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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION.

When the Worlds Fair at Chicago
ceased TO exist, 1t was supposed that we
should ne'er look upon its like again.
However, the Trans-Mississipp Expo
sition at Omaha has effectively repro
duced in similarity all of the buildings
which made the White City so attract
i've in 1898.
1t does not now take weeks to wander
through grounds and structures and
then be compelled to go away with u
tumble OF ideas, for the Omaha Exposl-
tion people haye profted by past exper.
ieuce, and have so improved the
arrangements of exhibits that no more
than two or three days of time need be
consumed In admiration and inspection
OF the marvellous resources OF the West,
collected together in the chief city of
Nebraska.
Even the new Midway, is reproduc-
tion of the far-famed Street OF All
Nations of 1893, with many impove-
ments upon the original.
The electric lighting OF the buildings,
grounds and lagoon at night makes a
scene of enchanting beauty, alone
worth travelling Thousand miles TO see.
The means of communication be-
tween the city and the grounds are
ample, and the distance to be traversed
is short.
The ways of reaching Omaha are IN
Vulnerable, but chief among them is
the direct Chicago and Omaha short
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. ST.
Paul Railway, with it's electric lighted,
vestibued trains, leaving Chicago every
night at 6:15 p. M, and arriving
Omaha at $40 the next morning. Din
ing car service en- route.
Excursion tickets are on sale at every
coupon ticket office in the United
States over the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway through Northern
Illinois and Central Iowa, as we'll as at
95 Adams ST., and at the Union Pas
senger Station, Canal and Adams Sts.,
Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
FROG SKINS
AH q Last Resort They Arc Used for
Grating Upon n Girl Who
Was Burned.

At st. Luke's Homeopathic hospital,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer, girl is
undergoing skin repair for an ulcer re-
sulting from severe burn of the arm
received three years ago. Every pos
sible effort has been made from time
to time to get the raw surface to heal,
but the flesh was gone nearly to the
bone, and the arm was so contracted
healing would not take place.
The surgeons ut the hospital about
three weeks ago put the patient under
ether and Strengthened the arm, and
then took small strips of skin from the
thigh and transplanted them to the
ulcer. Some Of these skin gratis have
attached themselves to the ulcer and
are growing. The ulcer has thus been
diminished about one-half.
Finally frogs were called into serv-
ice. About one and half dozen of
these were secured by boy from the
ponds round about, and, after getting
the arm exposed and prepared for the
purpose, the frogs were pinned on
their backs to board, and the skin
from the breast removed with scis-
sors. AS each piece was removed it
was placed in n weak salt solution and
then carefully transferred to the new
surface of the patient. In this way the
ulcer was covered in. Over the gratis
protectine was placed, and the arm
wrapped up in gauze dressings, wet
with weak salt solution.
The patient appreciates the superb
ority of a resort to frogs rather than
robbing one part of her body of its
skin to furnish another. The profess
sion will watch this case with consid-
erable interest
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
TURRET GUNS.
tBew Mechanism to BE Employed In
Them-Improved Breech Screw
4 VIII BE Used.

New and improved mechanism is to
he used by the United States navy
npon all the large turret guns from
1hree to eight-inch caliber inclusive.
The improvement which is to be made
In these guns relates entirely to the
nreech screw or plug. The breech
nrew is one of the most important
Narts of large breech-loading gun.
h is briefly the part of the gun which
D placed directly behind the projec-
AEle. For some years ordnance ex-
Rrrts have been attempting to devise
means to shorten the length of this
s.rew, but until recently without sue
ERSs.
Axel Welin, Swede, has, however,
Solved the problem. When the breech
screw is placed in position behind the
shell 1t is given a half turn to hold it
j. the gun. Owing to the mechanism
Isf the gun it has been impossible to
Hhread more than one-half of the
hgrew. This difficulty the Swedish in
tsentor has overcome. lie has devised a
Axeech screw which can be thre AIDED
Three-fourths of its length. Hence
ahere can be corresponding shorten
AEg in the length of the screw.
The purchase by the ordnance bu-
seau of the navy department of the
night to manufacture these improve
ments was one of the largest of its
Bind ever made by the United States.
The agreement made with tho firm of
ISickers Sons &; Maxim provides that
100000 be paid by the United States
government fer The right given it.
On the signing of the contract $50, 900
viii be paid in cash and on the delivery
'of each four sets of drawings $4,000
additional until the entire sum of
a1Bd.0Qo Is paid
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
A DEADLY BULLET.
New Man-Killing Missile Adopted
by British Government.
The Case Is of Nickel, the Base Only
Being Filled with Lead - The
Conicnl END Is Left
Empty.

A new service bullet has just been
adopted by the war office, says the
London Times. The reason assigned
for the change in the service bullets is
that the Lee-Metfo though it is
more deadly at ten times the range of
the old musket ball, does not disable
an enemy as effectively as is consid-
cred desirable. The case is elongated
and so hard that soldiers have been
known TO 60 on fighting after half a
dozen Lee-Metford bullets have gone
through them, while the bullet itself
has passed through two or three men
consecutivcly, shock being sacrificed
for penetration. The Dunn Dunn bullet,
now also superseded, came into use for
the purpose of stopping the rush of the
hordes of fanatics, as 1t had the advan-
tage of spreading out and breaking up
whenever 1t encountered resistance,
but there has recently been some dis
cussion in France as to the propriety of
demonstrating with the British war
office on the ground that it is contrary
to the convention made with other
European powers in 1868. The new serv-
ice bullet is the same diameter (.303,
the same length ian inch and one-fifth)
and the same weight (215 grains) as
the Lee-Metford bullet, and fits all the
service rifles and machine guns in use
by the British army. The case is OF
nickel, the base only being filled with
lead. The conical end is left empty,
and when it strikes the enemy burrs,
opens backward and lodges in the body,
penetration being lessened and the
shock increased.
The new bullet is spoken of as "the
man-killing bullet" in contradistinc-
tion to the man-penetrating bullet. 1t
ip propelled with cordite, and has as
much energy as the old Martini-Henry
bullet of 410 grains had with the best
gunpowder; while, as it is half the
weight, the soldier is able to carry
double the number of rounds of ball
cartridges. The new bullet is being
manufactured in the royal laboratory
Woolwich arsenal, by men and boys
working overtime. at the rate of 2,000,.
600 rounds of ball cartridges per week
and If the test in the Khartoum'expedi
tion proves satisfactory permanent
stock will be kept on hand at the pow
der magazines at Woolwich. A contract
for 100000 rounds of the new bal
cartridge has been entered into witt
Messrs. Kynoch Sc Co., and one with
the Small Arms Ammunition company
Birmingham, for a similar number.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
MAY BECOME REGULARS.
EFFORT to Get Enough Volunteers TO
Reenlist to Bring Regular
Army Up to Full Quota

Volunteers who have not had enough
of military service will be given an op-
portunity to enter the regular army.
1t is the intention of the war depart
ment to recruit the army up to its full
war basis of $1,000 men, and it has or
dered recruiting stations established
Mt all state camps where the volunteers
are to be mustered out of service.
1t will require the enlistment of
about 5000 men to bring the army up
to the basis allowed by the bill increas-
ing the army during a period of war.
Recruiting in the regular army was
slow in comparison with the rapidity
with which the ranks of the volunteers
were filled up and the deficiency is
caused by deaths, wounds and illness Of
some Of the regulars.
The men who entered the regular
army enlisted for three years, with the
privilege of leaving the service at the
cessation of hostilities. 1t is for the
purpose of providing against the con-
tingency of many men leaving the serv-
ice in the near future that the depart
,nent has decided to reenlist the volun-
| teers.
Those who reenlist will be given ad-
vantage of the time they served in the
volunteer service as q part of continu-
Gus service in the regular establish
ment. Volunteers will be given pref
erence over all others who present
themselves, as the experience they have
had will be valuable both to the gov
ernment and themselves.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
A HYDROGEN SHELL.
Chemist Invents an Explosive Projec-
tile Tint VIII he Frightfu1 in
It's Execution.

The activity displayed in inventing
means for the destruction of human
life, particularly of enemies in war
time, is as ceaseless as the efforts to
prolong life and create for it tolera-
BILE conditions. The latest ingenious
device for the former purpose is
ten-inch shell that has hydrogen for
the explosive. The inventor is Chemist
Walter 7. Forbes, and he announces
that the authorities at Washington
are about to give his shell a trial. In
appearance it is similar to the gas
tank in the ordinary soda water foun-
tain. Hydrogen can be exploded by
fire, and as the pressure in the shell
is about 5000 pounds to the square
inch, thus making it impossible to keep
fuse or percussion cap in place, Mr.
Forbes was confronted with the diff
ficult problem of designing some way
to set the gas off. This device is the
one secret about the shell.
Mr.. Forbes says that the 5000 pounds
pressure is multiplied instantly, when
the shell strikes, 2Oo-fold, thus giving
the enormous explosive force of 1,o00,-
600 pounds, which would annihiliate
everything withir many yards of the
spot that was struck.
The inventor says that the shell
weighs about one-tenth as much as
the regular ten-inch she'll and can be
made for about one-twentieth the cost
of the other. If Mr.. Forbes isn't at
fault, says the oswego (N. y Times,
he will doubtless find that he has done
much to avert war by making it too
dangerous function to engage in.
BerIin's weaIthiest Citizen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
Homeseeker,s Excur.ion.

Oct. and 1s, Noy. and l5. Dec. 6
and 80, 1898.
On the above dates, the G. Fl. & D.
will run Homeseeker's Excursions to
Alabama. Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Minnesota, The Carolinas, Tennessee
Texas and many other states and terri
tories at rate of one regular first-class
fare, plus $500 for the round trip.
For information call ON your nearest
c. III. & d. Ticket Agent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
Trans mississippi Exposition,
Omaha Neb

Are you going to attend the wonder
full Exposition, now at the heighth of
its glory, al Omaha? You will be sur
prised at its magnitude, ,ivaIing the
great Worlds Fair in many respects,
and even surprising 1T in others.
If you are contemplating making the
trip, the Clover Leaf Route offers special
inducements. For full particulars, see
any CIoyer Leaf Agent, or address G. G..
Jenkins, Gen. Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
Homesceker's Excurs,on Via Ohio
Central LINES.

On Oct. aud l8. the Ohio Central
Lines will sell Excursion tickets to the
South and West at rate of One Fare fer
the round trip plus $500. For full par
ticulars call on nearest Ohio Central
Lines Agent or address,
w. A. Peters, NJ. P. A Detroit, Mich.
John Moores. L. p. Findlay, o.
Moulton Houk. q. r. A. Toledo, o.
N. B-See Map of Ohio Central Lines
in another column. sob
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
justine Place sor a Bridal Trip.

Take cruise to Picturesque Mackinac
Island, 900 miles of lakeride. and 1T only
costs $17 from Cleveland, SIS from To-
edo and $50 from Detroit, round trip,
including meals and berth. New steel
steamers. Send &c for illustrated
pamphlet. Address
A. A. SCHA NTZ. G. P. A,
u. & o., The Coast Line.
Detroit, Mich.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
To all Hunters.

The Ohio Central Lines are selling
Hunters Tidiets at reduced rates to The
North, West and South. If you intend
going on hunting trip this fall do not
fail to call on agents of o. O. Lines.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

Dr.. Cady'e Condition Powders, are
Just what a horse needs when in ba(
condition. Tonic, blood purifier ant
vermifuge. They are not food bu
medicine and the best in uee to put
horse in prime condition. Price 2
cents per package.
For sale by A Il ChampLsy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
Tetter, saIt-Tlhcu.1 and Tczena.

The intense itching and smarting, Incl
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. II
is equally efficient for itching piles and
fayorite remedy for core nipples
chapped hands, chilblains frost bitet
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
A Little Chilly.

If the earth were not enveloped with
atmosphere, the temperature on the
surface would be about $50 degrees
Nelow zero Fahrenheit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
U, ". U. AtToIedo.

Excursion Rates to Toledo via Ohio
Central Lines Oct. IS, and 10, account
Union Veteran Union meeting. Tickets
good returning until Oct. 81.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

MM RS. NARY LEWIS, wife of q promi-
INN ncat farmer, and we'll known by all
q In old residents ncar Dcls-ont, n. X.
writes: Fer twenty-soven years had been
zconstant sufferer from nervous prost-n-
zion, and paid largo sums of money for doc
tors and adNurtised remedies without benc
IT. Three ycars ugo my condition was
alarming; tho least nolso would startlo and
unnerve re. was unable to sleep. had u
humbor OF sinking spells and slowly grew
worse. began using DR.. bi.lcs' Restorative
Nervino anu Nerve and Livor ri!ls. At frat
the medicine seemed TO have no effect but
after taking Z few bottles began to notice
achange; rested better ut night, my appe-
ute began to improve ana l rapidly grew
better, until now l am az nearly restored
10 ohenIth as ono OF nv are NAV eNnect. Cod
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

bless DIR. Miles'Nerv.re
DR.. Miles Eemedies
are sold by all drug
Gists under q positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR MILES MEDICA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15
RIFLES CAPTURED.
weapons of Warfare and Ammunition
Taken by the United States
from Spanish Army.

Col. II. D. Borup, the chief ordnance
officer at Santiago, has forwarded to
the war department complete list OF
the ordnance captured from the Span,
iards. The number OF rifles and car
bines captured far exceeds the expecta-
tions of the authorities in Washington,
The list as received by Gen. Flagler,
chief or ordnance, is as follows:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

kfor tisssts via ToIaaS, Ct Louis & kausasciy as'
GLOVER l.EGF r CUTE.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

Automatic Railroad Ticket Sellers.
Automatic ticket sellers for all classes
and stations have been introduced on
two French railways.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

ss-.1als SEeyfL en- d0UTs. any hour. d
f NIGHT, at mOdogGtG cost.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-15

NC W OF IIIICob sIlIdII- NJ III IIIIII UlUI
amounts TO 073,00o cartridges.
Forty-four smooth-bore siege guns
and five mortars were also captured, to-
gether with the following rified guns:
Bronze, 30; cast iron, 10; steel, 8.
Projectiles captured:
Solid shot, spherical, 1851; shell,
spherical, CTS; shell, cylindrical, 1879;
ahrapnel, cylindrical 437.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17
FLoRETTE.
POPULAR.

Yeast-There's lady pianist at the museum who plays with her toes.
 rimsonbeak-umph! That's noti- ing; my baby does that!-Boston Jour nal.
 Jack-Why did you break your en- gagement with Marie?
 Tom-Her father offered to lend me money with which to get married. Ia coma Ledger.
 Pluck is the secret of success in Wall street.
 Well. I'll give you s1o,Ooo if you'll teach me your method of plucking.''-- Brooklyn Life.
 'Why do you always refer to him as a man who makes hay while the sun shines?"
 Because have seen him flirting with a grass widow on hot afternoon. - Chicago Post.
 Married life is the thing"
 Why, for instance?"
 Well, you can have the comforts of home then
 Are you keeping house?"
 No, but we've got peach of a boarding house. Chicago Chronicle.
 Do you know said the fat man that you remind me of the Maria Te- resa every time I see you?'' No" the elevator boy replied, why should dc that?" Because you put in so much of your time going to the bottom. "-- Chicago News. A Decided in.-Hobson-How die you enjoy your summer trip, Bagley? Bagley--Had delightful time. Gain ed one hundred and thirty pounds. Hobson--One hundred and thirt! pounds, I don't believe it. Bagley--Don't you? We'll. here il comes down the street Just wait . moment and I'll introduce you.-Har lem Life. , Getting at the Facts.-"There goes z man." remarked the bartender, as portly individual passed out, who ha' been alderman from this ward for nint years, and he's poorer to-day than h' was at the beginning of his first term. You don't say." exclaimed the stran ger, as he lighted perfecto. "Ons seldom sees such an example of honest!
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17
RAprIsT CHAPEL c1RS.

The Baptist chapel cars roll from place to place and from victory to vic tory. At the chapel car conference led in St. Louis the other day some inter- esting facts came to light The first of the chapel cars went into service in 1890; five are now on the road, and it is hoped to add a sixth soon. These cars are operated by the American Bap- tist Publication society. Each car is constructed especially for the purpose of holding meetings, with an audi torium capable of seating one hundred persons, a pulpit organ, and library, and also apartments for living rooms. A man and his wife are put in charge of each car and the car is sent out for missionary work. The car is side tracked at some small settlement, and kept there until there are number of conversions. The missionaries never leave their post until a Baptist church is built and paid for. Lumber and min ing camps, car shop settlements, etc, are among the objective points of tke
 cars One car travels along the rail- road lines in the grain growing regions of the northern part of the United States. Another has as it's territory the
 Pacific Coast. Another is in the far Southwest, Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
 fourth is in Texas, and fifth in
 Kansas. The railroads have willingly
 given free transportation to the chapel cars. The president of the Mexican Central railway, although of different faith from the promoters of the chapel car, said, when asked for transporta- l tion: Well, I don't know anything about your religion, and I don't care. But I have observed that wherever you
 build church the commerce along that road increases, better class of people come to live in the town, and it bene-
 fits the railroads so much that I gadly I give you sportation wherever you
 may wish to go,'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17
GEORGIA,S CONTICTs.

Georgia lets out" her convicts and makes much money by the operation, her income from this source for the last fiscal year amounting to s200,O00. The general impression is that while this system may be a good thing for the State treasury, it is rough on the con- victs. In the annual report of the State prison board Chairman Turner vigor- ously defends the system, and in the course of this defense he makes one statement that is likely to attract na- tional attention, for Georgia has been so widely advertised as inhuman and barbarous in her penal methods that the direct comparison is striking one. The total number of deaths during the year among the hired convicts, says Chairman Turner, has been fifty-one, of which seven were accidental and vio- lent, leaving forty-four which occurred from disease, indicating mortality from disease of sixteen to the thou sand. This death rate is about the same as that of many years past, and as has been shown in former reports from this department is smaller than the rate of mortality in most communi- ties in this State. This death rate dem onstrates more thoroughly than any other argument could that the conyicts in the Georgia penitentiary are hu- namely cared for, and the hygiene of the camps is carefully and successfully guarded. When this record is compar- ed with that in some of the army camps of the Federal government during the recent war with Spain the comparison is f1attering to the State"
 It must be admitted that MT. Tur- ner's argument is a strong one, espe- cially the last sentence. Those unac- quainted with the facts set forth by Mr. Turner will be surprised by them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17
| RIINBOW.

A rainbow of hope, red, white and blue, that used to span the American continent from the Atlantic to the Pa cific shore, has moved it's ends, and rests now beyond our view to the East and beyond our view to the West, among the islands of the Atlantic and the Pacific, and in that bow of hope set by God in the heavens as an inspi- ration for us and for our children, we read for us and for all mankind, now and hereafter, the legend of confidence regained.
 So said Attorney General Griggs at the banquet of the New York Chamber of Commerce. And the glorious Ameri- can Eagle hearing, Tapped it's wings and crowed just like a rooster.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17

and uprightness.n "Oh, it isn't exactly that" replied the liquor dispenser, but you see he has such miserable luck at poker."-Chicago News,
 Pardon me, sir" said the seedy-look- ing individual, but would you kindly lend a dime to an unfortunate man who lost his last cent in wheat and" "ls 1t possible!" interrupted the portly citt- zen, as he passed over a silver dollar. Would you mind telling me. the par ticulars?" Sure not" replied the oth- CT as he pocketed the coin and turned to go. Tt was like this: I slept in a car loaded with the stuff last night and the only cent I had dropped out of my garments while I slumbered. Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17
4 PLAIN CoUyT.

The other day we made bold to re- mark that when the last count was made in New Haven there were more than 1OS,O00 in it, And the Hartford Post says; Our contemporary fails to explain about the last count. Was it on a water basis or a beer basis? Or was it one of the board of health's singular estimates?"
 Just a plain count, esteemed contem- porary. on numerical basis, It needs no explanation.