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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-18

month, 76lzc; September. 6SlkG6s%c; south
ern wheat by sample, 75d76c. Corn Arm:
spot, month and July 29ik029ilc: August.
9hM293ic; September 30030hc; steamer
mixed, 75ss0754c; southern white corn.
3lu32c; do yellow. 31izd32c. Oats quiet
and steady; No. white. 26i6d27c: No. 2
mixed. 23iA@2ic. Rye cay: No. 2 nearby.
IAW3Sc; No. western. 3Shd3Shc. Hay
steady; choice timothy, $i3.JOq14Oo Grain
frelghts unchanged.
do you succeed In picking up a liv-
ing2" said the robin 10 the toad.
"Oh. yes" replied the toad "but n
keeps me on the Jump."-Yonkers States
man
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-18

View York, June 1.-THE dry goods mar
ket is less active than at the beginning
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
COULD nor cATCH HER.

Revenue Cutter Fails to Intercept the
Filibustering Steamer LRurada, Which
Has Sailed for Cuba.
NEW YORK, March 4.-The revenue
cutter Manh attain, which left here
Tuesday night for the purpose of over.
taking Cuban filibustering steamer
which was reported to be off Barnegat,
N. j., returned to port last evening
after fruitless search for the vessel.
The suspicious steamer is supposed to
be the Laurada, which cleared from
Baltimore last Friday for Philadelphia.
She should have reached the latter
port on Sunday, but at last accounts
she had not yet arrived there.
In Cuban circles here it is stated that
Gen. Carlos Roloff, who recently for.
feited his bail by not appearing for
trial in Baltimore when his case was
called, was in command of the expedi.
tion. The steamers cargo is said to
consist of 1000 rifles, 100000 rounds
of ammunition, large quantity OF
dynamite, 500 machetes and supply
of surgical instruments. One hundred
picked fighters are said to be aboard
the Laurada
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has particularly sweet. gentle manners,
though ne rides bicycle and is devoted
to dogs and flowers.
Speaking of this his sister says: at
would be hard to tell which he likes the
most-music or flowers. He will spend
all his money on flowers, and do all
sorts of imprudent things for the sake
of his music. One day during dreadful
snowstorm he had practice at the
church, and it seemed impossible to
keep him at home, although he had
bad cold. ST we sent out for a carriage,
and, of course, il took some little time.
All the while | had TO be most positive
i'll refusing to allow him to start out be-
fore it came. Next to music think he
likes arithmetic and history, though
until quite recently he has disiiked the
former, because | suppose he has just
begun to understand it. During the
summer months the whole family go to
Canada, and Harry spends the holidays
frolicl1ing like other boys. Music and
books are forbidden. so he takes long
rides through the country on his wheel
goes boating and fishing on the lakes,
o. runs wild through the woods with
his dogs. Each fall he comes home a
tritie taller and healthier looking, ready
to work hard with his music and books"
At the Christmas service of Grace
church he sang n solo: "Hear Ye, O
Israel" 1t was the first time the piece
had ever been sung by a boy, and had he
never done anything else the rendition
of that piece would have made him fa-
nous.
His salary is ten dollars per week; his
chorster clothes are given him, as well
us free tuition in Chicago Inter
Ocean .H
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
GRANTS Letter to His wife.

AS usual on the eve of battle, before
the general retired, he wrote letter to
Mrs. Grant. did not know the nature
of the contents of the letters to his
wife until after the war, when Mrs.
Grant, in speaking of them, said that
they always contained words of cheer
and comfort, expressed an abiding faith
in victory, and never failed. to dwell
upon the sad thought which always op-
pressed him when he realized that many
human lives would have to be sacrificed
and great suffering would have to be en-
dured by the wounded. The generals
letters To his wife were very frequent
during campaign, and no pressure of
official duties was ever permitted to
interrupt this correspondence
Horace Porter, in Century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
HERE, TAKE MY CHAIR, SIR"

stinct, as n house conveys the idea oil
shelter and of home. Iwalked with the
general into n back room to see whether
there was n dry spot which he might
take possession of for n short time to
write messages and look over the maps.
AS we entered, there was seen sitting
in the only chair confederate lieuten-
ant of infantry, who had been shot in
the left cheek the ball passing
through his mouth and coming cut
near the right ear. A mass of coagu-
and he presented a shocking appear
ance. He arose the moment we entered,
pushed his chair forward toward the
general and said, with bow and a
smile: Here, take my chair, sir" Gen.
Grant looked at him and replied: "Ah,
you need that chair much more than l;
keep your seat. l see you are badly
hurt" The officer answered, good-na-
turedly: IF you folks let me go back
to our lines, think ought to be able
getaleaveto go home and see my girl;
but / reckon she wouldn't know me
now" The general said: 81 will see
that one of our surgeons does all in his
power for you," and then stepped out
of the room. He told one of the sur
geons who was dressing the wounds of
our own men to do what he could for
the confederate. We did not hear what
became of him afterward. He probably
never knew that he had been talking to
the general in chief of the Yankee
armies. The dispatches were afterward
written in another room.
The enemy had now set to work to
discover the real meaning of OUT pres
ent movements. In the afternoon
skirmishers pushed forward on our
right, and found that Warren's corps
was no longer there.-Gen. Horace Por-
ter, in Century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13

tance of 10 miles, and then taking an
other road from Elizabethtown to
Hodgensville, a ride of IL miles. The Lin
coin Spring farm is three miles from
this quaint old town, on Nolin's creek,
directly on the public road leading
from Hodgensville to Buffalo, a village
six miles to the east. 1t is pleasant
90 minutes drive over good dirt road,
through a poor, but interesting coun-
try.
The original Lincoln cabin had been
torn down and the materials had been
moved away, as stated by man named
Tom Davenport, who used the logs i'll
his own house.
Mr.. a. w. bennett, New York gen.
tleman, not long ago bought the Daven-
port house, recovered the logs, and, aft
er much difficulty restored the cabin
exactly as it was originally, using the
very same timbers, door, window and
frames. 1t occupies the former site,
and is in much the same condition as it
was when the Lincolns left it. The
cabin is IS feet long, 16 feet wide, and
about 12 feet high, counting from the
floor to the ridge-pole. There is only
one door and one window-the latter an
opening 20 inches square. A large
open fireplace, built in the most primi-
tive way, occupies nearly the whole of
one end of the cabin. The chimney
is made of small logs, placed together
just as log houses are built. Inside
of it, fiat stones placed on the ground
made the hearth, and wide fat stones
placed against the logs kept the fire
within bounds and protected the wood
TN chimney. The inside, from the
hearthstones to the top of the chimney,
was thicbly daubed with clay. The
chimney reaches only half way to the
roof of the house, and is rounded off
with small sticks. This simple fire.
place furnished most of the light, all
OF the heat, and the sole means for
cooking the meals of the family. The
cabin did not have even loft. or sec
ond story, as have most cabins. 1t
was built by Thomas Lincoln, father
of the president, some time about 1904
or 1905, and was entirely constructed
with an AK and saw, the simple tools
of the pioneers. The clapboard roof
was anchored down by small logs, laid
lengthwise on top of rows of oak boards.
There were no nails or hardware. The
door-hinges were of wood, and the
pancless windows had an inside board
shutter, held in place by raw-hide
thongs. There were chinks and mud
between the logs, and the puncheon floor
was pegged down. 1t is. probable that
after Abraham Lincoln's grandfather
was killed by the Indians at Long Run
Westinghouse, in Jefferson county, KY,
the family went further into the forest
and took up section of land in La Rue,
then part of Hardin county. Later, to
better his fortune, Thomas Lincoln left
this farm on Nolin's creek, and settled
on Knob creek, u dozen miles from
Hodgensville, and from there he went
TO Indiana, and later to Illinois,
George III. Yenowine, in st. Nicholas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAKE A BEGINNING.

II you never make beginning, lad,
You will never come to the end.
Why, stand at the foot of a mountain, lad
When you can to its brow ascend?
The way is weary, and steep, and long
A toilsome journey, and slow.
But you cannot jump to summit, lad;
Up, step by step, you must 60
There are many weeds in your garden, lad
You must pull them, ono by one.
In the time we waste, only dreading work
Half life's labor can be done.
Just begin, my lad, and in years to come
That day you will surely thank
That YOU put your first seed in the earth,
Your first dollar in the bank.
A beginning is a promise, lad
A foundation for vast store,
For we have the sweet assurance, lad
He who hath can hope for more.
Therefore hesitate no longer, lad,
Hold your head up, and begin;
If you make a start, and then persevere,
Life's stern battles you will win.
Mary Il. Lambert, in Golden Days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
A Question of snccd.

An ancient resident of Willowby,
whose conduct in one of the battles of
the civil war had brought him under
suspicion of cowardice, used to declare:
L didn't run away and stay till twas
all over, no such thing retreated in
good order, that was ALL" One day a
military man heard the off-repeated ex-
planation. "Well, my friend" he said,
looking steadily at the hero of the re-
treat, you say you retreated in good
order, but L should like to ask one thing.
About how fast did you go?" "Well,"
said the other man, surprised into tell
ing the unadorned truth, 'if I'd been at
home and going after the doctor I
reckon folks would have thought some
body was pretty sick!"-Chicago Times
Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
FAMOUS OHoRlsTER.
YounGstcr whose Singing Has As
tonished New York ChurchEOcrs.

Youngstcr Whose Singing Has As
tonished New York Churchgoers.
Harry Chauncey Smith, 13 years old,
is the name of one of the most famous
singers in New York city. When a
toddling child four or five years of age
he used to sing every song he heard,
and later began to pick out his accom-
pnniment on the piano with one hand;
but on these occasions, when trying to
''play like lady," he would allow only
his sister to be present. He would coax
her into the parlor. shut the door, and
then beg to have the piano opened.
After this was done he would stand by
the instrument for hours, singing
hymns he had learned at Sunday school
and finding the notes to suit.
When Harry was nine years old his
parents moved to New York city, and
he became one of the chorister boys at
All Angels Protestant Episcopal
church. Two years later he, with sew
eral of his young companions, were
transferredt to the choir of Grace church.
Here Harry's health improved, his
voice gained sweetness and power, and
he found himself one of the most fa-
nous boys in his country.
He is sweet-faced. deiicate-loolling
lad, with large gray-blue eyes and short
blond hair. He is small for his age, and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
RoSSEp The MULES.
The Contrabnnd Negroes and Their
Funny Ways.

The Contraband Negroes and Their
Funny Ways.
The contrabands-who, it may be
said in passing, spoke Of themselves as
'country bands" misled by the sound
were useful when permitted to handle
army mules. They had, and have,
natural faculty with mule far beyond
the capacity for a white man to ac-
prire. An army mule was more dam
gerous than a Gatling gun. He could
kick in II directions at once, and
with unerring aim, while the pecul-
lar telescope extension slides on his
hind legs enabled him to kick soldier
anywhere from three rods to furlong
distant, even if that soldier was up
tree or down in a cellar. Some mules
kicked better than others, but strictly
average threc-year-old would think
nothing of kicking the weathercock of
an Episcopal church the other side of
the railroad track. When the six mule
wagon teams would quarrel among
themselves about forage or politics, all
commencing to argue with their heels
simultaneously, the white teamster
might be kicked into an adjacent town
ship, but if an ordinary contraband
came on the scene he would calmly
take the bride of the near wheel mule,
crawl upon the animals back and call
out:
High dar! You mewels jess look
mt yo'selves. Whatever doin'? Get up
dar, you newell" and the team would
clamp their bell-pull tails down and
haul that wagon away so steadily and
sweetly that only the way the mules
would wink at each other would prove
they were not at the funeral of near
relative and much impressed thereby.
The boldest soldier in the army would
vince in passing a mule train on mar.
row road-never knowing what minute
he might be playing tag with the
heavenly bodies-whereas any stray
darlly would, if requested, pick stone
out of a mules hind foot, using no
stronger formula of speech than:
'Watch out dar, you mewel! sees
you aograsticatin' We nonsense. 'Hayve
yo'self, TO l buss yo' wide open!"
While the southern darkies frequent
1y made good guides in personally con-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
SCIENCE FOR BOYS.
How to Produce n Fierce Rainstorm
in TuubIer.

To produce a realistic illustration of
a rain shower and the winds that ac.
company its formation is an interesting
experiment, though your rain will not
be of water but of alcohol. Take a
glass cylinder closed at one end, about
eight inches high and four inches in
diameter and partly fill it with 90 per
cent. alcohol. Cover it with an or.
dinary china saucer, and immerse it
in bath of hot water until the whole
becomes warm, but without allowing
the alcohol to boil. Then take the yes
sci out of the bath and place it on "a
table in a cool room. Soon you will
notice marked change taking place
in the contents of the glass. Thick
Vapors will appear on the surface of the
saucer until an exact reproduction of
clouds in miniature floats high above
the surface of the alcohol, and tiny
raindrops fall into it. This rainstorm
will continue for nearly half an hour.
Then you will perceive the upper sur
face of the clouds is gradually clearing,
and that condensation is taking place
further down the glass.
Here you have the ocean represented
by the alcohol, over it the rain descend
ing from the clouds, and above all the
clear atmosphere and serene sky.
Should you wish to witness a genuine
storm, a veritable tempest in tum-
bier, you have but to replace the warm
saucer by cold one Immediately upon
taking the glass out of the bath. The
rain will then descend in torrents and
gusts, as if driven by fierce wind.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
SENATOR AND SOLDIERS.
The Statesman Made Uncle Sam'a
Boys Happy.

Senator Timothy o. Howe, of Wiscon-
sin, once visited the headquarters of his
friend, Gen. Rufus King, and was at
the first opportunity besieged by the
soldiers with packages of envelopes to
be franlled.
Senator Howe was one of the most
good-natured of men, and Immediately
sat down in the tent of one of the cap-
tains, and began to frank envelopes by
the hundreds.
Gen. King had made special prepara-
tions for dinner in honor of his guest.
1t was to eclipse all the camp dinners
that had been given for long time.
Senator Howe had been franking en-
Velopes about half an hour when the call
came for dinner. He went on writing,
and Gen. King came to get him.
$50 on, King; I'll be there directly"
said the senator.
Dinner was served. The guests had
arrived. No one ate, but after awhile
the colored cook was sent to tell the
senator that the meal was getting cold.
"Oh, tell them to go ahead" said the
senator, still writing madly on soldiers
envelopes. ''I'll be with them as soon
as L can"
He finished the pile and rose to go,
but just then two more soldiers came in
with fresh parcels, and he seated him
self again. After he had signed them
all he joined the impatient company at
a cold dinner.
I'm sorry" he said, "but it made the
boys happy; they will make their
friends happy with all the letters they
will send in those franked envelopes,
and it made me happy to do it,"-J. A.
Watrous, in Chicago Times-Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
yiaduct Coilapses.

CINCINNATI, March A.. About 10
o'clock last night 200 feet of the west
end of the immense Eighth street via.
duct gave way without warning and
crashed into Mill creek. All the elec.
trio lights ON the great elevated thor.
oughfare were at once extinguished by
the collapse, leaving inky darkness to
add terror to the scene. So far as
known no lives were lost. A street car
had just crossed the viaduct but min.
ute or two before and another was
stopped just on the brink of the chasm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
WATCH OUT OAR, YOU NEWELL

ducting a party over their own neigh
borhood-indeed, they seemed like
horses to have the faculty of remem-
bering roads even in the darkest nights
if asked for verbal directions their
instructions would lose a man going
from his own gate ITO the smokehouse.
''Yo' take de fuss road on de right, ar
when yo' git clar oh de ole medder
whar Jedge Taylo' use ter keep dat
Ebrinnle bull what got so savigerous, yo'
pass cross de ole deadenin' an right
facin' yo' on de hill is whar Aunt Jane
Beecham lived so long. Yo' cain't see
de house sense it buhned down. Den
yo' bar away pass de Simpson place
an bout mile furder yo' come to a
cross road like dey hauls lawgs on an
Jes beyon' on de left dey's ole rail pen
whar we use ter scald der howgs when
l was little feller no more'n so high"
ETC., etc.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
AN OLD LOG CABIN.
The Humble Home in which Lihcol


The Humble Home in which Lincoln
First Saw the Light.
Twelve years ago the cabin in which
Lincoln was born was torn down, and
the logs were hauled to an adjoining
farm and used in the construction of
another house. The old farm has prac-
tically been abandoned, and nearly all
the people in the neighborhood had
quite forgotten, a second time within
4 decade since the death of Lincoln,
that he was born on the "Lincoln Spring
farm" as the place has always been
called. The Lincoln birthplace is "a
miles southeast of Louisville. 1t can
be reached from Louisville by going to
Elizabethtown, in Hardin county, dis
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
GRANT AND THE CONFEDERATE
The Commanders Consideration for
wounded Enemy.

The following anecdote is related by
Gen. Horace Porter, in his Campaigning
with Grant" in the February Century:
While riding about the field, Gen. Grant
stopped at house and expressed de-
sire to prepare some dispatches. a num-
ber of wounded were lying upon the
porch, and in the rooms; they had made
their way there in accordance with the
usual custom of wounded men to seek
a house. 1t seems to be natural in
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
An Amnsing Egg Trick.

Here is trick that will amuse you.
Puncture the shell of raw egg with a
pin, and through the hole thus made
extract the contents. When the shell
has become dry pour fine sand
through the pinhole until the egg is
Tbout onc-fourth filled. Then seal up
the hole with white wax, and your
imitation egg VIII be as natural
IN appearance as a real one. Then
tell your companions that you can make
Rn egg obey your slightest wish, stand
ing on the edge of knife, the rim of a
glass, or whatever you will. OF course,
60 one will believe you, but you can
prove you are right. The only secret is
b tap the egg gently every time you
Change it's position, so that the sand
will settle at the bottom, and keep the
egg upright in just the position you
WISH
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
HIS Wish.

Hicks-Tell me frankly when
Smoothebore gets to telling his army
experiences don't you sometimes wish
he was dead?
Wicks-No, but / sometimes wish
that the war had occurred so years
earlier.-Boston Transcript
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
Was Caught In OhIcaro.

CHICAGO, March 4.-John Corwine,
the absconding paymaster of the
United States navy, who was sta.
toned at Newport, r. l., was arrested
here yesterday while registering at
the Palmer house and $4,000 of the
$4,000 obtained by him Monday was re-
covered. He says he gave his wife, who
lives in Brooklyn, N. Y, 81, 200 of the
money
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
TWO Lives Lost DurIne a Flre.

PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-The power
house at Thirteenth and Mount Ver-
non streets, from which the Union
Traction Co. operated a half dozen OF
its lines, was destroyed by fire last
evening. The loss is about $500, 900;
principally on machinery. The loss is
covered by insurance. During the fire
August A. Binder and an unknown
young man were run over by a fire
engine and killed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
"A piece of camphor gum is veI

"A piece of camphor gum is very
good indicator of what the weather is
to be. If when the camphor is exposed
to tAe air the gum remains dry the
weather will be fresh and dry, but il
the gum absorbs the moisture and
seems damp it is an Indication of rain.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13

WASHINGTON, March Maj. McKin-
ley's cabinet will be as follows:
Secretary of State-John Sherman,
of Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury-Lyman
j. Gage, of Illinois.
Secretary of War-Russell A. Alger,
of Michigan.
Attorney General-Joseph McKenna,
of California.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
Records of the Wnr.

The report of the board Of publication
of the official records of the war shows
that 101 volumes have been issued, with
nine more to follow for the completion
of the story of the active operations of
the late war, and that 1,467,GsO copies
of the books have been distributed and
sold. These records embrace every
thing of Importance on both the union
and cofederate sides; and one of these
days the right man will come along
and condense them into reliable
and satisfactory history of one OF the
most momentous of modern conflicts
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13

Mr.. Hanna went over to the Ebbitt
house ut once and in short time Mr..
Bliss was summoned and few mo-
ments later Mr.. Platt. A full discus
sion followed and then Mr.. Bliss was
offered portfolio in the cabinet of
Maj. Mckinley. He will be secretary
of the interior, unless ex-Gov. John d.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13
Durrant Denied a Now Trial.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.-The su.
preme court yesterday denied new
trial to Theodore Durrant the muir,
derer OF Blanche Lamont and Mihnik
Williams.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13

Postmaster General-James A. Gary,
of Maryland.
Secretary of the Navy-John D. Long,
of Massachusetts,.
Secretary of the nterior-Cornelius
N. Bliss, of New York.
Secretary of Agriculture - James
Wilson, of Iowa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-13

th-Reddingham, do you
know whatitisto be pressed for money Z?
Observation-Disclosures, am q
married man of ten years standing.--
Detroit Free Press.