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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

under that of the commanding officer
The others had gone, gone to the south
that claimed her sons, just as the
north was doing. AS the ninth man
appended his signature to the docu.
ment the captain came into the cabin
picked up the paper and shook his
head. The name he looked for was
not there. He dropped the paper and
turned to go away, when he heard a
heavy, determined foot coming down
the companionway. 1t seemed to him
that he recognized that foot. Yes, he
was right.
y young, handsome, tall midship-
man from Maryland approached the
table and the captains voice faltered
as he asked:
Winnie, do you sign?"
AYE, aye, sir. Same flag and same
Uncle Sam in Maryland as in Massa,
chusetts, you know"
"God bless you, boy" said the cap
tain. your father and I fought side
by side as lads in 1912, and, while there
are some of us who are going away
l prayed God that your fathers son
would stick to us"
The midshipman? Go ask Winfield
Scott Schley, commodore, flagship
Brooklyn. He stuck to the flag when
others didn't. He is sticking to it now
IN. Y. Mail and Express.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

an assistant blacksmith: My friend,
that is pretty good sword you have
l showed it to him with great pride,
and then sheathing it l struttedacross
the shop putting on as many airs as a
strutting turkey gobbler.
when l was in the Mexican war
remarked the man wearing a black
smiths apron, L occasionally handled
sword Our troopers laughed at
this, because they did not suppose a
man who was spending his time shoe
ing horses had ever been trained as a
swordsman. Somewhat nettled, he
picked up broom handle, made a few
passes with it, and then said to me:
Take out your sword and give me a
rap over my shoulder 1 drew my
sword and in the most approved style
struUE at him with the back of it. To
my amazement and thorough disgust
the sword was twisted from my hand,
and dropped with a clang on the floor
of the shop. And the blacksmith did
this every time that struck or poked
at him, and did it so quickly that
could scarcely see the movement of
the stick. On our way back to camp
the boys had good laugh at my ex-
pense. Well said one of them, when
/ get into fight 1 am going to take
my sword in both hands and rap the
first man l meet, and I'll defy any Of
those confederates to loosen my
grip. Livingston On. " Leader.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
DOG AND CAT cHUMs.
Pussy Catches Squirrels and Rabbits
Points Game Birds and Adopts
n Kitten.

Farmer John Cooks brindle cat Cubs
points quail and catches young gray;
squirrels in the mountain back OF his
house. Cubas chum is three-year-old
shepherd dog named Charley. They do
not hunt together, but on returning
from her excursions after small game
to the fields and woods close by, Cuba
purrs around the dog, rubs her sleek
fur against his neck, and puts her nose
to his, as if to tell of her success.
"She gets a squirrel or a chipmunlS
nearly every day." says Billy Cook,
"and she knows where to find young
rabbits. She's tried hard to find the
nest of couple of quails that have just
raised a brood in the field next to our
house. Once l found her pointing one
of the old ones. The bird was sitting
on stump, with its back to her. If
L hadn't come along she'd have crept up
and nabbed it, sure"
Cuba's special pet is maltese kitten,
two weeks old, belonging to another
cat. Cuba's own litter, being ugly, and
there being no demand for more cats
on the Cook place, were all drowned.
If they'd lived they'd now be about the
age of the maltese kitten, which has
been named Puerto Rico. Cuba grabs
Puerto Rico wherever she finds him and
runs off to fondle and nurse him.
Puerto Rico's own mother looks on with
no apparent objection when the brindle
cat carries away her offspring by the
back of the neck. Sometimes all three
the maltese, the brindle .Spd the mall
tese kitten-iie down together in the
sun and snooze. The kittens mother
seems to approve of the foster mother;
she licks the brindle cats fur and
shows the most evident good feeling
toward her. AT times when the kit
tens own mother grabs her kitten by
the scruff of the neck and carries her
| off, the brindle cat roams disconsolate-
ly about, uttering plaintive cries.
At these times she is likely to go Off
on little hunting expedition all by
herself. One day last week she brought
in long-tailed field mouse and laid it
down under an apple tree in the yard,
| retiring to a distance of foot or two,
as if to encourage the poor creature to
escape. Theg grass was wet and the field
mouse couldn't jump far After half
| dozen leaps Cuba caught it and brought
it back. The mouse didn't seem to be
injured, but it couldn't jump more than
| two or three inches at time. 1t looked
half dead of fright. Chickens were
feeding in the yard, and one of them
picked up the mouse and ran. The cat,
ostentatiously looking away, was dunn
founded on turning its head toward its
victim TO find that it had disappeared.
With ludicrous leap that carried her
four or five feet puss sprang forward
suarling, fur bristling, and eyes popped.
She hadn't seen that the chicken had
her prey, but her appearance was SO
fierce that the feathered thief dropped
the mouse and ran squawking away.
Puss then ate the mouse at two mouth
fuls.-Bushkill (Pa.) Letter in n. Y.
| Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
LOOKS LIKE A SNAKE.
The New Holland Darter Has the
Head of n Reptile Grated on
the BODY OF a bird.

When Button first examined n speci-
men of the New Holland darter" ho
remarked that it had the head of
snake grated on the body of n bird.
1t always swims deep in the water, like
an overloaded boat, but when fright
ened it has the singular habit of sink
ing its body completely out of sight
and swimming rapidly, with only the
sinuous head and neck above the sur
face. Under these conditions anyone
might mistake it for a water snake
rearing itself up to look ahead. The
snake-bird takes a high place among
avine athletes in the water; no bird
excels it in swiftness of swimming and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

with strip of the tougher husk. Next
she chose fine, smooth, broad piece,
of beautiful light green, and folded
it across. She put cord in the fold,
and drew it up like a running string.
This she tied about the knot, being
careful that the hair" should come up
through the middle, and when she had
tied another string about the neck 1t
made a fine covering for the head, al
most as good as a rag baby's. The
arms came next, and these were made
by dividing the husks below the head
into three parts; one on each side for
the arms, and one in the middle for the
body.
The arms were wrapped with strips
of coarse, strong husks, tied at the
wrist, and mammy's strong knife cut
them off just beyond. Some of the
softer husks were used for the shoul-
ders, and were put on fichu-fashion,
first over one shoulder and then the
other, until they were built out to the
required breadth, when they were tied
about the waist with more of the tough
husk. OF course, the ends of the
"fichu" came we'll below the waistline.
and added much to the thickness of the
lower part. This was now divided even
ly in two, and each division was wound
like the arms and cut off evenly.
as he a boy doll, mammy?" asked.
Hes sodger, child, and now go git
me some rose thorns and I'll give him
his eyes and nouf."
The rose thorns were stuck into the
smooth, green face, and my doll was
complete.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
Art of MakIng Friendn.

Dullerton-Prigster is always pick
ing me up on my grammar.
Smarte-And you and he don't get
on together at all?
Dullerton-of course not, How
could we?
Smarte-By doing as do. When
speak to him | use bad grammar pur-
posely to give him an opportunity to
correct me. Then thank him and say
how much obliged to him am. We get
along together beautifully.-Boston
Transcript
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
Easily Satisfied.

ut was brave and manly act, young
man." said the millionaire, with deep
feeling. "At the risk of your own life
you rushed into the burning building
and saved my only daughter from a
horrible fate. How can 1 ever repay
such heroism?"
"oh, don't know" replied the brave
rescuer. "Do you think couple OF
dollars would be too much Chicago
Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

Whom nothing could induce to move when
he chose not to go.
Now Fred essayed to ride him on a pleas
ant summer day,
So he buckled on the saddle and they jig
logged away;
But soon Joe tired of travel and stopped,
but little Fred
Was somewhat in a hurry, so he travelled
on ahead.
Being somewhat in hurry. this blue-eyed
urchin Fred
Concluded that he wouldn't wait and went
right on ahead
Arthur ]. Burdick. in Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
HUSKS BECOME DOLLS.
COlored Woman for Her
Little Charges.

Making a small bundle of some
soaked corn husks, says writer in
Youths Companion, the old colored
woman tied knot at one end.
whats that for mammy?" 1 asked.
"His haid, child; an dis yere's his
hair" And she put some of the silk
by the knot and tied it about the neck
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
A prohIem Easily solved.

A little girl who had been studying
fractions, when told by her mother
that eggs were nine cents a dozen,
called out to Rob, her youngest broth
er: "You don't know how much that
is apiece, and do" Robert thought a
moment, and answered, proudly. "Yes,
1 do; you get cent piece for nine,
and three for nothing. Com
paniOn. 80. -.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
Not Her Fault.

Mistress-There's the dust on the
piano, Marie, of at least six weeks.
Maid-But, madam. that's the fault
of the girl who worked here before
me! I've only been in the house three
weebS!-Fliegende Blaetter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
Proof Enough.

Mr.. Boardwnlk-Your dog seems to
be very fond of me.
Miss Kottige-That's strange. He
generally hates men. Are you quite
sure he likes you?
'He must. He tried to eat me when
came in the garden" Brooklyn Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
SIaats and Sails.

The highest masts of sailing vessels
are from 100 to 1870 feet high, and
spread from 0O,ooO to 100000 square
feet of canvw
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
THE CURIOUS NECK.

diving, nor in the latter art as regards
ability to stay under. India, Africa
and America have their, own snake
birds, all much alike.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
HE COULD NOT WAIT.

There was little boy who possessed the
name Of Fred
He had two soft blue eyes and a frousle-
tossed head;
And he had little donkey whose cognomen
was Joe,
Who had a way of standing still when he
didn't want to CO.
A very funny donkey, with the peaceful
name of Joe,
The evening times., 1898-05-13
CITY BREv1T1Es.

Policemen wiggans and Steventon cap
tured a negro burglar, who gave his name
as Fred. Brown, before daylight this
morning, in the house of Mrs. Isabella
Morris, No. 401 Massachusetts, Avenue
northwest. He was about to rob the
premises when discovered.
Owen Cone, a veteran and pensioner,
who resides at No. 205 Pennsylvania Ave
nue., was accidentally shot through the
left arm yesterday afternoon by his son.
fifteen years of age. The boy was in the
back yard practicing with his Flobert
rifle when his father stepped from the
rear door just as the lad pulled the trig-
ger. and received the bullet in his arm.
The wound is not dangerous.
Charles Hudson. a colored driver, was
arrested last night by Policeman G. V.
johnson, charged with embezzling 81 from
his employer, Ernest Burgdorf, the livery
man, at No. AS Eighth Street northwest.
The additional charge of disorderly con-
duct was placed against Hudson because
he attempted to assault Mr. Sinsheimer.
James A. Kenney, a well-dressed young
man, was arrested by Policeman LYDIA
last night, charged with being disorderly
in the National Theater. He was later
released on collateral.
The evening times., 1898-05-13
HONORsT0 OUR BRAVE DEAD
Burial of American Sailors Kill
ed at Cardenas Bay.
MOURNED BY THEIR MATES
Attended to Their Graves by
Throngs of Citixens-Bluejac<e
and Marines Pay Token of Re-
spcct-BaEley's Body 'Embalmed
and Held for His Relatives.

Key West, Fla, May 13.-The funeral
0f the four sailors who were shot to death
in a Spanish trap in Cardenas Bay on
Wednesday, were held here yesterday af-
ternoon A detail consisting of drum
mer, a bugler. and sixteen marines from
the Panther, headed the funeral process
sion which left the undertakers shop at
o'clock.
There was also an escort of over 200
men from the warships in the harbor.
which marched in sections behind The
marines and each hearse. Six pallbearers,
mostly gunners' mates and boatswains'
mates, were detailed from the Puritan.
the Cincinnati, the Helena and the Man.
tonomoh, to the four hearses.
Behind the hearses and escorts followed
a long line of carriages, containing Off
GERS from all the ships in the harbor and
a large number of citizens.
Others followed on foot, and a big
crowd had gathered a: the cemetery be
fore the arrival of the procession. Four
graves had been dug in the coral sand
not far from those holding the bodies
of the men that died on the Maine.
one side of the open graves on the ar
rival at the cemetery with the escort of
marines. and the men from the torpedo
boats, who acted as mourners, opposite
them.
The black collins were lowered into the
shallow graves, and Rev. DIR. Gilber
Riggs, Episcopal rector of this parish
read the burial service over each one the
sailors and marines standing with bowed
heads in the slanting shadows of the moss
grown trees. The cleaning of marble
slabs. crosses and monuments i'm the wide
swept cemetery, and the great, silent
gathering of the whites and blacks of the
city, who are usually chattering and vi
vacious, all len, an impressiveness to this
hurried burial of the first men slain in a
battle i'll the war.
Nor was the deep feeling shown during
the services the only evidence given by
the citizens of Key West of patriotic
pride in the Navy. and their sympath
for the loss of the men who had been
Quartered here SO long. Bareheaded men,
women, and children, lined the entire
route of the procession, and every one of
the hundreds of flags in the city was
lowered to half mast.
There was also number of floral trib-
utes to the memory of the slain soldiers.
Nearly all of Key West stood by when,
after the burial services, concluding with
the Lords Prayer. the marine guard
fired three volleys into the air and the
buglers stepped forward and sounded the
last taps.
The crowd was slow in breaking up and
hundreds slipped up for a last look into
the graves, into which the sand and coral
rock was already being heaped, before
the crowd finally drew away.
The body of Ensign Bagley will be en-
balmed and held for his relatives.
The evening times., 1898-05-13
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
Clark Braden. Who Embexxled f1O,-
OOO, Caught in Washington.

Detectives Helan, McNamee and Kill
martin made an important arrest last
night when they took into custody Clark
Braden, jr., a former employe of the
American Express Company, who Is want
ed in New York city for the larceny Of
SO, 600 from that company, 5000 being in
cash and the remainder in five 81. 900 bonds
of the Consumers Gas Company, of Chi
cago.
The bonds were recovered, but Braden
had spent all of the stolen cash. but $3l.1
| which was found in his pockets, together
with a costly gold watch and chain, two
diamond rings, a diamond stud and two
gold rings.
The arrest last night was made in q
disreputable resort in the "division." "
where much of the money had been spent.
Braden took his arrest good naturedly
and complimented the detectives on rum
ming him down. He acknowledged that
the Zig was up"
Last night he told Detectives Helan and
McNamee where the stolen bonds were
hidden and they recovered them.
The prisoner IS thirty-seven years OF
age and unmarried. He will accompany
the New York detectives to the Metropolis
without requisition. AS he was being
led back to a cell at No. / station last
night, Braden remarked with a smile on
his face:
81 had a good. big time while the money
lasted. Now it's all gone and I'm at the
end of my rope"
The evening times., 1898-05-13
Family Walking Parties.

Family walking parties are a snare
and a delusion. If you don't believe 1t
try tramp sometime with your family
You will come out of the experience worn
in soul as well as body.
The hitch is right here. Members of a
family can never seem to &c anywhere or
do anything that personalities are not
dragged into the situation. This riles up
everybody.
Bickering produces soul weariness and
soul weariness seems somehow to strike
right into the marrow of ones bones.
There is no form Of contention more dis
tresring 1t is form that stealthily joins
family constitutionals.
For a time perhaps the trampers may
jog along quite contentedly; indeed, the
crowd may be positively jolly, when a
word, a whisper. chance insinuation,
leads up to topics so Irritating that the
warmest sunshine, the balmiest breezes
and the fairest landscape the eyes ever
rested upon are blotted from sense and
sight.
Along the country highway family
ghosts troop with the family party,
haunting each step. Poverty, or the back
slidgings Of some member of the house
hold or some other disagreeable reminder
has showed them from their hiding places.
Once they arrive there is no getting rid
of them. All benefits THAT the jaunt
might bestow are completely lost. The
expedition is wretched failure.
If families would only be content to as
semble together anywhere under the sun,
at home or on a highway, without nag
ging or without hauling into the hours
recreation discussions that are sure to
create dissentions, they might walk in
unity Of spirit and with a xest that would
do one and all world Of good.
The evening times., 1898-05-13
Attractive Gowns.

1t is going to be real truly summer c\e
of these days, says a writer in the Phila-
delphia Times. and even though war is
making it hot enough for the Spanish.
We cannot expect to always go about in
shawls and other wraps as talked about
yesterday; consequently 1 think that it
would not only be interesting, but Of real
value as well, to tell you of a few essen
TALLY summery creations that have fallen
to the lot of that fortunate creature Nita,
without whose friendship would fire.
quently be at loss for material for my
everyday talk.
/ know it Is horrible to thus make use
of the intimacy of our relations, but If
she will have such fine clothes must, on
my part, show what can do. and write
them up-so here goes for the horrible
disclosures.
She is going to Atlantic City for June
and July and to Bar Harbor in August.
practically Turing the Spaniards to bonn
bard those seaboard towns, for with such
n mas1a. as Nita in fetching frocks. the
only wonder will be that We find the
places on the map after her summer CAM
paign. What do you think Of "a white net
embroidered in turquoises and silver Sc
quins? Doesn't it sound sort of like the
gown the fairy godmother devised for
Cinderella? To see It. however. proves
its wondrous and beautiful reality. Such
a joy as 1t is, made over white taffeta.
with endless, bewildering ruchings of
white chiffon on the skirt and chiffon
sleeves reaching quite to the knuckles.
A narrow band of turquoise velvet de-
fines the waist, and a soft bristling with
chiffon forms a collar. for this gem Is
high-necked, though sufficiently fairy-like
to be a ball gown rather than "the sim
pie dinner frock' which its owner dubs It,
Then she has a new velvet organdie
(my. but I wish 1t mere mine). made with
trailing spirit, untrimmed save by bow
knots Of lace insertion strewn over the
skirt and blouse bodice. white sash
that is figured and tied in knot at the
left side well toward the front is a French
touch on this that Is adorable. There be-
ing always luck in odd numbers. It natu-
rally follows that there must be some
special charm about the third gown in
the new set just home from Nita's
modistes. 1t is of pale gray silk crepe
made over cerise silk, which shimmers
through the gray. giving the effect Of a
shaded pink rose. Over the skirt and
the bodice IL an irregular lattice-like de-
sign In heavy black applique, the gray
being cut in order to show the cerise stih
more conyincingly. II surrender there
The evening times., 1898-05-13
Concerned for Her Brother.

There lives young married woman who
is devoted to her husband. but who has
never got over her fondness for her
brother, who Is some years her junior.
The other day the head Of the Park Ridge
household came home to find his wife
much disturbed over the war news. I'm
SO afraid about Frank" she said. "Pshaw!
He's all right. They wouldn't take him
in the Army even II he wanted to go.
He's only sixteen. and they don't want to
be annoyed by the presence Of lot Of
kids when there are so many men want
Ing to CO." ''I know: but think how dan
gerous his work Is! Those treacherous
Spanish spies are likely to kill him any
day. 1 always did think we shouldn't
have allowed him to go to work in such
a dangerous place" Dangerous? Why
what In the world is dangerous about
Franks job?' IT should think you would
know by reading the papers. Why. the
constant peril Of the whole works going
The evening times., 1898-05-13
SADDLES AND SABERs.
supplies Rerch San Antonio 4.
1to0sevelt's Rough Riders


San Antonio, Tex, May 1a-Packine
case after packing case containing hos
pital supplies from Washington and sad
dies and sabers from the Government
depot at st. Louis and Rock Island ar
rived yesterday and were unloaded in
camp amid cheers from the cowboys.
Now the rough riders say there is a
prospect of their getting where they be-
long. There are some famous shots in the
regiment. A corporal in Company d of
the Oklahoma squad, Louis Thompson
familiariy known as Shorty is said to
be able to toss six peanuts in the air and
smash each one with bullet from his
revolver before it reaches the ground
Col. Roosevelt will arrive here on Sat-
urday. The men are anxious to see him.
and there Is much speculation as to
what he will be like. One of them said
he had heard that the ex-Secretary of the
Navy would tackle anything from a griz-
ely bear to a New York police captain.
II was in New York onct,'' and / don't
know which I'd rather mix with. Its
cinch that II would take more than Span
lards to do him with this crowd behind
him."
The evening times., 1898-05-13

up in a flash because Of somebody's care
iessness Is bad enough. when the emissa-
ries of Spain are here touching matches
to the stock as they did out in Califor-
mia and in that eastern place. the boy
takes his life in his hands every time Id
goes to work" What do you mean? Oh.
I see! You are talking about those pow
der mills that exploded, aren't you?"
Certainly, am, and Frank" "Ha!
Har' her husband laughed. with coarse
boisterousness. Frank works in a shot
tower" ST know he does.'' frigidly.
"and am appalled, at you, laughing in
that heartless manner when he Is daily
surrounded by death" He tried to make
her understand the difference. but With
out success
The evening times., 1898-05-13

Diamond Beer has brunette
sister by the name of "Munchner"
which is fully as popular as her
fair self. Both are made of Sc
lected malt and finest imported
hops. They are beyond question
the finest beers brewed in this
country.
- For sale at leading bars and gro
ceries or phone 222 for case Of 2 dog :
bottles. only Sf.z5. National Capital
Brewing Co, I 3th, 4 lth and D sts. 3. e