to be and
eseES II be. Mr.. L46s ~ wondering
whether there is any connection he
tween the loss of his arm and the con-
traction o, his leg.--N. Z. su1.
The evening times., 1896-11-30
ARCTIC GUNS ROMANCE.
Went on the Peary Trip, Was the
Terror of Turkey Matches and
Was Stolen by Durkey.

A double barreIled shotgun with a his
torical record figured prominently in a po-
lice court trial this forenoon.
IL was the favorite fUwlIng piece on the
Peary arctic relief steamer when 1t res
oued the Inflated Greedy party, and did
good service IN supplying the rescuers
with game in those ice bound latitudes.
The gun is the property of Alfred Grimes
of AnaCostia, and he values 1t at 500.
Today he was in Judge Miller's court tu
prosecute j ohm Thorn pson, colored. for
st ealing 1t. Sergt. Anderso on arrested
ThCmpsu and recovered the shotgun.
Mr.. Grimes, on the witness stand, stated
that he had loaned the gun 10 his brother,
from whose place ii was stolen. Thomp-
son was employed by his brother and fell
under suspicion. The prisoner lives in Alex
andria, and there the Peary relic was
found in his possession.
How do you fix the value of this gum"
asked Judge Miller. addressing Grimes.
BY its associations partly and because
IL is an excellent shooter as relic OF
the Peary expedition alone | value it at
$780,
But what is It's intrinsic or market
value?" asked the court.
Il have refused an offer CT $40 for the
gun, sir. / bought 1T at a gun store about
tive years ago for $50"
A colored lawyer from Alexandria, who
appeared for the prisoner, held the gun
aloft, and declared IL was not 4 twist bar
rel. nor Of the make or finish which would
give ii any such value as claimed by the
prosecution.
"A man" said Jcdse Miller, might
buy horse for $50 and 3flerward discover
that the animal is worth 500"
Il have also tested the guns value at
shooting Matches" said Mr. Grimes.
Yes added Seret. Anderson. Il know
that good shots have been afraid to shoot
against that rctic gun ut turkey matches -
The gun has a areputation,' remarked hIs
honor
Yes. sir. and a record rs n relic
The prisoner went upon the witness stand
in his own defense and told u fairy tale,
which caused his honor to smile broadly.
Il bought dis gun he said ''fum a man
named Joe Johnson. what lives in Swan
poodle. lie sells it ter me fer eight dol
lahs. an gibS him two dnllahs On count.
Dat wuZ six weeks ago. sab. l met Joe
Johnson on Lyesianna dbenue."
1t is emarka bi. - said his honor, that
Joe Johnson should steal this gun from the
place where you was nploycd. then meet
you accidentally on Louisiana avenue and
sell it to YOU
''Yas sab, it war kinder kUrious,"
Now, Thompson, what street does Joe
johnson live on?''
Deed, doan' mo, sab"
Then box Will you find him when the
time comes to pay him the remaining S6?''
"Oh, jedge, everybody in Swampoode
knows Joe Johnson, an dey'll tell me whar
ter fin him."
'The Joe Johnson you mean is as dead as
slat mackerel," said his honor. He has
figured in this court many. many times,
but his days are over. You viii fur
nish 5000 bonds for your appearance be-
fore the grand jury
The evening times., 1896-11-30
THE HOTELS.
Last Nights Arrivals.

| ARLINGTON and Mrs J. Hamilton.
Brooklyn; william II. Feeble and wife,
| w Bowers, Chicago G. d. Chase, Honolulu;
| ID. u Johnston, London: John K. Wilson,
| Chicago; Joseph II Booth, Chicago; F.
| Faversham, New YORK.
| j. Is. Coghlan, New Orleans; Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller Outcalt, Cincinnati; Edward 7. Rus
sell, Boston; John II Grunnell, Whining
| ton, Del, Charles Lancis, Chicago; r. de
nienson, Paris, France.
RALEfGH-wniiam H. Taylor, Norfolk;
L. H. Woodlidee, os,on; X. s. Hawley,
Detroit p FaTrell and cw,nsneN Wife water
G. d. Cutler, Cambridge, Mass; Or. NJ
Frankfort, Ky Fl q "; on,ty;n BarTetk, Georgia
Il. Angus, Boston: G: h Binney, Hartford,
| Conn; Melville pcwey, Albany, N. Y;
henry S. Adams, Springfield, Ohio
KIGGs-GeorgsH aM,nS BamSSter i,i9 Bin9ghampt9snI'
Stewart Rochesfer., N. T.; ii. q. Nor
| row, Downingtop, Mo.
METRoP OLINA S, Morse,
Austin: Tex; Raphaei s ,I Iayne; ,,; virginia;
Richmond, va; b. Rideway, Philadelphia,
Pa; j. H. watson, Bcston; T. W. Leary,
Clattanooga;, VIZ walker, , South Car9lins'
walker Weeds ok, Va; II. PURGE, Louis
vile, KY. Z
NoKMANDIE John NJ. Kennedy, Pitts
burg, Pa: Henry W Cutliil, Maryland, ten.
| Upshaw, New York.
NATIONALLY. H. Blackan, London;
Z. d. Talbot, Beverly, W. Va; F. III.
koebier hocneIter ,o, n X; K + EExreRepresSenta
rie, o. r.; II. A. Redmond, st. Louis, Mo; /;
Z. A. Ruggles, Littlefield, Mass.
ST, JAMES-E. E. Rentlcy, Detroit; R.
W. Barkley, Mount Clair, n. j.; E. d.
jameson and wife. Philadelphia; George
Kaines, Albany, N. Y.;J. c. Clerk, Atlanta,
ia.
sHoREHAM-J w. French, Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas; Robert F. Hobbs, New
York; Mrs. Henry Wise Hobson, Denver,
Col; e. w. a. Cox, Toronto; II. C. Black,
New York; Festus Il. Wade, st. Louis;
H. r. Hall and wife, Jersey City: W A .
O'Brien, New York; George C.. Haines,
Jr., and wife, Vicksburg, Miss.
WELLINGTON-J. H. Brodies, and Mr.
and Mrs. Semmes, New York.
wILLARD'S-W.E.S .Sackett, East Orange,
N. j.; Gowen Clernan, San Francisco; T. T.
O'Leary, Buffalo, n. T.; F. c. Rose, SYRIA
cuse M. Y; H w. H. Doolittle and ], w,
Dooiittle, Tacoma, Wash.