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Ticket ofiice, 1884 y. Y. ave, and on board
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G1- tor further information apply at gen.
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" ANTED- CoIored to wash. iron. and
cook in family of two; must stay nights;
refs g2l r 81. II
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NANTED-Gerrnln COOK BOSTON CAFE, 6i3
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
FERRETS AT SUPPER.

in keepers side pocket. They are, of
course, carnivorous, but in captivity
thrive on plain bread and milk, with an
occasional rat or bird thrown in for a
luxury.
On this side of the Atlantic ferrets
have been seldom used except by some
men who have made business of rat
catching, i. e., clearing buildings, ships,
ETC., of rats. One reason for this may
be the comparative scarcity of the bur
rowing rabbit. The methods employed
in hunting rabbits with ferrets are two.
If it is desired to bag the rabbit, i. e.,
catch him alive, for coursing with ter
riers or any other purpose, loose nets
are spread over the mouths of the bur.
row, into which the bunny bolts and be-
comes entangled. More usually the
rabbits are simply bolted into the open,
so affording very lively snap-shooting,
especially when there is plenty of COW
ert, and it becomes necessary to bowl
the swift-footed little beasts over while
they are crossing some strip of ground
no wider than an ordinary road.
1t is common to find persons mani
Testing the utmost repugnance to these
animals, which may be due partly to
their snakelille way of coiling together
in tight knot in the straw of their
hutch, and partly to the idea that they
are unclean and unsavory.
Like the domestic pig, the ferret may
frequently be unclean-because it has
no chance to be otherwise. This is the
fault of those human beings who will
not clean the hutch or pig pen, as tke
case may be. For example, when they
are fed bird or a rat, they never touch
the skin, and this of course should be
removed, as it will speedily become of.
fensive.-N. Y. World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
FERRETs ARE USEFUL.
In Europe They Are Used ns Aids by
Sportsmen and for Kidding
Houses of Rats.

The ferret, practically unknown in
this country, is an almost indispensa-
BILE adjunct of country life in England.
There this fierce, snakelile little auimal
is used for hunting rats and rabbits
from their burrows, and never game
keeper but has hutch that serves as
q home for the little 'varmints."
The ferret is regarded variously by
naturalists as an albino variety of
weasel, or a deviation from the usual
type of the polecat. 1t differs from the
polecat mostly in color, which is usual
ly yellowishwhite, though the coat
sometimes runs considerably darker,
or pure white. The eyes are pinky-red
and sharp as needles. The animal
measures about IA inches, exclusive of
its tail, which is about five inches long.
In practical use for the purpose of
boiling rats or rabbits from their holes,
the ferret has to be used when hungry,
so as TO make it fierce, and is almost in
variably muzzled to prevent it from
killing its quarry and then sleeping Off
it's gorge in the burrow. 1t often has a
bell attached to it's neck to aid in To-
eating it's whereabouts when under
ground.
Ferrets are very susceptible to cold,
and need warm hutches and bedding
while in the field, and they often travel
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
THE DUTCH HOUSEWIFE.
Her Love of Home, Says an English
Writer, Comes Very Near Akin
to Worship.

The Dutch woman is before and above
all things a housewife. Indeed, her
love of home comes very near akin TO
worship, and the greatest compliment
that can be paid to her is to praise the
neatness and sweetness of the house
that is her kingdom. She is famous all
the world over for her remarkable
cleanliness, and even in the very poor
quarters of the cities, where the houses
are small and crowded together, the
windows are daintily decked with cur
tains of spotless white, the rooms well
swept and tidy, the humble furniture
carefully busted and polished. This de-
sire for cleanliness, in fact almost
amounts to a craze, and housewives
and servants alike evince a strong par
tiality for scrubbing, cleaning and
washing. Even in well-to-do families
domestic training is considered nat
ural and necessary adjunct to the
daughters education, and each has GER
tain household duties apportioned to
her. She is likewise taught to make her
own dresses, to knit her own stockings,
and to keep her wardrobe in repair.
Nor does she shirk these duties as it is
to be feared so many of her English sis
ters do; on the contrary, they are car
ried out faithfully, cheerfully, and as
matter of course, and it is due to this
excellent training in her girlhood that
the Dutch woman makes so model
housewife. We might go further and
say that it is through this training
that the Dutch girl has earned the rem
utation of being free and light OF
heart, and stranger to the feeling of
ennui," since she is always healthful-
Iy and helpfully employe yed.-The Girls
Realm
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
A RAINY DAY.
hall I doR

"oh, dear" said Ned, what shall dof
1t rains so very hard
can't go out to play at all,
Not even in the yard
It's Just as mean as 1t can be
That it should rain to-day
And am forced to stay indoors
And have no chance to play"
Come up into the attic, Ned"
Called out his sister Bess.
There's lots of curious things up there.
Well have some fun, guess"
And soon they climbed the attic stairs.
Against the window pane
And on the shingles overhead
They heard the beating rain,
Around among the curious things"
They played and romped and ran;
Ned found cap and sword and gun,
And was soldier man;
While Bessie dressed in trailing gowns
That swept the attic floor,
And played that she was very rich
And kept ten-cent store.
Then Bessie she was very sick
And Ned was Doctor Gray;
He felt her pulse, and hawed and
"hemmed,"
And then he said good-day.
When he got home he sent his bill
Twas cheap enough she said
Twas forty dollars were she well,
And fifty were she deadI
Chen Ned became a circus clown,
And played beneath a tent;
And when the circus came along,
OF course Miss Bessie went.
The clown he hoped and danced and sang
Till Bessie laughed: "Oh, dear!
/ never seed a funny man
Who acted quite so queer"
And while they played it ceased to rain,
The sun shone in the room.
"Oh, dear!" said Ned, II hate to stop
From playing quite so soon"
me, too," Miss Bessie said.
We've had such fun at play
A splendid, jolly time-I wish
'Twould rain most every day."
William G. Patten, in Golden Days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
HoNoRS FOR A wARHoRSE.
Confederate Veterans Attend the
Funeral of an Equine
COmrade.

Colonel, a veteran war horse of the
confederacy, was buried with military
honors a short time ago at Oak Grove,
ten miles from Atlanta, Ga. When
Cobb's legion was organized, company
G was made up of young men from that
and adjoining counties, and among
them were the two Greer boys, Walter
and VIII. They took along colt which
they named Colonel, which was about
as ugly specimen of horseflesh as you
would see in weeks travel. He was
tall, raw-boned, long-headed and knock
kneed. lie was of that peculiar saliow
color that is neither bay nor sorrel,
the hair was meager on his name and
tail, and he was as clumsy as he was
ugly. Colonel was only used in eases
of emergency as a cavalry horse, but
he had the merit of toughness, and his
fortitude and fidelity were demon
strated on many long, hard march
and in many hot fight.
The legion was sat first commanded
by Col. Thomas II r. Cobb, an eminent
iurist-soldier apd one of the most gal
liant of GeorSjAns, until his fall, when
other ofliceEgin turn led the decimated
ranks through the arduous campaigns
of northern Virginia. At Seven Pines,
Bunker Hill, Sharpsburg, Banks Mills,
and many other bloody battles Colonel
was in charge.
On one occasion the union forces
stole march on the legion at Meadow
Bridge, and they only escaped capture
by instant and rapid fight, leaving
their baggage and camp equipage in
the hands of the federal troopers.
Among the spoils of war thus acquired
was Colonel. He had been seized by
federal trooper and led back to the
rear. The legion retreated until
stronger position was reached beyond
the long bridge, when they made a
stand. In the gathering twilight SEN
tries We're posted so as to command
the bridge, and the troopers dismounted
and remained on the alert for the fed
erals, whom they expected momentar-
lily to follow up their advantage by
charging the bridge. Just about dark
the sentries were aroused by the clat-
ter of hoofs approaching the bridge,
duu thCh lllS IhuluSI VI ii SdllOIDlng
steed on the planking. They supposed
it was body of scouts from the federal
cavalry, and made ready to give them
a warm reception. All they saw, how
ever, was a riderless horse dashing
along the bridge at the top of his speed.
1t was Colonel with new federal halter
on his neck. He had given his captors
the slip, and had followed his comrades
as fast as his clumsy heels could carry
him. He was welcomed in the camp
with ringing cheers, and ever afterward
he was held in the highest esteem by
every man in the legion.
After long service in the Virginia
army, Cobb's legion was ordered to
the support of Gen. Joseph f. John
ston, who was posted at Dalton, con-
fronting Gen. Sherman's victorious
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
BEARS EAT INSULATORS.
They Thought They Were Crab APP
PIES Some Other DeIicncy
Dear to Bruins Appetite.

A railway cannot get along satisfac-
torily without a telegraph line. For
every train that is run on the road
dozen kilograms are sent over the wire,
and it would be dangerous operation
to send out train without this con-
slant supervision. In northern Maine,
some years ago, railroad was laid, and
the usual telegraph line erected by its
side, but it looked for time as if the
road would have to be abandoned. The
telegraph acted as if bewitched; every
day there was break in certain patch
of woods, and in nearly every case the
insulators were found to have been
either broken or torn from the wire and
pole. No one could imagine why per-
sons should commit such damage from
mere malice, and there certainly could
be no monetary reward in stealing in
sulators worth a few cents each. The
company hired detectives, and finally
discovered that bears were doing all
the mischief. One man suggested that
the bears thought the insulator knobs
were crab apples, but of course no one
knows the real reason. So the company
invited some hunters to camp in that
patch of timber, and an short time the
bears emigrated to some place where il
was safer to climb telegraph poles.-
Golden Days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13

produce a tone the sound of which is
regulated by the length and thickness
of the rod. A pin fastened to board
by its point and put in vibration
(struck) by nail or a strong needle is
no exception to this rule. Whether
arranged in rows, as shown in figure
l, or in a circle, pins will vibrate when
Struck and the tone may be made to
conform to a certain scale of tune by
inserting the pins at greater or less
depth in the board.
Figure 2 represents row of pins ar
ranged in a circle and touched by
needle, which is set in motion by hot
air wheel.
Carefully examine figure 2 and you
will easily see how the device may be
made. Half-inch pine boards will do,
or even shingles, for the framework,
and the air wheel should be made of
paper after the manner of the ordinary
whirligig. WaXed twine will serve to
connect the whirligig wheel with the
wheel that moves the needle, and the
machine should be made as light and
easy-runninga possible, but the sound
ing board, or base, should be made of
well-seasoned, close-grained wood. To
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
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SELECTION OF MEAT.
Prime and Otherwise and Their
Peculiar Values.

The prime steer used for beef pur-
poses weighs about 700 pounds dressed.
of this amount there are in the carcass
two sets of first quality ribs, consist
ing of seven ribs in each set and weigh
ing about 40 pounds per set. There are
also two loins weighing about 40
pounds each. There is, on an average,
175 pounds of choice beef in each we'll
regulated steer, but some butchers
lave been known to sell porterhouse
from carcass after everything was
gone but the horns. The remainder of
the beef, after the choicest has been cut
away, is called the "misnomer," from
the fact that it sells at lower price.
A large percentage of the most nutri-
tious meat is found in the coarser cuts,
but nearly everyone demants part of
the 175 pounds, which is false idea of
domestic economy as well as judgment.
Practical experience has shown that
the utilization of the chucks, the best
part of the round, the chump, flank, the
plate, and brisket gives the best re-
suits and is conducive of better health
than the higher-priced meats. Such
parts need more attention while cook
ing, however, yet the many tempting
dishes that may be made from them
more than repay for all extra trouble.
The average housewife may not know
1t, but nevertheless it is fact that
butchers who are daily and hourly
handling all kinds of cuts of beef al
most invariably choose for their own
consumption flank steak. They say it
is more savory and just as tender as
the tenderloin, which cut the butcher
seldom eats. The flank steak is situ-
ated between the inside and outside
layers of the creamy-colored fat in the
flank, and when taken from well-fed
stock is excellent. 1t costs at the mar
ket but half as much as porterhouse or
sirloin.
An old butcher once told me that the
best piece of meat in the bullock for
making a dish of boiled beef is the
close-grained top piece over the shoul
der blade.
Meat adhering to the ribs makes
much more satisfactory steak than the
so-called sirloin and costs but little.
This piece may be larded and served as
is filet de bouef. 1t is also quite accept
able as Mignon steak. - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13

army. Throughout the long and hard
fought campaign, from Dalton to Ken
nesaw mountain, Atlanta and Jones'
boro, Colonel followed the fortunes
and misfortunes of the retreating army.
When the confederates under Hood
turned backward and began their re-
treat toward North Carolina Colonel
was still one of the most faithful OF
campaigners. The roads were rough
and the forage grew woefully scarce
on that long retreat to Bentonville.
AT the close of hostilities he was
brought back to Atlanta and hitched
to dray. 1t is told of him that for many
years, while hauling heavy loads along
the muddy streets, he would prick up
his ears at the sound of bugle, and
it was somewhat difficult to control him
on such occasions. He began to grow
old and feeble, however, and when the
Greer boys died Colonel fell into the
hands of their brother-in-law, ]. T.
Dempsey, of Oak Grove. Mr.. Dempsey
was well-to-do farmer and he turned
the veteran war horse into a pasture
and gave him his freedom after so many
y cars VI lullnlul SERVICE DOIn IN war
and peace. Mr.. Dempsey had intended
to bring him to the city during the
peace jubilee, but the old horse had
grown too feeble to stand the journey,
and the project was abandoned. few
days ago he was found dead in his stall.
He was one of the last surviving horses
of the confederacy, and must have been
close to 40 years of age. That he pos
sessed extraordinary vitality is evil
denced by the fact that he survived so
long after the tolls of his long cam
paigns, and after having served fer
years as a dray horse after his days of
camp and field were over.
A large grave was dug under the
shade of a great oak in the pasture
where Colonel had spent his last days.
The members of the confederate vet
erans' camp at Oak Grove marched be-
hind the body to the grave and fired
parting salute. This is one of the
few instances where such military hon
ors were paid to hcrsc. but everyone
present thought that tie tribute to
Colonel was ve.l bestowed.--N Z. Sun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
GIRLS PARTY DRESS.
An Airy Creation with Which to De-
light the Heart of the school
Maiden.

The thing that delights child most
is a party. This is specially true of
girls, for even though they are young,
their minds turn with natural feminin-
ity toward pretty dress at sound of
the word party.
In touring the shops and places of
business of leading modistes, your cor
respondent was pleased to notice that
very little silk is employed in the
construction of children's dresses this
year. In lieu of silk there are pretty
lawns, thin organdies and dainty mulls
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13

properly place the pins to make the de-
sired tune drive them in very slowly,
testing their sound frequently, and as
soon as pin is at the proper pitch"
or gives the desired sound leave it and
pass to the next one. The pins must be
straight and strong and placed in per-
feet circle.
When the pin-music machine is COM
pleted arrange it on a shelf or box, so
that it will stand with the air-wheel
portion six or eight inches above an
ordinary lamp. The hot air from the
lamp will make the air-wheel revolve;
this will make the needle move along
the circle of pins and play tune.-J.
Christian Bay, in Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-13
I'm THE SOLDIERS CEMETERY AT
ARIINGTON.1

Ye are many, ye are mighty and your feet
they trample hard
Ye have trod the mountains under, and
the sea.
The sea ye, too, have conquered, but within
this quiet yard
1t is I, the grass, am master; bark to me.
Ye have torn me in your marches, Scared
me deep with hoof and heel,
And my dewy sward have rolled in dust
and blood,
When amid the cannon-thunder een the
forest seemed to reel.
And your battle shook the hillside where
ye stood.
Were we victors? Twas not Carthage won
by Trasimene's lake,
Nor the Britons mid the wheat at Wa
terloo,
For my creeping. crowding legions from
them both the field did take,
As took the heights of Gettysburg from
you.
But I hate the battle fury as hate the
crawling sea.
With its wrinkled swinging tides that
cannot cease;
Sweeter far to me the woodland where the
dappled shadows be,
Or the graveyard with it's lilies and it's
peace.
Nay. will be done with mocking. my
masters, naught am
But the clinging lowly grass about your
feet,
Growing green and cool around you, tired
eyes to satisfy,
And weaving, when all's done, your wind
ing-sheet.
Sleep ye well Men bring you roses but
they wither in the sun
Bring them in the May with music and a
sound,
AS of old, of timed footsteps; but when all
the pomp is done,
In the stiffness tbs my small roots wrap
you round,
Fold you close, and so will keep you till Po-
tomac shall run dry,
And the stars go out like camp-fires in
the skies,
Till the shivering sea shall perish, and the
huddling mountains fly
And the judgment bugle blowing bids you
rise.
William Hervey Woods, in Youths Com
panion.