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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08

The basis of representation for the
several wards, precincts and townships
will be one delegate for every 10 votes
and fraction over five votes cast for
Asa S. Bushnell, Republican candidate
for governor, in 1895.
The various precincts will be entitled
to the following number of delegates,
to-wit:
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Wanted Idea IE:s $ns sss 5; .'$sI: !s'Ss

Write JOHN wRDpERBGRN q CO., Patent Attor.
Seys WSsshnss9h ~ ing 1 C 5Sr their $50 Prize osr
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HASKINS PRECINCT

HASKINS PRECINCT.
The Republicans of Haskins will meet
at Haskins on
Friday, Aug. IA
to select delegates and alternates to the
County Convention.
AMOS TwINING, Committeeman.
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First Voters Mckinley Club.

The committee on transportation of
the First Voters Mckinley club has
sent out the following notice to the
committeeman of each precinct:
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JUDICIAL.

For Judge of the Sixth Judicial District,
GEORGE X. HAYNES.
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G. W. WILKINSON,
Chairman
W. S. HASKELL,
Secretary.
Bowling Green, o., June 81. 1896.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

For Congress,
JAS. IL. SOUTHARD.
Presidential Elcctor,
JOSEPH G. BONNER.
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TOWNSHIP CAUCUsES.

The Republicans of Perrysburg town
ship are requested to meet at the town
hall on
Saturday, Aug. Is,
at 9 p. m, for the purpose of selecting
delegates and alternates to the Repub-
lican County Convention.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION GALL.

The Republicans of Wood county
Ohio, are requested to meet in delegate
conyention at Bowling Green, on Tues
day, the 18th day of August, A. D. 1896
at 10 o'clock a. M, TO nominate the fol
lowing county officers. to-wit:
CLERK,
AUDI TOR,
PROBATE JUDGE,
SHERIFF.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY,
COMMISSIONER,
INFIRMARY DIRECTOR.
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XXYILLIAM WEBSTER,
" SOLICITOR OF PATENTS,

TOLEDO, o.. Trademarks and Copyrights
procured and infringements prosecuted. Seven
years member OF the examining corps of n, s..
Patent ohce., Office llS Superior 81.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

STATE.
Secretary OF State,
CHARLES KINNEY.
Supreme Judge,
CHARLES WILLIAMS.
Food Commissioner,
JOSEPH E. BLACKBURN.
Member Board Public Works,
FRANK A. HOFFMAN,
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

nest of live bats we're found 100 feet
underground in Snowshoe Guich, near
Cottage Grove in Oregon, the other day.
This is considered most remarkable dis
covery, and those who have visited the
place and seen the animals are at loss to
account for it.
John Dinman and Andrew Wilson have
been developing a claim in the gulch by
running tunnel to reach the vein. The
tunnel runs obliquely, and few days ago
when depth of 100 feet had been reached
the rock began to assume different con-
dition. 1t sounded loose, or hollow, in
that particular spot, and The partners
knew that they were nearing what in
miners parlance is called "a change"
Their 'holes" were nearly loaded when
this discovery was made, but they con-
tinued loading and then went to the sur
face and touched off the charge. Upon
their return they expected to find vein
uncovered or at least rock of different
character from that through which they
were running.
But quite differenr matter attracted
their attention when they went back to
the end of the tunnel and the circum-
stance has been the wonder of the entire
immense amount of discussion, scientific
and otherwise, but no certain explanation
has yet been adduced.
Instead of finding ore or any particular
change in the rock they found the tunnel
full of bats. The cause of the peculiar
sound that indicated change of ground
was small cave and into this their last
shots broke and out of which came the
bats. How the bats got into the cave is
the problem and what sustained them
there? The point is about 100 feet below
the surface and there is apparently no
opening or means OF ingress or exit. The
bats when caught and taken out to the
daylight appeared to be without eyes and
able TO fly but little ways; in fact their
wings were but meagerly developed. The
first thing that attracted the mems atten-
ton upon their return to the tunnel was the
peculiar odor which, Notwithstanding the
amount OF gas from the exploded powder.
was quite perceptible and disagreeable.
The only solution of the strange oc-
currence that has yet been offered lies in
the fact that the rock is of metamorphic
and aque GUS origin, and, being in the
Cascade Range, is of recent occurrence.
The rock is closely bedded shale, and at
the time of the geological disturbance that
put it into its present position the bats
had their nest there and then became in
cased as they were found. 1t would seem,
too, that the bats must be of that nature
that becomes dormant and able to re-
tain life without food. An effort was made
to save some of them alive, but they
rapidly succumbed to the sunlight and
fresh air.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

edge, our equine camping companion nao
the run of a stubble-field in which the
cabin stood. 1t was our custom 10 iced
her grain night and morning In round
basket that when not in use hung upon a
nail quite high up on the side of the house
One morning, having the night before at
tended some festivity or other N a near
by town, we were late in rising, and AT
about 8 o'clock we were startled by loud
knock at the front door. Hastily dressing
1 threw open the door to admit our caller,
and was confronted by Madame. who was
just in the act OF repeating her heavy
knock with one iron-shod foot upon the
doorstep. She had taken the grain basket
from its nail and brought it 10 the door,
and as / made my appearance she threw
it down at my feet, with an indignant toss
of the lead, wonderfully expressive of her
opinion of two women who would lie abed
until that late hour and keep respectable
PONIES waiting for breakfast.
1t was the same mare who, on another
occasion, by her almost human reason
abeness, saved me from serious injury, if
not from death. l was driving one dark
winter night up steep, rocky and peril
ously narrow road, which neither she nor
l had ever before travelled. Behind the
buggy walked companion, bearing a
lantern. His lantern was of no real use,
as, ii carried in front, it blinded both the
mare and the driver, and the road was
too narrow to permit of the light-bearer' s
walking beside the buggy, so we were
blundering along, as best we could. in the
murky blackness. All at once the mare
stopped, and no urging of mine availed to
make her take another step. 1even struck
her with the whip, but to no purpose. 1
was in despair. For the first time in her
life" / said TO my companion. "she has
ba liked. l cannot say that / blame her
much. 1t is fearful road.''
My friend came around with the lantern
and We saw, within six inches of the right
front wheel, yawning gully, where the
road had been washed out by the recent
rains. One step further and the vehicle
would have toppled down steep bank an
almost indefinite distance.
We could teach our horses great deal
m ore than we do If we were only willing
to take the trouble. l see women every
day go around their carriages and enter at
the side away from the curb because they
apparently do not know that in two or
three lessons the average horse can be
taught to bring the buggy close to the
curb, crank the wheel and wait for his
driver to enter the vehicle.
There are a number of useful words
which horse can be taught perfectly to
understand and obey. STEADY" is word
always teach any horse l drive often to
understand and heed. 1t is good wora
to have at your command, the "so-o-o" Of
most good-natured drivers sounding so
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

slough hunting for such articles and food
as would be useful to him. 1t was dam
gerous for anybody to go near his ark, as
he nearly always stood near the door and
pointed gun at them until they went
away. Nobody suspected that he had any
money until about five years ago when
he took shot at the watchman who was
here then.
"Of course he was arrested and taken to
San Jose for trial. He was fined $500 or
300 days in jail. To the surprise of every
body he pulled out sack of gold and
paid his fine. That watchman left the
place soon afterward.
when l took this job 1 was told to
Keep sharp lookout for him, which did.
he never came around without his rife,
ana was afraid that he would shoot at me
any time. He was always in a mean
mood and quarrelsome, but l humored
him and we never had any trouble. He
objected to my being on the marsh. and l
was afraid he would shoot at me some
night when l went out to tend to the
bridges.
1.-The last time l saw Rodman alive he
was towing dead pig to his cabin. He
had found 1t floating in one of the sloughs
after 1t had been dead several days and
was all swelled up. asked him what he
was going to do with it, and he said he in
tended to cure II and that it would last
him all summer. That was some time
last April.
II don't know how long it was after
ward, possibly couple of weeks, when |
noticed that there was never any smoke
coming from the old mans cabin as there
used to be. I thought something was
wrong then and kept sharp lookout /
tried to see him, but he never came along
the sloughs any more. 1t then struck me
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
Live Bats Found
Irnbedded Deep
In the Earth

served for 15 cents to 25 cents, the marvel
is how can green turtle soup be dispensed
as part of the menu. Here again the
traveller is taken by surprise, and led to
infer that in all the wide world there is
not such a paradise for the man who
thinks much of his dinners.
1t barely costs the native a second
thought, so accustomed is he to accept
things as they are, without investigation
of any kind but it mus. strike him that
there is some deep down mystery in this
green turtle soup as course of cheap
meal.
''Would you like to know how it is
done?" asked an employe of the Pacific
Mail Company. s.Then I'll tell you,' he
added after brief pause, while he as
sumed quizzical air.
every time steamer comes in at the
dock here from Panama, you can see an
old man looking for turtles. Generally he
gets one or two of them, and hauls them
away in his little cart to his home on
Third street. Where he lives are also his
Office and business headquarters. He
usually keeps a stock of six or eight tur-
ties on hand and with them he makes his
living. Pretty tough on the turtles, but
that makes no difference as long so he
makes it pay. And then, you see, these
prevention of cruelty to animals fellows
don't catch on.
swell, this fellow gets the big turtles for
song, and what do you think he does
with them-turn 'em into soup2 Not
much. He rents them to restaurants at so
much day, and moves them from one
place to another, all over town. Most of
his business, though, is south of Market
street.
"The restaurant men leave the turtles
on the sidewalk beside the door and put
out sign, Green turtle soup to-day
The turtles back is painted with the same
sign, and as he sprawls about and peeps
from under his cover once in while he
attracts people. You've noticed people
stop to look at the turtles.
Its a great advertisement and pays
the house well. but none of that turtle
gets into the soup, for he goes to another
eating place next day, and so on. Those
cooks know how to make good imitasion
with young veal and things. But the rent
from half dozen or dozen turtles pays
the old man well.
"The turtles don't stand this rough
usage very long. A few weeks settles their
hash, and then they are killed and sold
for pretty fair price to some restaurant
that dishes up the genuine article. And
at their doors once or twice a week."
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

up will appreciate the desira bility of
teaching horse to come when called, a
lesson any horse can learn.
Every horse carries an index to his tenn
per and intelligence in his face. The
teachable, tractable animal is broad and
fat between the eyes; the bony ridge of
his face dishes slightly from the point
where the face narrows, toward the nos
trils. His ears are well set, sensitive and
far apart, with well-defned ridge of
bone extending across the top of the head
between them. Always feel for this ridge
in judging horse. The eye should be
large, clear and bright with a prominent
ridge of bone along the inner and upper
edge of the socket. Miss RUSSELL.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

Columbus mentions in his fourth voy-
age the village Coriai, probably Caicai.
The people abounded with sorcerers or
medicine men, and this was the region of
the "Americ" range, 5000 feet high. But
G olumbus does not mention the name,
"Americ.''
1t is stated that the name America
Province first appeared upon map pub
lished at Basle in 1922. Until that time
the region was believed to be part of
India. This information may be verified
by reference to 1.-THE Naturallsts in Mica
ragua," by Thomas Belt.
The northmen who visited the conti-
nent in the tenth century, according to
Torfeus' ''Historia Vrielandi@ An
tiqua," found the country low level
coast thickly covered with wood, and called
it "Markland, !" from ''nark," wood. The
"r'' had rolling sound as in Marrick.
A similar word found in the region of the
Hima]ays, and the name of the World
Noun tain, Meru, is pronounced in some
dialects as Meruah, the letter 'h" being
strongly aspirated. 1t is notable "that
two people could possibly accept word
of similar sound, each having used it in
their own sense, and finding it applied to
the same territory"
Professor Wilder remarks it is plausible
that the State of Central America where
we find the name "Americ," signifying
like the Hindu Meru) great mountain,
gave the continent its name. Vespucius
would have given his surname if he had
designed to give title to continent.
1t is Vespucius who has been slandered
and to whom restitution is due.
There is more IN name than the world
wots of-even Romeo and Juliet must
have found that out-aIthough rose by
any other name would smell as sweet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
To Judge the
Brain Powers
OF the Horse

"Do you think" some one said to me
recently, that horses really understand
what is said to them2"
For answer 1 raised my voice so as to be
heard by my equine pet feeding upon the
hill above.
Come down here" called, sand 60
into your STALL" She turned, gazed at me
hesitatingly for an instant, and then, with
no demur, marched down the hill, pass
ing US with the merest glance OF recogni-
tion, and fled obediently into the stable.
Bot my friend was still skeptical. Il
do not believe she really understands,
she persisted. "She has come to associate
certain words with certain acts, and when
she hears those words she does the asso-
ciated acts"
81 grant that" said, ''but will you tell
me what more we humans do IN the way
OF compromising language? The horse
does not have as wide range OF under
standing as the human being, but so far
as il goes it is based uron exactly anala-
gous principles"
1t is rather wonderful, when one thinks
about it, how much clever horse can be
taught and how much wisdom he will
I stood on Jones street, near Jackson, a
short time 40 and watched a big bay
horse pull a heavy milk wagon UP the
hill. He was all alone; there was no one
in the wagon, which was loaded with big
milkcans. The grade just here is very
heavy, and the horse was progressing
diagoEally back and forth from curb to
curb at exactly the angle that afforded the
best resistance to the backward sliding of
the wheels, while yet he could steadily
ascend the grade. AT each curb he
turned carefully, with one watchfui eye
upon his wheels, and not in a single in
stance did he Craze the curb or turn so
sharply as to endanger the contents of the
wagon. l watched the performance in
delighted amusement until presently the
driver of the wagon emerged from a
house in the block, milkcan In hand. He
stopped beside me- You're watching
that there horse l take it," he said
well. 1 suppose fifty people stop and
watch him every day. He's knowing
old fellow, that horse, and he taught him
self that trick when we first put him on
the route. No one ever showed him; he
just studied it out himself"
By this time the bay horse had reached
the top of the hill and stood upon the
level looking back as if to see why in the
world his driver was not on hand 10 con-
tinue the journey.
1t may be, as scientists tells us, that ami
m ais do not think, but 1 must say that 1
have seen horses do things the perform
ance of which involved a process singu-
Iarly like thinking.
One summer, remember, while camp
ing with friend in cabin on a canyon s
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

that something was wrong with him. 1
tried to get some of the fishermen to go
over and see, but they were afraid. l
asked at least a dozen, but none of them
would go, and l couldn't leave my post to
go myself.
About three weeks ago George Price
and William Dumphy, two young men
who came here to fish, agreed to go over
and see what was the matter with the old
man. They came back and said that only
his skeleton was there. 1t was hanging
over the we'll of the centerboard in the
middle OF the ark and the bones were
picked clean by the rats. He must have
been taken with some attack and died
while trying to walk about. think he
died from eating the dead pig, and l am
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
America Was
Not Named by
the F1orenti11e

1t seems safe to assume that nine-tenths
of the native born Americans are ignor-
ant of the real origin of the name of their
mother country. This is not strange, as
the makers of schoolbooks have taken
particular care and delight to perpetuate
an error born of ignorance We have
been told time out of mind that it was
Americas Vespucius, Florentine navi-
gator, who, with loud and ponderous
voice, proclaimed himself to Europe as
the discoverer, and with intent to defraud
fastened his name upon the newly found
country. This bit of pseudo history has
been asserted with severe authority and
maintained with asperity, and nothing
but the hand OF time can wipe the untruth
from the pages OF history, for it requires
the aid of centuries to establish knowl-
edge. Recently a movement has been es-
tablished in the East, which has met with
more or less success, with the object of
tearing the borrowed robe from the back
of poor "Americus." demanding its resti-
tuition to It's rlghtful owner, Columb bus p.
However laudable this effort is to give
tardy justice to illuminated reputation
it is founded upon a misconception. 1t
would only rob the innocent and enthrone
another error, because the first name of
Vespucius was not "Americus" but
"Albericus.' OF course exact history
could not take note of such trifies.
Americ, Amerrique or Amerique is the
name OF the high land in Nicaragua, the
high land or mountain range which lies
between Juigalpa and Libsrtad, in the
province of Chontales, and which reaches
on the one side into the country Of the
Corcas Indians and on the other side into
the country of the Ramos Indians.
.Ic" or ''ique," used as q terminal,
means storaot
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

sure it happened soon after I last saw
him. He might have been there yet if
hadn't induced those fellows to go over
and see what was the matter.
The Coroner came over from San Jose
and held the inquest, but just what was
agreed upon | don't know. The ark was
sold to a man for 81 and it has proved a
good investment. Of course it was of no
use to him, but he came over last Sunday
and made a search of it. When he came
back here 10 take the train he showed me
$1,000 in gold that he had found concealed
in different places in the ark. The chances
are that there is whole lot more money
concealed around the place. The old fell
low was often seen digging in certain
places and people believe that gold is
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
L TYPES OF THE NEW WOMAN
THE WIFE.

Now, this Last is the incest new woman;
May her numbers increase every day!
She's trinity dressed, pleasant young person,
Who can talk in sensible way.
She will fall deep in love and get married:
OF her home she'll be proud as a queen;
She Will walk step by step with her husband
And with never a shadow between.
She will gather about her the children,
Who will run when they hear mother call,
And she'll sing lullabies in the cleaning
"She's the old woman''-so are they ali,
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
The Gold and
the Death of an
A1viso Miser
THE SHOUTING FEMALE.

OF the numerous hermits who have
lived their dreary lives in some of the I'M
frequented spots in California Benjamin
Rodman is entitled to place in the front
rank. The possessor of thousands of dol
lars IN gold, he chose to spend his DAYS in
misery, and for twenty-five years occupied
q dilapidated ark on Coyote Creek about
three miles from Alviso. He went about
clothed in rags. He almost starved for
food and slept on pile of foul rubbish in
his damp cabin. Just how he died will
never be known. for he was alone, and
none knew Of his death for months after
ward, when his skeleton was found by
fishermen. The finding of his skeleton
and the holding of the inquest have been
reported IN the columns of the daily pa
pers.
Everybody living down that way knew
Ben jamin Rodman and despised him, for
he was as disagreeable man as ever lived.
The finding of his remains was due to the
efforts of his nearest neighbor, the watcn-
man at The Bridges, who induced couple
of en- to visit the cabin. AS he tells the
story OF Rodman it seems too horrible to
be true.
1--WE only known Rodman about a
year." said the watchman when speaking
of the matter, "but that is long enough,
for he made my life miserable when he
was alive The people who have lived
around here long time tell me that it is
over twenty-five years since Rodman came
to these parts, and that they always looked
upon him as crazy. Nobody knows where
he came from nor anything about him,
but the supposition is that he made money
IN the mines, and that it turned his head.
He lived in peril OF his life and said
that he was afraid he would be poisoned.
He spent his time along the banks of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

buried there. The owner of the ark in
tends to make thorough search. An old
resident about here says that when Rod.
man first came here he told him he had
$4,000 in gold, but that he didn't believe
him. The chances are, though, that that
money is somewhere around waiting for q
finder"
Miser Rodman's old ark was visited by
CALL representative last week, at which
time the accompanying picture was made.
How the man could have lived there is a
mystery. Squalor and filth does not
describe the place and the awful silence OF
the marsh is enough to turn ones brain.
The bottom of the ark had rotted out years
ago. so that at high tide the interior con-
tains several inches of water.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
Some Words That
A Horse Can Be
aught to Know

much like whoa that its use serves to
lessen obedience to that supreme word of
command which should always bring a
horse up standing. 1t should never be
used save to stop horse, and he should
be trained to stop instantly upon hear
ing it.
Come here" is another phrase every
horse can and should be taught to obey.
Whoever has chased an equine torment
about pasture when in hurry to hitch
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
Pedd1es the Same
Green urt1e to
MANY Restaurants
"Green Turtle Soup To-day"

'Green Turtle Soup To-day"
The sign is so familiar on all manner
of restaurants in San Francisco that to a
stranger it would seem that San Fran
cscans are gourmets of pronounced
type. One would pass it by without COM
ment if posted outside the door of a
restaurant of the fashionable class, or
even that of ''four-bit" house. But
when it comes to place where meals,
including soup and wine, or beer. are