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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

under me an take my orders you all
kin come down. Eff not, you all kin stay
whar you are"
There was no movement aloft for
while. Then one man, with a grunt,
dropped to the deck, and one by one the
rest followed.
Tillman kept his hatchet by him all
the time. He knew that the moment
that weapon got away from him his
authority was gone and the auctioneer's
block loomed up big and ugly in the
future.
There was one great difficulty, how
ever, that even the hatchet would not
overcome. Not one of the men knew
anything about navigation. Tillman
thought over this difficulty all nigAt,
and in the morning his plans were laid.
He would sail due west until he came
in sight of land, and then he would fol-
low the coast northward until he
reached New York.
1t was an almost hopeless amateur
ish plan, but in the end it succeeded,
and history tells the commotion his
deed made and the complications that
arose over the disposal of his prison
ers.
The government gave him $4,000 in
lieu of prize money, and with this he re-
tired to quiet life in Rhode Island,
where he died only few years ago.
Philadelphia Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
General Lees Fruitful Hen.

1t was Gen. Lees custom to leave his
tent door open in the morning for a
sprightly hen that had gone into the
egg business promptly and thus had
saved her head. When she stepped in,
Gen. Lee would put aside his work and
walk past de-erentially' upon the out
side until her cackle announced the
mysteries of egg-layipg at an end. She
roasted and rode in his wagon, was an
eyewitness of the battles of Chancel.
lorsville and Gettysburg, and was final
ly sacrificed upon the altar of hos
pitality at Orange Court House, in 1864.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

take less conspicuous place in the
galaxy, as there are two tribes not
more than Is miles from the capital
whose dattos, or chiefs, are very power
full, and who are not on very friendly
terms with the sultan.
The sultan's followers are neither as
numerous nor as adept in the use of
arms as the surrounding tribes, while
the sultan himself is what might be
called a harumscarum sort of a chap,
whose household contains decided plu-
rality of wives and who cares more for
the ease and pleasures of home than for
the excitement of the fighting line.
The dattos WELD the most absolute
power imaginable among their follow
ers, who seem more like slaves than in
dependent members of the community,
and understand that the sultan is even
more arbitrary. The datto is always ac-
companied by sword bearer, who has
two or more large swords or huge
knives thrust in his girdle. This is one
of the most important offices in the
retinue. Another, and generally one
of the younger followers, carries the sill
yer box containing the beetle root and
lime. These substances they roll up in
a wad and chew continually, much to
the harm of their teeth, which get coal
black, and their gums, which turn a
bright red.
A third follower in the retinue carries
the umbrella, from which the datto
never seems to be separated for any
length of time. A fourth, and the most
powerful and long-haired man of the
lot, takes the part of the beast of bur-
den, and carries the dattc himself about
on his shoulders.
The long hair is grown for the pur-
pose of giving his eXcellency something
to steady himself while riding. This
he does by grasping the hair with both
hands and clasping his knees tightly
about the neck OF the carrier. A tom
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
THE ICE MACHINES PART.
At Last There Has Been n New Fen
ture Introduced Into Uncle
Toms Cabin.

There is a new wrinkle in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" theatrical companies. One Of them,
which is ransacking the state of New Jer-
sey for audiences, has hit upon the device of
buying a refrigerating machine and using
real blocks of ice in the scene in which Eliza,
pursued by a pack of barking mongrels,
crosses the river carrying in her arms a
stuffed doll.
The icemaking machine has proved an
enormous success. AT the Ridgewood opera
house, where the ice machine played few
evenings ago, frantic crowd fought its way
through the doors. At the first perform
ances the ice machine was kept in the back.
ground. Several cakes were manufactured
before the performance and placed on the
green baize river. They were carefully sand
ed on the surface, so that when Eliza made
her grand dash for liberty she would not
turn undignified somersaults. The ice ma
chine, however, had been so largely adver-
tised that yokels wanted to see it. They
sat in their places after the curtain de-
scended upon the solemn death of Little
Eva and howled for the ice machine to come
put and show itself. The stage manager
and couple of deck hands had to carry it
down to the footlights. Then they turned
the handle and, amid uproarous applause,
the machine produced cake of real ice.
Since then part has been writer in the
play for the ice machine. When the river
scene opens a couple of southern spectators
are discovered experimenting with the
machine They produce their ice, and not
having any immediate use for it turn it into
The river, and it sits upon the river surface
at proper intervals to accommodate Eliza $
footsteps. A colored man comes out and
,prinkles sand over the ice in full view of
The audience.-Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
How to Stick In Hatpins.

With the hair dressed low, an elastic
can be substituted; but in the case Of
coil worn high up, two pins must be
used. Let them be of moderate length
and take the trouble to run them il
among the trimming of feathers, so that
a bare bit of straw is not damaged and
left exposed to view another time. The
point should pass through the hair on
the top of the head and just penetrate
the opposite side of the hat, so that
it is fixed firmly, though the pins re.
main invisible. When the hat or bon.
net is lavishly trimmed this course is
easier, naturally, but sailor hat. with
its plain band, can be treated in the
same way, the pin going across just
above the ribben.-Woman's Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

tom furnishes the music and is invari-
ably beaten as the procession advances.
In thelower left-hand section of the sui
tan's flag are two implements of warfare,
the upper one, white in color on the red
body of the flag, represents one of the
borongs, or huge knives almost uni
versally carried in peace as well as in
war, while the lower, also white in color
in the flag, is section of spearhead,
which implement is only used in fight
ing and in the chase.
l presume there have from time to
time been exhibited specimens of the
Manila insurgents flag by returned sol
diers who captured them in battle.
These have golden-colored stars on the
white field, representing the chief
tribes engaged in the uprising against
our forces, while the rising sun in the
center stands for the rising of the
young republic as presaged by Aguin-
aldo.
There are two stripes forming the
rest of the flag, the upper blue and the
lower red.-Iolo (Sulu) Letter in N. Y.
Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
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A THRILLING TALE.
The Capture of n Confederate Prize
Crew by Yankee
Negro Cook.


Some of the naval veterans were talk
ing of their experiences when this tale
was told:
The schooner S. j. Waring was one
of those ships which tried to do little
trading in spite of the nests of con-
federate privateers that lined the
shores.
But she was brought up short one
day, her crew taken prisoners, prize
crew put aboard of her and her nose
turned for Charleston.
The prize crew consisted of some six
or seven men, and the Yankee cook was
left on board to fix the meals for the
captors.
He was a big strapping darlley,
named Tillman, and as the two vessels
drew further apart and he saw that
neither one was headed for New York
he began to have grave fears that his
future was not so glowing as it might
be.
He asked several of the crew where
they were bound for, and what they in
tended to do with him after they got
there.
They saw, of course, that the darky
was frightened, and so, to scare him
more, they told him that they were
bound for Charleston, and that he would
either be killed or sold again as a slave
to the highest bidder.
That didn't suit Tillman a bit He
had been free in the north too long to
relish the idea of returning to slavery,
| hn ,oIa lic hot &c ha
could prevent it, the good ship S. j.
Waring would never reach Charleston.
1t took him some time to decide on his
course of action. To poison the
whole crew was impossible for lack of
poison, and he just about made up his
mind to do nothing when one night he
got to thinking things over, and be-
came almost crazed at the prospect be-
fore him.
He seized a hatchet and crept up on
deck. Things were very quiet there.
The second mate was almost asleep at
the wheel, and the chief mate was lying
in drunken stupor. Most of the crew,
in fact, were drunk.
| Tillman crept to the captains cabin
and with one blow crushed in the mans
skull. Then he went back on deck and
served the first mate in the same way.
The second mate, however, saw him
coming, and yelled. Tillman went for
him and, after wounding him, threw
him shrielking into the sea.
The commotion by this time brought
the crew on deck, and when they found
the crazed Tillman with his bloody
hatchet, they took to the rigging for
safety.
One man only remained below at Till
mans mercy. The cook held parley
with him in this way:
Say, you ali own that Use cap'n O.
this hyar ship now, an eff you all'll come
| up hyar an behave decent, you all kin
come up"
The man looked. sheepish, but he
obeyed. Then Tillman and he turned
their attention to the men in the rig.
ging.
Say" shouted Tillman, "as cap'n O.
this hyar ship, Use gwine ter run 'er
into New York. If you all wants t sail
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
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SULU SULTANA'S WORK.
Rulers Mother Has Made n Flag for
Our New Dependency with Her
own Hands,

The sultana dowager, as we might
call the mother of the reigning sultan of
the Sulu archipelago, has shown an un-
expected practical side of her character
lately by actually making with her own
hands a copy of the royal standard of
Sulu.
The flag is red and the field carrying
the STARS is blue. These two colors ap-
pear in very many different shades.
The four small stars in the blue field are
the four principal tribes of Sulu, while
the central and largest star is for the
sultan himself.
The wiseacres here say he would do
well to be somewhat more modest and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
NO Keep Llnen. smooth.

Linen centerpieces, doilies, and even
tablecloths are not things of real
beauty from folding them. Any round
piece of wood, covered with flannel, or
a roll of paper, around which the pieces
may be carefully rolled, will be found
invaluable as a means of keeping linen
in good order. In fact, tablecloth
ironed with only two lengthwise folds
and then rolled, win look far better or
the table than one with criss-cross inea
from too much folding.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

'Twan't never GO fight but Come on,
boys an he was always in de front,
a-leadin' 'em on. Many's the time I've
brought up a fresh hoss for him when
his was shot, and carried coffee an
bite O. something to eat to him on the
field. Wasn't no one else could cook for
the genl 'cept ole Billy. Come here,
you damned black niger, an get me
something to eat!' he useter yell, an
you bet 1 did right smart. He would
cuss me awful, but, Lor'! that wasn't
nothing. When he didn't knew there
was trouble on.
"All through the war 1 tended him,
and when he was shot in the wrist at
Cape Girardo l nursed him. Lots O.
men went hungry in those days. but I
generally could pick up something for
the gen'. Had to be mighty careful
bout it, for he didn't allow no stealin'.
'Yes, sab, 1 was captured jes once.
Lemme see, that was at Lone Jack.
Genl Shelby sent me to Col. Jordan's
camp, bout a mile away, an the feds
scooped me and took me into the vii
| lage, but in an hour an half the
James brothers came chargin' through
and drove the feds off. They pulled me
out from between two feather beds,
where I was keeping away from the
bullets, and took me back to Shelby.
When he saw me he looked mad clean
through. Where in blazes you been,
you black rascal? says he; go get me
some breakfast, damned smart
gsINha,, CaY,n Cha111, ,c+a ta1 Nav
leo with his 1000 picked men he says
to me: Billy, you take Miss Betty
that's my missus-and the children
back home and you're a free man. So
[ left him at Galveston and carried
them cross the Gulf of Mexico to New
Orleans, and from there to Lexing gton.
safe and sound. After that l drifted
off on my own hook, working as porter
in hotels an tending bar, and 1 never
heard of the gen'l for more'n 30 years.
One day while / was working for Jim
Baldus in Chicago heard that my ole
massa was United States marshal in
Kansas City, and let him know where
1 was. He sent for me TO come back,
but l guess | didn't start quick enough
to guit him. for one Sunday when L was
readin' the papers in the barroom in
walks man and says:
I'm Deputy Mashal Potts, of Kan
sas City, an I'm lookin' for William
Hunter
cts the man, sah.' says I.
"'What you done, Billy?' said Bal
dus. I'll stand by you
Gen. Shelby told me to bring you
back with me-" Potts said. He said:
That blamed black niger worked for
me more than 30 years, an he's going
to take it easy now. You bring him
back and I'll give him all the land he
wants
"'Id go through fire for the ole
massa,' says l, and back l starts. The
missus give me two horses and / staid
with 'em till the gen'l died. / done lost
the best friend l had then. An now
I'm living with Joe Shelby, Jr., sab, and
tend his children jest as did him when
he was a little feller. But every Deco
ration day goes over to my ole massa's
grave and puts flowers on it in memory
of the finest man that ever lived, sah-
Genl Joe Shelby."-Kansas City Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
North Carolina

Reliable information concerning the eli.
mate, farming, trucking, fruit, mineral and
timbered lands in n North Carolina will be fur
nished to those applying to John w. ThomP
With its unsurpassed climate and its unde
veloped resources, North Carolina is to be
the bonanza of the future. 1t presents many
attractions to home seekers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
like top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place of coffee. Is and 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
Palace on Wheels

is a somewhat hackneyed term as applied to
railroad trains, but it accurately describes
the Alton Limited, the newly equipped day
trains of the Chicago & Alton X. r. Co.
which were placed in daily service between
Chicago and st. Louis, November l6, 1899.
The equipment consists of standard Chicago
& Alton passenger locomotive; United
States postal car, sixty-six feet in length;
combination passenger and baggage car,
combination parlor chair car and coach, Chi
cago q Alton parlor chair car; cafe and buff
fet smoking car and Pullman parlor observa-
ton car, each of which is seventy-two feet
six inches in length. The framing of all
these cars is Pullman standard with Empire
decks, wide vestibules, standard steel plat
forms and ant-telescopng device. All of
the cars are lighted with electric lights ex-
cept the mail car and combination passenger
coach and baggage car, which are lighted
with Pintsch gas. The windows throughout
the entire train are of uniform width, the
Gothic lights above being of the new Pull
man standard. The ornamentation is of spe-
cial design, the color scheme being maroon.
Great care has been used in the selection Of
plushes and woods for the interior, and the
lamps, metal furnishings, ETC., are of special
design. 1t is claimed that there has never
been built in America a train which has re-
ceived as much attention as to constructive
details as has The Alton Limited. An ex-
animation of this superb train certainly
bears out this claim.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
Repartcc.

He-I don't see what you want with
golf cape when you're not golfer.
She-But you can, no doubt, tell me
why you wear box coat and never
could be boxer.-Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
ache. Price 25 and soc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

The great trouble seems to be that bad
luck is natural, while people are compelled
to work for good luck.=Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

The Life Saver of Children.
is Hoxsie's Group Cure. 1t is the only safe
and sure cure for Group and pneumonia. No
opium to stupefy. No ipecac to nauseate. so
cents. A. p. Hoxsie, Buffalo, n. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

For real genuine sarcastic comment, you
are referred to the tombstones in the GENE.
tery.-Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

He who builds according to every mans
advice will have queer tructure.-Chicago
Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
ThinkinE and KNOWING.

What the fool thinks he knows the
wise man knows he only thinks.-Chi-
eago Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

It is only in accord with the eternal ft.
ness of things that the crook should always
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

"Oh, yes, he hates all women" "T won.
der what particular woman he began with?"
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24
A most Extrnord,nnrv CHM

Mrs. Ada Brown Talbot, of New York, ed
tor of the CIubwoman, says that the most
extraordinary club she ever ran across is
conducted by demure and dignifed little
woman of seven, the daughter of club
president. The editor called one day, and
was received by her little friend with open
arms.
"At last I've got chair" she said
81 am very glad" my dear" said the ed
itor. Il hope it is comfortable and pretty"
ooh, it is not for me; it is for my club"
81 didn't know you had a club"
"Of course i have-just like mamma. My
dolly is president, and | got the chair for
her. You see," she explained, in a whis-
per, there's only dollies in it, and the dolly
that makes the most noise is president,
Just like mammals club. That's my dolly.
She talks when you push her back.
broked the spring, and now she talks till
she is ruined down. So she's president.
Don't you think that's nice?"
And Mrs. Talbot said she did.-Philadel-
phia Saturday Evening Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-24

To Cure a Cold in Ono Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If = fails to cure. 25c.
Some people say a great deal, but talk
very ittle.-Chicago Daily News.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-08
Posing as a Hercules.

"l could tell you a story about strong men photography. Some of the minor limbs of the fraternity depend on the cunning of the camera for advertise ment So said photographer.
 ''One fellow, who visits country fairs and casual shows, goes through tricks of kind wonderful to the unscientific mind They are merely tricks after all and his strength is @ catch He depends on his photos for advertisement In pos ing he folds his arms tightly. dilates the muscles of his neck and lines his veins with prussian blue His picture gives you Hercules in his power of mai esty In private he is well developed man, without any swagger of sinew or strength
 Professional strong men are as clev- CT al make up as a society actress The latter larishes attention on face and neck. while breast and ribs muscles and throat occupy the former for hours ere the camera confronts them A few lines about tbe body add pounds to the weight of a strong man tin the pie ture); 6 studied pose imparts sddi- tional formidability
 ''The veins of a certain professional Hercules protrude like whipcord in the photographic cabinet He dusts them with powdered ultramarine and treats the high parts of the muscles with in- dian red Otherwise his picture would appear quite ordinary. Cincinnati Enquirer
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-08
A GENUINE PHlLANTHRoPlsT

'P. D. Armour has given another SS5,0O0 to an institution that bears his name and thousands in want within sight of hls windows. How God Almighty will swat these pur- chasers Of a name, the News wot's not."-Williams News.
 There are some people in the world who are always wanting to tell oth- CTS what they should do with their money as we'll as to give them ad- vice in other matters. If the editor ot the above paper, which criticises Mir. Armour's action in endowing an educational institution, had one quarter of the money that Mir. Ar mour expends annually in charity he would never need to publish an- other issue of the News. MT. Ar mour has given over S2,0O0,0OO ID all to the above educational institution alone He supports at his own e1- pense ope of the largest and finest kindergartens in the world, e1clu- sively for the children of the poor, and there IS no man rich enough to pay for tuition to any child in it. spends thousands upon thousands annually for the relief of poor peo- pie, and whenever presented with a subscription paper for any worthy charitable object he refuses 10 sub scribe any given amount but tells those in charge to go ahead aud raise what they can and then call on him for the balance they are short and he will make it up. It Is doubt ful if there is another man in the country W gives with such lavish instituted measure to charitable ob- iects as does MT Armour. It is said of him that he spends his entire ID come over his own expense of living in this way, and he is possessed of millions of dollars worth ol good in- come property and one can form same idea of what this means. MT. Armour is a genuine philanthropist.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-08
Nice Lit,,e Hint For George

4 business man has 8 daughter and also a confidential clerk. and the conf dential clerk has for some time been at- tentive to the daughter. but he has moi or had not a month ago-sufficient courage to come to the point. though the young woman. goodness knows, has never done anything to scare him of, for he is a first class fellow in every re- spect The other evening he was mak- ing a call and about g o'clock her ia ther came in
 ''Ah. George, he said. ''how about that deal we were talking about this afternoonf Did you see the partyf"
 ''Yes, sir. replied George "and ] expected to see you this evening and tell you about it
 My dear. said the father. turning to his daughter, will you retire for a few minutesl George wants to speak business for awhile
 The daughter rose up. but hesitated
 ''Why do have to gof" she asked doubtfuIly
 Because. dear. smiled the father. you are not interested Why do you want to stay?"
 She blushed and started out.
 Because, papa, she twittered. ''I' rather like tO hear George talk business just once
 Then George got red and the father looked at them both significantly, and the girl fled. London Answers