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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09

the wood. In the meantime my scab-
bard got itself hopelessly entangled in
a bush, and the more tried to get it
loose the more it stuck the faster So
told my men to form at the edge of the
wood and wait for me. Then / cut the
straps and left my broken scabbard in
the bush, while, with naked blade fash
ing in my hand, l rushed to the front.
Not man could l find. They were
anxious to see the fun, and had run over
the brow of the hill, and scattered along
the whole length of the line. After in
finite difficulty, many words and more
temper, / got them together again.
'We were barely in position when 1
heard a distant cannon, and at the same
instant saw the ball high in the air. AS
near as / could calculate, it was going to
strike exactly where / stood, and dis
mounted with remarkable agility, only
to see the missile of war pass 60 feet
overhead. / felt rather foolish as l
looked at my men, but good deal re-
lieved when l saw that they, too, had
squatted on the ground, and none of
them were looking at me. / quickly
mounted again and commanded them
to stand up We were ordered to
charge soon after, and the enemy easily
gave way before us, for which 1 was
most devoutly thankful. We passed
some dead and wounded, the first sad
results of real war that l had ever seen.
At night black clouds overspread the
sky, the rain fell in torrents, not even
n campfire could be kept to light up the
impenetrable gloom. I stretched my
self upon the soaked ground. The pale,
rigid faces that l had seen turned up to
the evening sun appeared before me as
I tried in vain to shield my own from
the driving rain, and as the big foot Of
comrade, laundering around in the
darkness, splashed my eyes full of mud,
closed them in my first sleep upon a
battlefield. ."-Chums.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
portlnnd,s Old Ere Horse.

In Portland, Ore, there is big bay
horse named Jerry, which is go years
old, and for II years has faithfully
served the city in the fire department.
Anyone who has seen a fireman's
horse in active service will know that
Jerry has certainly earned his board.
Now Jerry has become old and is in
clined to be stiff in the joints. Under
such circumstances private owner
generally takes out his faithful serv-
ant and knocks him on the head, un-
der pretense that it is mercy to
him, but the city of Portland thinks
otherwise. So the fire commission
ers have decided that they will not
sell the old fellow to be starved and
abused, nor will they "mercifully"
kill him, but that he is to have free
hay and oats at the expense of the
CITY as long as he lives.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09

him with other weapons-a good, hard
pair of fists. / was more active boxer
than he, and Mr.. CAPTAIN got it good
and hard. swung on him with my
right, and when his head went over to
one side from the blow, / knocked it
back with my left. Then / uppercut
him, and followed that up with a
straight one in the nose, and, by way of
establishment, blackened one of his
eyes.
by this time the captain yelled to
the men to arrest me. If he hadn't they
never would have done so; they were
not bit sorry to see the captain well
dressed out, for he was intensely un-
popular. Invent to the guard house and
the whole story came out on my trial.
The offense which / had committed was
punishable even by death, but all the
punishment | got was reduction to the
ranks and a transfer to another COM
pany-the latter part of which SEN
tence was highly to my liking. g."-Buf-
falo News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09

Dusen, of Evansville, Ind, nine years
ago; soon after their marriage. Prob
ably no other person in the federal
building at Dallas is so well informed
in the documentary department of the
institution as is Mrs. Van Dusen. She
has been in charge of an enormous
number of papers, many of them form
ing parts of the records of some of the
most noted criminal and civil cases in
the history of the United States
courts. Mrs. Van Dusen was born in
Hillsboro, N. C. Her father was Rob-
ert O'Danel, of the County Cork, Ire
land; her mother was Miss Jackson,
of Virginia, a cousin of the immortal
"Stonewall" Jackson, of confederate
military fame. 1t will thus be seen
that the new deputy marshal comes OF
"good fighting stock" Marshal Green
says he will arm Mrs. Van Dusen with
the regulation weapons, aud insist
that she "carry gum" the same as a
man. If she does, there is no doubt
she will know how to use it, in case OF
Secessity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
Ila|j;|I|'s{a;a|agjAAlEgstfk *
MA SJIS5tssyAES I
SS4S 20 r.
DRESSED THE MARTIEET.
A Private who Gave His Captain n
Good DrubbinE for His
Abuse.

"Yes," said n veteran of the civil war,
who possessed medal for gallant serv-
ices. 81 went into the army private
and 1 came out private, but that
doesn't signify that ! never went any
higher. l was pretty young when the
war broke out, and there were many
fellows in the company who would
naturally be considered for promotion
before would, but, nevertheless, after
about n years service, was promoted
to be n sergeant.
"But the honor didn't last very long,
and the way in which reduction to the
ranks came about is characteristic of
the spirit which dominated the volun-
teer organizations and the state of dis
cipline which prevailed.
"You know you couldn't treat private
soldiers in the volunteer regiments in
the army in precisely the manner regu-
lar soldiers are treated. In the first
place, the officers of the regiment were
elected. which believe to be subversive
to good discipline, for man who votes
for an officer has sort of feeling that
that officer is under some obligations to
nlIn-JHdJ, III SnOTb, ilc HAS d Plopiic-
tary interest in the officer Again, the
men and officers were social equals in
civil life. and in some instances the Of
ficers were of humber occupations
than the men who served under them.
"Well, my downfall came about
through the conduct OF the captain of
my company. If there ever was an ar
rogant, eXasperating dog, it was he.
He was good soldier and n brave man,
but his elevation had n bad effect on his
head-his capital piece was swelled be-
yond all reason. He treated his men as
men before the mast are supposed to be
treated by the most brutal masters of
ships.
"Well," continued the veteran, 81 had
n hard time of it with this martinez.
The most ordinary order was given in
the most insulting manner. He never
lost an opportunity to humiliate me
and wound my feelings. If l had been
an habitual offender against good dis
ciplne instead of a pretty good observ-
er of it, / could not have been worse
used.
But the end came at last. One day
when ! had been detailed for guard
duty Capt. - discovered trifling Of
fense against regulations which had
committed. That was his opportunity,
and he used it with n malicious salts
faction. / was ordered to report to
him, and was on my way when / met
him in the company street in the pres
ence of a large number of soldiers.
"He stopped me and began to abuse
me like thief and scoundrel. One to
hear him talk would imagine that l was
a captured deserter. was technically
to blame, and so could do nothing but
grind my teeth and bear it ALL although
] grew hotter every minute.
FINALLY, encouraged, perhaps, by my
submission, this man applied n vile
epithet to me.
"Then it was all off. slammed my
musllet to the ground and sprang at
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
FINGERS AND FIGURES.
New Method OF Teaching the Multi
pIication Table Invented by
Polish PcdngOguc.

The boys and girls in the schools of
Poland are taught a method of multi
plication by the use of the fingers.
1t is said that the little people find it
much more interesting than studying
so many multiplication tables. This
method is used in multiplying num-
bers above 8; below that the children
commit to memory the few short
tables necessary. That they may
learn the finger process readily, in
the beginning the numbers are writ
ten with pencil on the tingernails. The
method is as follows:
The thumb represents 6, the first
finger z, the middle finger 8, the next
0, and the little finger 10.
To multiply any of these numbers
the fingers that represent the multi
plier and multiplicand, or the num-
bers to be multiplied, are placed to-
gether as illustrated.
For example, to multiply 8 by 9, the
fourth finger of the left hand Count
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
FIG. -13x14.

latter part of the operation, and 100
is always added to the final result.
To multiply 13 by IA place the
fingers representing those numbers
together (the third ON the right hand
and the fourth on the left). AS be-
fore, add the upper fingers, including
the two that touch, there are Il; with
cipher, 20. Now multiply the same
fingers that were just added, that is
the and upper fingers that were
added to make and now used again
and multiplied-4x3 equals ~. This
12 with the 70 makes 50, and adding
the 100, the final result is 1872, or 13
times IA.
Any number from II to IS multi
piled in this way will give correct re-
suits, as in the case of the smaller
numbers.
This finger multiplication was in
vented by Procopovitch, Polish
mathematician, who carries his meth
cd into many and much mora difficult
combinations. Jean Ely, in N. Y.
Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
Youngest Drummer boy.

w. p. Malott, of this city, thinks
that one of the drummer boys who
served under him was the youngest
boy in the civil war. Mr.. Malott was
leader of the band of the Twenty-frst
Indiana regiment, j. w. Mcmillan,
colonel. Eddy Black, one of his
drummers, was just eight and a half
years old when he Joined the band
in 1861. He remained with the regi-
ment for over a. year, until congress
discharged all the regimental bands.
Eddie died u few years after he came
home. He was brother of Charles
ii. Black, the carriage manufacturer.
of this city.-Indianapolis News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
IS A LAW OFFICER.
Mrs. Van Dusen, n Charming Texas
Widow, Appointed n Deputy
United States Marshal.
Democrat.

Mrs. EmEs- Van Dusen, the first
woman in Texas to be sworn in as a
deputy United States marshal, has just
assumed that position in the head
quarters of the northern district of
Texas, at the federal building in Dal-
las, under United States Marshal
George II. Green. Mrs. Van Dusen, a
young and accomplished widow, has
been connected with the office of the
clerk of the federal court at Dallas
since a short time after the death of
her husband, Charles Palmer Van
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
FIG. 2-7x9.

10, the first obtained, you have 70, the
product of 9 and 8.
The second illustration, showing the
multiplying of and o, may be clear
ly seen. Joining the second finger OF
the right hand to the fourth of the
left, and counting these two with
those above-there are 6; adding a
cipher-60. Below there are on one
hand and l on the other, 3x1 equals 3,
which, added to 60, equals 63, or 7x9.
Multiplying by with the joining
of the thumbs works out as follows:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
THEY ARE INSEPARABLE.

cherished warm attachment to the
dog, who returned it. They did not
separate, but slept in the same kennel
and wherever the dog went the goose
followed, and they were rarely, ii
ever, more than a few feet apart. The
yequel of the story is rather sad. The
owner of the dog had to leave and the
goose was left to pine without it's COM
panion. The incident is described by
writer in the Field.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
FIG. 3-6X6.

Adding the thumbs, being no fingers
above-2; with cipher, 20. Multiply
ing the fingers below, AKA equals 16,
added to 90, equals 36, or 6X6.
Any of these numbers represented
on the fingers can be multiplied in
this way with almost perfect results.
A somewhat similar process can be
used with the higher numbers, the
thumb representing IL, and so on. In
this case there is change in the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
Wisdom of the West.

"We find" said the foreman of the
western jury, that If, as the prisoner
says, the shootin' was accidental, then
he ought to hang; fer in these gun af-
fairs man oughter know his own mind.
1t oughter be shoot to kill or no shoot
A man who has accidents happen to
him with gun is dangerus to our soci-
ETY., an oughter be put out of the way
fer the safety of respectable folks"-
Philadelphia North American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
FIG. 1-Sx9.

ing always the thumb as the first
finger) and the third finger of the
right hand are placed tip to tip.
Counting these two fingers thus
joined with those above, on both
hands, there are z; add cipher, and
you have 20. Below these Z fingers
there are on the right hand and
on the left, multiplying one by the
other: 2x1 equals 2. Adding this 2 to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
ExceiIent Coush Ml.ture.

Take two ounces Of honey, four
ounces of treacle, seven ounces of best
vinegar, mix them in an enameled
saucepan and simmer over the fire for
n quarter of an hour. When cool add
two drachms of ipecacuanha wine.
Take one tablespoonful every four
hours. This mixture IL particularly
good for children.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
New s.nmr. for CoIIeetor..

In honor of the four hundredth an
niversary of the discovery of Brazil in
May, 1900, there will shortly be spe.
cial issue of stamps, as follows; Dis
covery of Brazil, 100 reis; independ.
ence, 200 reis; abolition, 500 reisi re.
public, TOO reis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
INSEPARABLE FRIENDS.
Wherever This Dog Goes the Goose
Which He Once Befriended Is
Sure to Follow Him.

Animal friendships are curious at
times. For example, look at the il
lustration, which represents Cana
dian goose that is devoted to dog.
The goose lives at Vancouver, British
Columbia, where it was being worried
by several Indian dogs, when the large
dog shown in the picture interfered
and saved it's life. Since then the goose
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
Her Inten.e Pam.

Cholly-Your papa knocked me out
when asked him for your hand.
Miss Gabby-Papa Is so Intense. He
puts his whole sole into everything he
ertakes.-Baltimore American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
Baked Almond Pudding.

Beat fine in mortar four ounces OF
almonds with few bitter ones, and a
little unfermented grape juice. Beat
up separately the yolks of six eggs.
CRATE the peel Of two lemons, four
ounces of butter, three half-pints of
cream and the juice of one lemon.
Mix all these ingredients we'll togeth-
er; make rich paste, put it in the
bottom of a dish, pour the above upon
it and bake half An hour. Serve plain
or with liquid sauce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09
COnspiratOrs.

"The poor man had five doctors and
still he died."
"And now there is no way of know
ing which of them did it!"-N. Y.
World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09

Ida--What does it mean when man
has rougish smile?
May-It means that he is going to
steal kiss.-Chicago Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-09

Hippopotamus ivory at one time was
much used for artificial teeth.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12
KNIFE EMBEDDED IN A TREE.
1t IL Supposed to De One That KILLED
an Indian More Than .
Century Ago.

The finding of a knife that killed an
Indian lis years ago was recently
made under rather curious circum-
stances. While saving logs on the
Reynolds and Meter mill, at Harman,
Randolph county, w. Va, the saw
came in contact with hard substance.
On examination it was found that the
saw had struck knife that was i'm
bedded in log to n depth of lis years
growth, and which is supposed to have
been there lis years.
Jackson Summerville, an aged citi-
zen of Harman, says the knife is ex-
actly like the one which his father
often described to him when, as a
boy, he used to listen to him tell about
the narrow escape he had at the hands
of the Indians. His father was fleeing
from band of Indians one night, but
was overtaken by one of them on top
of mountain, when terrific haud-to-
hand encounter ensued. Summerville
succeeded in killing the Indian with a
knife. 1t was late at night, and, not
knowing which way to go for safety,
he stuck the knife in tree and hid un-
til morning, and then forgot the knife
until he had travelled long distance.
The tree in which the knife was found
the Indian was killed.
The knife will be deposited with the
State Historical society, together with
statement of the circumstances of
| its discovery.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12
THE QUEENS HINDUsTANL
Language After Many years
of study.

II will be handed down to pos Gritty,
says Pearson's Magazine, as one of the
most astounding proofs of Queen Vic
toria's vast intellectual attainments
that--in spite of all duties and respon-
sibilities, in spite of the fact that she
has devoted so much time to the study
of politics as to become one of the
greatest living authorities on the prac-
tical politics of Europe-she has vet so
completely mastered most difficult
language that she has been able to
make II custom to note the daily
events of her life in Hindustani, in a
diary kept for this special purpose. and
to speak the language with fluency.
For more than ten years 1t has been
the queens custom to devote part of
every day to instruction in the chief
language of her Indian subjects and in
eHriching her mind with the intellect
ual treasure of the east.
! Her majesty has surprised many of
her Indian visitors by making unex-
pected observations in good Hindustani.
| AS every one knows. she is almost in
variably attended upon, at home, by
one or more of her faithful, picturesque
and courteous Indian servants. But 1t
is not common knowledge that the
queen always speaks to her servants in
their native language. Nevertheless.
this is the case-however small the re-
mark, however important the com
mand. whether it is a simple request
for q meal or serious matter of state,
it is made in Hindustani.
Universal admiration has been ex-
pressed at the determination of the
queen, at an advanced age, not only to
learn to speak Hindustani, but also to
take an interest in the literature of In
dia, and TO acquaint herself with the
ideas, wants and aspirations of her
oriental subjects in their own language
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12
SOUTHERN YANKEES.
Characteristics Of New Eng
land Type.

Every true Yankee should look with
great deal of quiet, internal pride
upon the Yankee-evolving south. That
an Englishman under a southern sun
should ever become a genuine Yankee
has often been despaired Of. 1t is now
swelling fact. When the Spaniards
called Lee Yankee year ago, it
pleased the south, though there is as
yet comparatively small spot on the
southern map where the Yankee
sprung out of the very soil threatens
to oustrip his own blood elsewhere.
The soil, says the Criterion, out of
which the southern Yankee is spring
ing with such robust energy extends
from Lynchburg, Va, on the east. and
Bristol, Tenn, on the west, to Eufaula
and Birmingham. Ala. on the south.
It is about 500 miles in length, and
from 200 to 300 miles in breadth. 1t
embraces the iron, coal and cotton
mill site, and decidedly the most inter-
esting phase of all this energy here is
the cotton mill. for this phase is the
latest and is developing more of the
genuine characteristics of the New
England Yankee in the southern man
than elsewhere In the country.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12

A gentleman of the old school said
some years ago: "When l was young
two gentlemen meeting in the street
took off their hats to each other; a
few years later and the bow had
ceased; then came a time when they
merely touched the brims of their hats;
and now jerk of the chin and little
grunt-'H'm, h'm'-is considered suf-
ficient salutation between two men of
quality and fashion" The habit of re-
naming uncovered in the presence of
ladies died hard, but it is good many
years since the late Lord D. was
conspicuous as the only man who al
ways stood bareheaded in the crush of
the opera. "Mesdames," said an old
lady, some fifty years ago, in reply to
some complaints upon the changes in
mems manners, "vous etes descendues
de votre pedestal ls jour ou vous avez
permis aus messieurs de fumer devant
vous." She little thought that in the
days of the granddaughters of the
women whom she was upbraiding the
smoking-room would be common to
both sexes, and the very idea Of stand
ing on q pedestal almost subject of
derision.-Cornhill Magazine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12
spATEp ON THE GROSS ARMS PAY

SEATED ON THE CROSS ARMS PAY
ING OUT THE LINE.
against their bruised shoulders, and
they struggled nightly against it,
and at last it's base seemed to be
pushing from them through the ooz-
ing mud. Then the sectionman
shouted to Ed Conlin to slide.
Hell never slide without Dugan's
boy" said Burns. II know Conlin."
The two heard cry, and Mrs. Du-
gan came scrambling down the bank
Johnny, Johnny, my darlin'l" she
was gasping, and the sectionman,
glacing up, saw Johnny sliding swift
ly down the pole, with rope under his
arms, while the lineman, seated on
the cross-arms. was paying out the
rope. AS Johnny neared the waiting
arms, Ed Conlin dropped the rope and
clasped the slender pole, for the tall
shaft had now swung with his weight
toward the water apd was coming
slowly down.
The sectionman grasped Johnny
Dugan and threw him far up among
the muddy bushes. Then he darted
back from the base of the pole, which
was tearing up a great hole in the
soft bank. 1t came heavily down with
mighty splash on the sullen water,
with the lineman clinging like a cat
halfway up its white sides; and then.
while all except the butt was buried
in the yellow flood, the sectionman
dived out along the side with the
rope in his hands.
"Cracky!" said the policeman. "IE
he ever coming up?''
But ont Of the troubled water Ed
Conlin's steel-olad boots rose to view.
and the sectionman was after them
In frantic haste. He had the rope
around the lineman In a minute. and
BY. the time the, pole was moving to-
ward its rush under the arch, Ed Con-
lin himself, covered with mud. and his
face bleeding from numberless
scratches, was sitting weakly among
the alder-bushes, with the section
man cutting the straps from his
ankles.
well wouldn't that beat vel" said
the policeman. with enthusiasm.
"Yes." said Ed Conlin. "but keep
the Dugan boys off the bridge after
this!"-Charles Tenney Jackson. In
Youths Companion.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12
Spreads Like Wildfire.

When things are 'the best" they
become "the best selling" Abraham
Hare, leading druggist, of Belle
vile, O., writes: electric Bitters
are the best selling bitters | have
handled in 20 years. You know why !?
Most diseases begin in disorders of
stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood
and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up
the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, purifies the blood,
strengthens the nerves, hence cures
multitudes of maladies. 1t builds up
the entire system. Puts new life and
vigor into any weak, sickly, rundown
man or woman. Price 30 cents. Sold
by W. r. Smith & Co., druggists.