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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
Must TestIfy or Go to JAIN.

Washington, March "a, - The SUI
preme court of the United States Mon
day decided that witnesses must tes-
tify in interstate commerce cases, or
go to Jail for contempt of court. The
decision was made in the case of Brown
versus Walker, appealed from the cir
cult court for the western district of
Pennsylvania, involving the valliity
and force of the amendment to the
interstate commerce law intended TO
make effective the provision forbid
ding the secret and illegal granting OF
rebates 10 favored shippers by railroad
officials.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
GOLD GALORE.
An Empty Argument of Cheap Money
Fanatics.

Fanatics.
Just as the advocates of q silver
standard We're beginning to ask where
the gold necessary for the transaction
of the worlds business was to be OBJ
tanned and as the struggle among the
nations of the world to increase their
scanty boards of the precious metal be-
came most intense, Dame Nature came
to the rescue. AS is well known, thers
has been n marked increase in produc-
tion during the past six or seven years.
How great this increase has been, with
its causes and effects, is set forth enter
tainingly by Carl Snyder in the Febru-
ary Review of Reviews.
The annual production of gold in
1887 was but $106,0o0,o00. During the
three succeeding years it had increased
to only $1l3,000,000 Since then the in,
crease has been rapid, until last year it
rose to the enormous aggregate Of $685.
100000, surprising all previous records
known to history. Even in the bonanza
days the production was smaller, and
the records for the single year Of 1895
equaled the entire product of any two
decades down to 1910.
More important is the fact that there
is no appearance of a check in the out
put. Mining experts believe the food
will continue to increase at the same ra-
tio, as the conditions are not tempo
rary, but permanent. During the last
five years the increase has been 12 per
cent. each year. Should the increase
continue at the rate of ten per cent. the
production in 1899 would be $320,oO0,-
600. a Yield of about 81 $1,3oo,oOO,Ooo for
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
GARCIA FAILS TO APPEAR.
Bail of the Alleged Cuban Filibuster De-
clared Forfeit.


clared Forfeit.
New York, March "a. - Gen. Garcia,
the Cuban leader, did not answer to his
name Monday forenoon in the United
States circuit court when he was called
to plead to the indictment against him
for his alleged connection with the al
legged Bermuda tilibustering expedition.
The other men who were indicted with
Garcia, viz: Bernardo j. Bueno, Capt.
Hughes, John d. Hart, Capt. Lawrence
Rrabazor and b. j. Goerra, answered to
their names when they were called.
After transacting some routine busi-
ness, the court called Gen. Garca's
name again. There being no response.
the generals bail was declared for
feited and the trial of the defendants
was set down for Monday next.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
FOOD FOR FLAMES.
Fire Destroys Half of tho City of Colon.
Colombia.


Colombia.
Colon, Colombia, March PA fire
started here at four o'clock Monday
morning, and before it was got under
control half the city had been burned.
The spread of the flames was aided by a
strong wind, that carried large pieces
of burning material onto the roofs of
houses, which were soon destroyed in q
conflagration that at one time threat
ened to wipe out the entire city. by ten
o'clock all the buildings south OF
Seventh street as far as the market had
been destroyed, and shortly afterwards
the market itself was burned. Among
the buildings destroyed was Hafeman's
pharmacy. 1t was then considered that
the only buildings that werc out of dan
ger were the Swiss casino and the office
of the Pacific Mail Steamship company.
The fire extended down to the rail-
road station, and for time that build
ing was in imminent danger, but the
fremen thought they might be able to
save it. The fire brigade of Panama
was asked to aid in fighting the fire and
came here on special train, accom-
panied by the chief authorities. Transit
on the Panama railroad was completely
suspended later in the day. All the
bakeries have been burned and a scarcity
of food is threatened. Intense excite
ment prevails. The captain and crew of
the Colombian line steamer Finance
rendered valuable aid in checking the
spread of the flames. 1t is impossible as
yet to learn the full extent Of the loss,
but it will be very heavy, probably in
excess of 100000
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
BAD MAN KILLED.
WouId-Be Murderer Filled with Buck
Shot Mt Burlington, Ia.

Burlington, Ia, March 24.-Monday
morning blacksmith named C. A. Eek
strom bought revolver and started out
to kill his brother-in-law's entire fami-
ly, and also his own wife, who was in
the same house. He failed to hit any
one, and man named Riley shot him
five times from the window of his house.
Eckstrom was not fatally wounded, and
continued to besiege the house until
Others arrived on the scene, when he
was finally killed by milkman, who
shot two loads of buclsshot into him.
Eckstrom was desperate character
and his wife had left him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
PLEAD mot GUILTY."
jackson and Walling Will BE Given Sep
arate Trials.

arate Trials.
Newport, KY, March 24.-Jackson
and Walling were brought before Judge
Helm Monday morning that they might
plead to the indictment charging them
with the murder of Pearl Bryan. Col.
George Washington, Richard Shepard
and Mrs. Andrews, of Hamilton, o.,
represented Walling, and j. L. Craw-
ford represented Jackson. A sister
and brother of Walling were present.
When the prisoners were arraigned
they pleaded mot guilty" Upon the
demand of their attorneys an order was
entered that the cases be tried sep
arately. Jackson's will be placed on
trial first, and April 7 was fixed as the
date for his hearing. The prisoners We're
then taken to their cells.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
Destructive Fire at Joliet. Ill.

Joliet, ILL.,, March 24.-The Joliet mill
of the Consolidated Steel and Wire COM
pany was destroyed by fire Monday
morning. The nail, barb, drawing and
storeroom departments are total loss.
The fire was started by friction of a
shaft. The total loss is $15O,OOO, and is
covered with insurance. This is the
second fire at this mill within a year.
The company will rebuild at once.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28

Victoria, b. c., March 24.-The steam
ship Warrimoo, which has just arrived,
brings news of the destruction of Suva,
the capital of Fiji, by hurricane March
6. 1t was the most tremendous storm
ever known in the southern seas. The
loss of the ferry steamer Pearl in the
Brisbane river, by which 81 persons
lost their lives, is also reported.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
FOR SOUND MONEY.

Bankers Urged to Use Their Influence In
This Direction.
New York, March 24.-The American
Bankers association is sending TO all of
the bankers of the United States cir
cular urging them to use their influence
as citizens in their various states 10
select delegates to the political con-
ventions of both of the great parties
who will declare unequivocally in favor
of the maintenance of the existing gold
standard of value.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-28
Mrs. prayton Gets Her Dlyorce.

Trenton, n. j., March 24.-A decree
was filed by Chancellor McGill Monday
morning, granting Mrs. j. Coleman
Drayton divorce from her husband on
the grounds of desertiou,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-17

the British West Indies. Every sum-
mer II cruises north to Halifax. Ber-
muda is its permanent station. The
past winter, because OF the Venezuelan
incident, Admiral Erskine's flag few
here all winter. and Jamaican waters
saw 1t not. IT flies here now. There
follow IL at present five ships. The
flagship III. NJ. S. Crescent, is a twin
screw cruiser of the frst-class 200
tons. 13 guns. The Tourmaline is a
third-class cruiser of 2,120 tons, the
Cordelia 1850 tons, the Mohawk 1.770
tons and the BuZzard LAO tons. There
is also a coast defense turreit ship. the
Scorpion. About 1900 tonnage of small
ships are on the West Indian station
within call, and there are in Bermuda
four or five torpedo boats good for 10
or 20 knots an hour, besides a receiving
ship and other trash. OF all these the
Crescent is the only craft of conse-
quence, and she is not the equal of some
of the crack American cruisers But
the anchorage would hold as many
more ships as the Admiralty cared to
send here.
Ber1nudans point with pride to "the
largest floating dry dock I'm the world"
emitting to acknowledge with regret
that ii is only 3Sl feet long and Is the
largest in the world only because the
world is building its docks of other
kinds. 1t has locked a ship of 10000
tons, II. NJ. s. Bollerophon, but could
not dock a long modern ship of less
tonnage, because the proportions have
altered so radically. This dock is near
ly 80 years old. There are workshops
for repairs on the shore, and to these
visitors are admitted. 1t is difficult for
one not expect to estimate their
Importance, but they seem peaky,
trivial and conservative compared with
machine shops in the states. There is a
notable absence of powerful engines,
cranes and other labor-saving devices
for handling heavy castings or mold
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possibly because St David's is itself
an island on which an invading force
could be battled up. But this reason
does not seem sufficient TO visiting
military men.
The normal garrison of Bermuda is
two regiments of infantry. At present
there is but one, the Prince of Wales
Royal Leinster regiment from Canada.
There are two companies of artillery,
not enough to man all the guns, but
company of colored volunteers differed
by white men is ready TO help in case
of need. They receive some trifiing pay
i'm time of peace as n retainer. There
are also three companies of volunteer
infantrymen, white and unpaid. There
are two companies of regular engineers
of which one is always wise in the
ways of torpedoes. These, with the sur
geons. signal men. telegraph operators
and the like make up total of about
300 regulars and 400 volunteers. more
of the former | fancy, than are gath
cred at any military post In the United
States. There is no telegraph line on
the island except the military line.
/ take IL for granted that no one In
the United States cares very much
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about the Bermuda forces. They would
be hard nuts to crack. but no one is
obliged 20 break his teeth on them.
Nobody need feed the least desire to do
so except the United States. Mexico or
the Central African states. and the
latter may be dlsregarded in this con-
nection. As a matter OF fact. the Ber-
nuda outfgt is a mosquito 10 the Unit
ed states: and 1t is nothing else and
intende to be nothing else. IL is for
this thrt the governor general Is al
ways "A general Of the British army,
and combines the civil and military
command. IL Is for this that in the
council which he appoints the army
element Is strong. although the mill
tary members are scarcely residents in
the ordinary sense OF the word. IL Is
for this that for a hundred years
money has been spent like water in
Bermuda by the British military engi-
neers
Forts hurt no one who stays away
from them IL Is rather different with
the British navy's North Atlantic
SQUADRON. which makes the point OF
the fish hook its headquarters. Every
winter the squadron cruises south TO
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A MOSQUITO ON OUR COAST.
BUZZING LITTLE BERMUDA AN ANNOYANCE TO BIG UNCLE
SAM-POSSIBLY MENACE AS WELL

field guns. These batteries are scat
tered all along the fish hooks southern,
or outer rim, without much regard to
the channels; but there are. in the in
sular phrase, three proper forts,
though small. at points where cuts
or channels penetrate the reefs. and
there is another building on Scaur hill
which will face both ways. There is
said to be one at Bailiff bay, mounting
a trifiing half dozen of 1S-ton guns,
whose presence ] have not seen indi-
Gated on any map. Still further. there
is a flying artillery" squad or two,
with level military roads to prance
about on, and mount their guns in the
batteries. and a very respectable fort
at the dockyard end; and between them
all the forts can make any spot on the
islands or on the sea near them red-hot
in 10 minutes. A weak spot? Perhaps,
there usually is. People say that ii is
in the extreme southeastern part of
the group, where the reefs are very
near the shore. near st. David's light.
and upon what is called st. Davids
Head. Here the reefs are very close to
the shore, and there is a respectable
channel for craft of moderate size.
The spot. though near forts, is pro-
tected from direct line of fire by high
bluffs and no forts stand to guard it
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ings. Hand labor and small molds,
lathes and trip hammers seem to ac-
complish what work is done here. To
compare il with some of the great
shipbuilding yards in Great Britain
would be like comparing a tinker's kit
to an engine factory. 1t Is strictly a
place of repair.
The number of sailors in the British
warships in Bermuda varies, of course,
much more than does the number of
soldiers on shore. Probably when the
squadron is all here they may con-
siderably outnumber the soldiers. There
are never less than 200 or 800 dockyard
laborers. Strike an average between
the two regiment garrisons and the
smaller ones. and between the fleets of
various sizes, and ii will doubtless be
fair to put the all-around average at
2, 500 men. one-tenth as many as our
regular army numbers.
The dockyard is in one way melan-
choly sight. speaking of a wanton sac
rifice of human toll. Much of the work
of construction was done by convicts
who heaped up those great stone walls
which time has rendered obsolete, who
laid the sea wall of British granite and
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Copyright 1896 by Bachelor, Johnson &
Bacheller.)
Hamilton. Bermuda, May LOOK at
a map of the United States and notice
how tiny is Rhode Island. compared
with the 5000 miles of land to the west
of it, Here, dropped almost i'm mid
Atlantic. 200 miles from shore, is a
land so tiny that by its side Rhode ISL
and is as a leviathan to a minnow-so
tiny that il is but a mosquito buzzing
just beyond arms length of Uncle
Sans big body. Now the bite of a
mosquito isn't such a terrible calamity,
but it's presence is a nuisance.
There is a good deal of conservatism
about John Bulls military methods.
He began to think Bermuda of import
ance during the revolution, when the
colonies were public enemies: and he
has kept adding to his fortifications
here until they are held to be the
strongest in the world-excepting only
those of Gibraltar-until the natives
say that the forts are built of gold, :"
such has been their cost.
Lay a fish hook or a letter on its
back. the shank to the right. the point
sticking up on the left, and you have a
fair idea of the shape of these islands.
which curve through rather more than
20 miles of length and average rather
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about FIVE miles south of Colma. near
the ocean shore. George Koostri, one
of the owners of the cows. said the idea
was common in the cold countries of
Northern Europe.
"The ranch we own III San Mateo
county" he said lis situated very
close to the ocean. The climate Is cold.
The breezes which blow from the sea
are very penetrating. Our cows would
be chilled and we would be unable to
allow them to pasture IL we did not
provide them with some covering to
resist the cold. In some of the Euro
pean countries the cows are blanketed
in the winter months and kept in a
large enclosure. They are not allowed
out. but are fed in a stable. This lasts
in some places from the LIST of Novem-
Der to the LIST of May. We have rs
cows out on the ranch. Every one
wears a blanket. which will not be re-
moved until they return to the city
about three months from now. The
| climate here is much warmer in COM
harrison to what IL is along the sea
shore in San Mateo. The people who
watched US driving the herd to the
ranch thought that the cows were
! sick. They were very healthy. l can
assure you
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Clothed heir Cows.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A few days ago the residents of the
southern portion of the county had
their attention directed to a herd of 80
COWS which were being driven out Mis-
sion road to San Mateo county. on
each of the animals was covering
consisting of four ordinary barley
sacks sewed together The blanket
was fastened by cords to the legs of
the COW and tied about the neck.
The cows belonged to Koostri Broth
ers of the Holstein Dairy, near the
Five-Mile house. They were being
driven to a ranch in San Mateo county
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ITS GODS ARE RETURNED.
Hawaii Gets Its Ancient Idols for the Sun
of $4,000.

OF 80, 900.
From the New York Times
Among the treasures in the rooms of
the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign missions was the collection
of idols from the Hawaiian islands.
These images, all of the most hideous
aspect, and of strange composition,
have for half a century attracted the
attention of visitors. They were sent
to the rooms of the board soon after
the first missionaries from America
set foot on the soil of the Sandwich ISL
ands, in 1920. Now, however, that
they have been sold for $4,000 ard have
whence they came, and they will in the
future grace the museum of the His
torical society of Honolulu.
How old are these images 1t is i'm
possible to tell, but that they date long
back of the advent of the missionaries
is beyond question. They are the only
idols of the Hawaiians which were
saved from the universal destruction
of idols in a revolution which broke
out in Hawaii in the year 1919, just be-
fore the missionaries landed They
were made of wood, several feet high,
with necks and heads of fine wicker
w )rk, covered with red feathers, to re-
semble the skin of bird. The face
was hideous, having a mouth which
extended from ear to ear, armed with
a triple row OF sharks teeth and eyes
of mother of pearl. The head was
adorned with long tresses of human
hair and crowned with shapely feath-
er helmet.
OF the seven or eight idols forming
the curious collection of the American
board the name of only one is known.
This one Kalaipahoe, the poison god
dess of Molokai, is one of the most
hideous objects imaginable. The ma
tives believed that it was made of pois-
oned wood, and mary hundreds are
said to have died by coming in contact
with it. The other images are sup
posed to have represented the four
principal die ties. Kane. Kannaloa, Ku
and Lono, and Laamoamca, the god OF
the winds
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How the Little Insects Are Gathered and
Prepared for Use.

Prepared for Use
From the Providence Journal.
The history of the cochineal insect was
for long time very obscure, and at one
time the species employed in commerce
was considered a kind of grain. 1t was
not until near the close of the 18th CEN
fury that IL was discovered that 1t was Of
insect origin. The insect is a native Of
Mexico, where 1t was raised by the Next
can Indians long before the country was
discovered by the Spaniards. 1t Is now
cultivated in some of the West India ISL
ands and in few of our western states,
but IL is in Mexico only that ii is raised
in sufficient quantities to form an article
of commerce The insect is raised on the
cochineal tree, or Indian fig or nopal,
which is a species OF cactus.
The cochineal is first collected about the
middle of December. The insects are re-
moved from the tree with a knife. the
carefully brushed OF with a squirrels
tail. This labor is performed by the wo-
men. The insects are usually killed by
the application of heat, by baking in
ovens or by the heat of the sun.
When the cochineal arrives in the mar
ket 1t is in the form of a small grain,
having a convex and a concave side, but
with very little resemblance to the body
of an insect. 1t Is used for dyeing crimson
and scarlet and for making carmine.
Cochineal alone yields purple color,
which. when mixed with a solution of
tin in nitro-muriatic acid may be
changed to a most beautiful scarlet. The
discovery is said to have been made in
this wise:
A man who was making a thermometer
placed in his window an extract of coch-
meal made with boiling water. and in
some way a phial containing nitro-mu-
riatic acid was broken over IL. This acid
changed the purple dye into a most beau
tiful dark-red and by experiments the
man soon found that the tin dissolved in
the acid caused the change of color. An
ingenious dyer at Leyden, Holland,
brought the discovery to perfection. The
secret afterwards became known and a
large dyeing establishment was erected
in Paris. This accident occurred 300 years
ago.
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put in place the freestone blocks from
Nova Scotia, who leveled hills TO plains
and heaped up hills where none had
been. after the manner or ants. lhey
are dead and gone now and their work
seems as one looks on il to-day as pa
thetic in its wastefulness as that OF
the very coral insects who. throug un-
counted years. reared these Islands
from the sea only to topple, at the end'
back into the sea again.
Bermuda. after nearly 300 years, mas
never vet fired a gun in a serious fight
, IL has never been the gage of battle.
Ii exists only as nagging menace 10
a nation to whose people a war upon
Great Britain seems now so Impossible
that nature might herself cry out upon
/ IL. powder mutiny against the fuse ana
4 lead sulk in the harmless barrel
| John Langdon Heaton.
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Johnny Jameson had arrived at his sth
birthday and Thought Il would be real
nice TO write a letter to his papa and TINS
is the way he began:
My Dear Papa: Whenever l am tempt
ed TO do wrong I think Of you and say.
Get thee behind me. Satan. Our Boys
and Girls
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-13
THE CAUCASIAN.
.sIeigh, n. G., February l3, 1896.
ANNE DYES THAT ARE FAST.
90 Make Beautiful Colors with the
Reliable Diamond Dyes.

60 Make Beautiful Colors with the
Reliable Diamond Dyes.
scores OF women in Raleigh are
l,r wearing dresses Of fashionable
oI that would have been thrown
Ic long ago had it not been for
smond Dyes. With a ten cent
age Of these simple home dyes,
vi he novice can dye a fast and
'a.'lful color equal to the work Of
II professional dye-house.
.C.Daks, capes and shawls are read
/, lyed, so that a faded garment
3, look az though il was right from
r hop.
p#t Of 30 Different kinds OF Dia.
.ud Dyes, II are special fast colors
20 cotton and mixed goods, that
M not crock or fade, even when
a-Hed in strong soapsuds. These
.cs are made from Il peculiar com
nation OF dyestpffs, and cannot be
,d except in the Diamond.
For over twenty years Diamond
yes have been the standard home
PES, and have taken the place OF
ude dyestuifs and unreliable PACK
20 DIVES in all parts Of the world.
Lis marvellous success has naturally
apircd more or loss worthless imi-
fions, sold to the trade at less
.lpe, and which II few INSCRIPTIONS
.. Icrs urge upon their customers,
hc only way TO ensure success in
lomr lying is to use only the Dia-
.oud the strongest, fastest, and
,o., auccessful OF all dyes.