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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

arms proved irresistible. He dressed
and went out cautiously and stood
erect in the shadow of a small oak,
near the first stand of muskets.
Gaining courage, he cautiously took
a gun from it's fellows and sat down
to look at it by the moonlight.
1t seemed as if he were a man al
ready as he handled the gun. He
would have marched up and down
with it, only he was little afraid
some one might see him there and
order him to bed.
1t was marvelously still and beauti-
full and solemn, as if the army had
been reabsorbed into mother e~rth
again. The boy dimly felt this solem-
nifty, and with the gun across his lap
he sat and listened with beating heart.
If only they would let him march
in the ranks tomorrow!
Suddenly the cooked hammer of his
gun fell and the flash and it's report
stunned him for moment. 1t seemed
as loud as a cannon shot, and rolled
away in the still air like the crack of
doom.
For three beats of his heart the lad
listened to the echoes bounding from
the hills and stabbing the perfect
stiffness of the night like assassins.
Then a scared picket fred an an
swering shot. Another eXcitable an
swered it; then third, farther away.
With flash of defensive inspiration,
the boy replaced the gun and sour
ried into his tent and lay listening,
like fugitive rabbit A wild, hoarse,
throaty voice arose, a captains voice.
Company X. Fall in! Fall in, fall
In, there!"
A drummer half asleep seized his
drum and began the long roll, that
terrible snarl whose jar brings the
sleeping soldier to his feet as if by
lightning stroke.
Dim forms arose like phantoms. Of
ficers beat and called and swore and
raced to and fro between the tents.
The whole picket line seemed to be
firing. They were like line of bricks,
one shot brought forth another. The
skirmishers took it up like watch
dogs on winter farms and passed the
alarm along in drowsy thoughtless-
ness.
Drum after drum took up the wild
call. The still, beautiful night palpi-
tated with the accelerating crescendo
warning roar.
Regimental bugles added their wild,
sweet reveille and their voices ran
over the hills fainter, family, far in
the valley.
"FALL IN"
Fall in."
"Fall in"
Commands and queries ran along
the regimental camps down the val
ley and over the hills. Before each
group of tents squads of soldiers
formed in line with marvellous celer-
ity.
Old war horses neighed as shadowy
troopers flung rafting saddles over
them. The clauking of accouterments
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Beware OF Ointmcnts for Cntnrrh
Tint Cnnfnln McrcurY.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
o.. contains no mercury, and is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gem
uine.- 1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

that was taken up and passed from
point to point like a low gurgle OF
laughter.
Then jests and muttered oaths
broke from the men. The subdued
clatter of their arms as they broke
ranks died slowly away into silence.
The cavalry bugles walled from the
valley: Lights out"
The army slept again under the
misty blue sky, deluged with the faint
light of the broad and smiling moon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

was heard on all sides. The hohrse,
far-shouting of men to horses ran
back to the river where the wagon
trains lay encamped.
And still the bugles called and tho
drummers played on. With roll after
roll of snarling drums, with bugles
echoing bugles, mile after mile Of
rankedand ready men, the army arose.
Their rise was like the waking of ma
tions on resurrection morn. 1t was
majestic. 1t was terrible.
The boy lying there shuddered with
horror and grew rigid with awe. 1t
seemed that the end of the world
had come suddenly, without warning.
Oh! it was so grand and TERRIBLE!
Then the firing on the picket line
began to die away. The skirmish line
also woke to it's folly.
One by one the near drums ceased
their uproar. One by one the near
bugles fell silent and the distant calls
seemed but sweet echoes, sleepy and
jocular.
Then the army listened. 1t held its
breath there in the glorious moon
light and listened.
Nothing was heard of war. The
cool wind came from the dark noun
tains across the river gentle and ad-
monitive.
Horses moved restlessly and hoarse
words passed along the line. Com
mands and angry inquiry mingled
Nothing was heard from the opposing
legions. All was peaceful, hushed,
solemn.
Near his head in the grass the boy
heard the first chirp of cricket re-
suming his interrupted song.
A horseman galloping wildly along
scattereda new command, mixed with
half iocular oaths. He passed like a
small whirlwind in summer plains
leaving the landscape stiller than be-
fore.
Then the bugles sounded a new
note-a softer note, a drowsy note
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

This is often the case when people strive
to be economical, but where ones health is
concerned it is false economy to be without
simple remedies that cost but moderate
prices. When Mr.. G. w. Durant was liv-
ingat Leominster, Massachusetts,, he wrote: /:
81 have sold several dozens of your Lotion
on the strength of its having cured Inc and
several others of Barbers Itch, as l wrote
you, and l need further supply" Almost
every druggist has Palmer's Lotion, but if
yours does not, send to Solon Palmer, 374
Pearl Street, New York, for samples of
Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Try Grnin-oi Try Grain-oi

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
takes the place Of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it. .GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. the
price of coffee. l5c. and 25cts, per package.
Sold by all grocers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Rest for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you. headache to .
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right Cascarets help nature,
cure you without q gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cnscarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has O.. g. G.
stamped on it, Beware of limitations.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

Who are injured by the use of coffee Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the gro
cery stores a new preparation called
made of pure grains, that takes
the place Of coffee. The most delicate stom.
ach receives it without distress, and but few
can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost ov er
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and 25 cts. per pack
age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
A Lively wake.

Vt hear there was doings at McGhoolie-
hans wake"
'Doings? There wor so nanny foine
fights, me boy, thot tn wake was raypoort-
ed in the sportin' columN indianapolis
Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

A small degree of wit, accompanied By
good sense, is less tiresome in the long run
than great amount of wit without it.-La
Rochefoucald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

when = girls nose gets red when she
cries, and she doesn't care who secs IL. that
settles 1t; her grief in cere.-Atchson
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

You know how you hate some people.
without any particular reason. Well, some
people hate you in the same way-Atchison
Globe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Color.

He--My wife asked me to stop for
a pound of tea.
Grocer-Whatd does she want-blach
or green?
"Why, it seems to me it's a light
cream color she uses."-Philadelph
Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ense FREE

Write to-day to Allen S. Omsted, Leroy.
y. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen.
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bum
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

On the Enemy's Fire, of Course.
~ think the enemy has got our
range, captain" said the officer of the
day.
"How in the world are we to cool
our dinnerP" replied the captain, alb
Observation-Disclosures to Eat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

Kemps Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles % and 90
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
There n. m Chs. ofPeopIe

Coffee and political principles should have
good grounds.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

Any act is meritorious that is not misit.
Chicago Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

sicksome disease peculiar to her fast
developing in her system She to her family physician
and tells him story, but not the whole story
She holds back something loses her head becomes ag
forgets what she wants and finally conceals
what ought have told and this completely mystes
the doctor.
Is it wonder therefore, that the doctor fails to the
disease Still cannot blame the woman for it is
barassng detail of the symptoms of her suffering
even to her family physician This is the reason why
hundreds of thousands of women are now in cOrre-
spondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To
her they give symptom that when she ready
advise them she is possession of more facts from her
correspondence with the patient than the physician
Following we publish letter from woman showing the
letters are considered absolutely confidential by
Mrs. Pinkham, and published in any way or
without the consent in writing of the patient but
grateful for the health which Mrs.
and her medicine have been able restore them
they only consent to publishing their letters but
write asking that this be dono order that other
who suffer may be benefited by their experience.
Mrs. Ella Rice Chelsea, Wis, writes:
troubled with falling
with bearngown
did could
dooed with this
instead OF better MY husband
medi
concluded advice
advising take Vegetable
bottles felt better
again your Vegetable cured and wish and
did Lydia e. Pinkhams Vege-
grateful for the OF
health RICE Chelsea Wis
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
supply Unequal to Demand.

The friends of the opposition candidate
are always "heelers. ."-Washingto Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

On sunny st. Valentines morning,
when the frost-gems jeweled all out
of-doors, Ibrahim welded the woman
he had won from spite, and the wash
erwoman" took her new daughter in
her arms and class and wealth were
alike rgotten.-Radford Review.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

There is marked difference between mu-
sic and some piano playing.-Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

tReprinted from the Saturday Evening
Post, of Philadelphia, Copyrighted. 1901,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01

Z a.a +. "
affairs, the high gods were pleased to
show their approval of my scheme,
and to give me opportunity to bind
myself to it with solemn oath and
vow. At that moment, from his dis
tant resting place in the east, our
Lord the Sun leaped up to begin an
other day. For long enough. from
where l stood below the crest of the
mountain, he himself would be in
visible. But the great light of his
glory spread far into the sky, and
against It the Ark of the Mysteries
doomed in black outline from the
highest crag where it rested. lonely
and terrible.
ror anyone unauthorized to go
nearer than thousand PAGES to this
storehouse of the highest mysteries
meant instant death. On that day
when I was initiated as one Of the
seven I had been permitted to go near
and once press my lips against its
ample curves; and the rank of my
degree gave me the privilege to re-
peat that salute once on each day
when new year was born. But
what lay inside It's great interior,
and how 1t was entered, that was hid
den from the seven,- even as it was
from the other priests and the COM
mon people in the city below. Only
those who had been raised to the sub
lime elevation of the three had a
knowledge of the dreadful powers
which were stored within 1T.
went down on my knees whore I
was, and Zaemon knelt beside me,
and together we recited the prayers
which had been said by the priests
from the beginning of time, giving
thanks to our great lord that he has
come to brighten another day. And
then, with my eyes fixed on the black
outline Ut the Ark of Mysteries I
vowed that, como what might, at
least would be true servant of the
high gods to my hfs's end, and that
my whole strength should be spent
in restoring their worship and glory.
RIO be continued1
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01

graceful curves; the whole body radiant
with health.
DR.. Perce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women we'll. It dries facilitating
drains, heals Inflammation and ulcera.
ton and cures female weakness. It
makes new women of those premature1y
aged by disease. ;,
uDr. Pierce's medicines ara the best have
ever used" writes Mrs. c. Nelson, of chemawa,
Marion Co., oregon. uMy health was badly
run down when I consulted him by letter. My
limbs were cold and my head hurt me continue
ally. / was SO nervous that the least thing
would startle me almost into commissions. had
palpitation of the heart so ba that could
scarcely walk sometimes. felt :terly discour-
aged, but two bottles of DR.. Pierces Favorite
Prescription and one of Golden Medical Dis
covery' made new woman out of mes
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing onH. Send
81 one-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers, or 81 stamps for it in cloth bind
Ing. Address DIR. R. v. Pierce, No. 66S
Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01

j. h. llUu0,
Dealer in Farm Implements
Headquarters for All that is Best in Farm
Machinery, Buggies,s Wag ons, &c. We
carry the Most Complete Line to
be found in any retail estab-
lshment In the northwest
All goods Warranted. It will be pleasure
to show you our stock and we guar
antee to treat you right.
Here is a Partial List Of few Of the Lead
ing Makes handled by us.
Threshersand Engines
Gaar Scott & Co. Threshing
Binders, Mowers and Hay Rakes:
Dscug Harvesting Machine Co.
Carriages, Buggies and Spring Wagons
Kingman G.o.sithJo Racine Wagon and Carriage Company.
Klblnger & Co.
Hay Leaders:
Rock Island. CB.&Q. Deere Co
Corn Planters.
Deere Go. Hayes. Moline Champion
sulky Plows and Corn Cultivators
Deere s. 90. j. / Case Pow Co. Potter Plow o
GAINESVILLE Machinery Company
Farm Wagons:
Weber. T. G. Mandt. L. O. Rud.
Disc Cultivators
GAINESVILLE Machinery Companp.
Harnesses:
The complete line of Hand and Machine Made Double and
Single Harnesses in the county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
CHAPTER XIV.

SIEGE OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
Now my passage across the great
continent of Atlantis, if tedious and
haunted by many dangers, need not be
recounted in detail here. After some
days Ipassed the black forest and the
country from there onward had at one
time carried sturdy population
which held Its own firmly, and, as its
numbers grew, took in more ground,
and built more homesteads farther
afield. The houses were perched in
trees for the most part, as there they
were out of reach of cave-bear and
caye-tiger and the other more danger
our beasts. But others, and these
were the better ones, were built on the
ground, of logs SO ponderous and so
firmly clamped and dove-tailed that the
beasts could not pull them down; and
once inside a house of this fashion its
owners We're safe, and could progue at
any attackers through the interstices
between the logs, and often wound,
sometimes make kill.
But not one in ten of these outlying
settlers remained. The houses were ST.
lent when reached them, the fire.
hearth before the door weed-grown,
and the patch of vegetables taken
back by the greedy fingers of the forest
into mere scrub and jungle. And
farther on, when villages began to APP
pear, strongly walled, as the custom is,
to ward off the attacks of beasts, the
logs which aforetime had barred the
gateway lay strewn in sprouting un-
dergrowth, and naught but the kitchen
middens remained to prove that once
they had sheltered human tenants.
Phoreniee's influence seemed to have
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01

sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass 1t or pain in
the back is also
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.

What to Do.
There Is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish In curing rheumatism. pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
1t, or bad effects following use Of liquor.
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in SOC. and ST. sizes.
You may have sample bottle of this
and book that tells esi;z1gs 1It4z1s.s5 sE.:.s
more aboutit both sent IL /! EI
address Dr.. Kilmer & Home of swampRoos.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men,
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01

ITO be- continuedl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
Business Opportunities for All.

Business Opportunities for All.
Location in Iowa, Illinois,, Minnesota
and Missourion the Chicago Great
Western Railway: the very best agri-
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous an0
business men successful. We have d
demand for competent men, with the
necessary capital, for all branches Of
business. Some special opportunities
for creamery men ond millers. Good
locations for general merchandise.
hardware, harness, hotels, banks and
stockbuyers. Correspondence solicit
ed. Write for Map and Maple Leaf
lets. w. j. Reed, Industrial Agent,
6o4 Endicott BID g st Paul Mimi.
dec 81
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01

women cured by
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Presctip-
ton is this ut
has made a new
woman of me. {"
There's a world
Of meaning In the
words. It means
the sparkle
brought back to
the eyes; the COM
plexion tinted .
with the rosy hue
of healthy blood;
the form rounded
out anew in
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
"A New woman. =

Disease makes many woman prema-
turely old. Dark-rirntned eyes, hollow
cheeks and wasted form are acconlpan-
led by istlessness and loss of ambition.
Home duties are WEAKNESS, and social
pleasures have no attraction.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
Reliable and Gentle

There are pills and pills. You want
a pill which is certain, thorough and
gentle, Muslin grippe. DeWitt,s Lit
tie Early Risers fill the bill. Purely
vegetable. Do not force but assist
the bowels. --Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and DON'T Know 1t.

FIJI bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-11

was as strong as ever. I had the walls washed down for a second time, and the taste of oil was as strong as ever, and 1 had to finally abandon the use of the we'll"
 Dr. Gary is strongly of the opinion that there is oil beneath this city in paying quantities. He says that the Dawson bored well, in the centre of Fremont Street Is strongly impreg- mated, and that thick skum of an oily substance could be seen on the water when left to stand few hours. Dr. Gary explained the geological forma- tion beneath the city at some length. The blue rock foundation, which is the surface drainage, is struck at a depth of twenty-three feet, and the water stands three feet in the wells when that depth Is reached.
 By boring down to a depth of little more than 400 feet the first good stream of water is reached, which comes to the surface and will throw the water four or five feet above the ground. By going down a couple of hundred feet further another stream is struck, which will come to the surface in still great CT force, and throw the water above the ground distance of thirty or forty feet. when confined, and forced to come out through a small nozzle.
 Dr. Gary says he is satisfied that if the wells were sunk to depth of 1,200 to 1,400 feet that petroleum would be struck in Selma in paying quantities, and a boom, the like of which Selma never saw before, would take place.
 MT. w. T. Atkins was sitting by while Dr. Gary was talking. He said that he knew there were traces of oil beneath Selma, but he did not think 1t was here in paying quantities. He knew that there was oil in strata of sand a certain number of feet beneath the surface, but 1t was so scattered in the sand that it was of no value what ever; that in order to find petroleum in paying quantities rock surface had to cover 1t, and when this rock was bored through the oil came to the sur face with a rush and a roar from the lake or reservoir beneath the surface, and created what is known as gushers.
 But I do know where there are 5000 acres of land that has petroleum be- meath the ground" continued Mir. At kins, but l am not ready just yet to give my information to the public. I. do not take much stock in there being oil beneath Selma in paying quanti- ties ''