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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-08-29
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"kiNoLY OMIT FLOWERS"

Too late to bring your fragrant Offering,
or twine loves myrtle for my marble
brow
When l am dead! To-day your tribute
l need them nowl
Waste no loudatlons on my deafened
ear,
Nor lay choice flowers within my icy
hand.
Your tardy need of praise shall not
hear,
Nor understand.
To pile wealth of flowers upon my
mound,
Or speak the kindly words you should
have said,
VIII be but mockery-a hollow sound
When / am dead.
Go take your offerings to hearts in
thrall.
To sorrowing souls with pain and grief
distraught.
In homes where darkning shadows group
ard fall,
And flowers bloom not.
Leave not upon my grave to wither
there.
These demonstrations of your love shall
not see,
Nor know. nor care.
Pray, do not economize or make a feint
To fit an aureola round my head.
Or tag my clay with virtues of saint.
When / am dead.
When the last words are spoken ''Dust
to dust"
And the last trump you leave me to
await,
Ny strange behest you will not then.
trust.
Repudiate.
Not for the dead are blossoms from
earth's bowers.
The simplest rites are ever the most
fit;
But ostentation. eulogy and flowers
kindly omit"
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
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Between Friends.

mo, Mr.. Dudleigh," said the
beautiful girl with the old-rose hair.
Il can never be your wife, but I
shall always be your friend"
Then before I CO." rejoined the
young man as he calmly lit paper
covered coffin nail, II have one last
word to say to you as friend"
what is it?" she asked after tho
manner of the curious sex.
"It is this" he replied. "I think
you have stacked the cards against
yourself in this game. You lose by
winning, while 1 win by losing."-
Chicago Daily News.
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tions. Rose Mary dried her tears, and
things looked more cheerful, as how
could it be otherwise with so smart
person as Detective Thomas b. Allen,
Esq, working on the case? But noon
came, and two o'clock came, and vet
there was no news of Eliza Ann. Rose
Mary's face grew longer and longer
while Tommy, the less he knew, the
wiser he looked. If only his toe was
well. he and Charlie Gay would find
the kidnapers! And the thought of
the dire fate that would be theirs
made Rose Mary shudder. However.
the toe wasn't well, and Charlie Gay
was away, and Eliza Ann was not
found. So matters stood at three
o'clock, and Tommy was limiting to
Aunt Myra that a larger reward might
be necessary, when mamma cried:
"Why! Here comes DR.. Mason again!"
He came into the house, past mamma,
and Aunt Myra and grandma, straight
up to Rose Mary's bed. and opened his
medicine case, and there was Eliza
Ann,
"Why! Wherever did you find Eliza
Ann? hose Mary cried
SIN my medicine case" said the doc.
tor, "the very next house l visited
after leaving here, and / brought her
back the first chance | had. How she
got there is mystery to me-"
"The case must have been open when
I tried Eliza AIMS coat en-" Aunt
Myra said. you know, cannot see
very we'll, and must have dropped her
in the case instead of on the bed and
nobody noticed!"
Then Rose Mary told the doctor how
badly she had felt, how Tommy had
become a detective and how very very
glad she was to have her darling Eliza
Ann back again.
"And DIR. Mason won the reward!"
Tommy cried.
The doctor read the notice and
shook his head. ~ will divide the re.
ward between You and Rose Mary"
he said, because it is very peculiar
case. You see the kidnaper discov.
cred himself!"-Boston Globe.
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The Kidnapping
Of Eliza Ann e-
BY
MARY ISABEL BOYNToN.

Q HE was not very sick, little Rose
y Mary, only enough to be kept in
bed and have her playthings, and be
the one object around which the whole
family revolved. Yet her throat felt
''horrid," and was certainly upcom-
Portable, with fold upon fold of fan
mel around it, wet with an ill-smelling
something from a queer green bottle
grandma had.
And Rose Mary grew tired, and lit
tie cross, with the putting on of the
flannel. for grandma drew it so tight
she could not swallow, and Aunt Myra.
who was kind but nearsighted, fixed it
over, pricking her neck because she
could not quite see where pins orght
to go. Then mamma. with her soft.
cool hands, fixed it just right. Still
the throat did not get better, and Rose
Mary's voice grew quite queer and
hoarse, and tiny red spot burned on
each cheek, so papa sent for DR.. Ma
son.
He came, looked into her throat,
laughed at the flannel and ill-smelling
something from the queer green bot
tie, and left her some medicine that
did not taste so very nasty, after
which she had spoonful of grandma's S
grape jelly. And the throat began to
feel better. though the doctor said
she, must stay snug and warm in bed
the whole week through.
The first Rose Mary had all her dolls
on the bed, but one by one she sent
them back to the doll house, until only
Eliza Ann was left. Eliza Ann was
only four inches long, somewhat bat
tered china doll.
One day when Rose Mary was COM
ing from school she saw a rag-picker's
cart by the roadside with one wheel
off. and the rags strewn about the gut
ter. She stood and watched the man
mend his cart, pick up his rags and
drive off, and as she was turning to
go away down in the gutter, where
the rags had fallen thickest, she found
Eliza Ann.
Rose Mary clasped her treasure
tight in her chubby hand and hurried
home, and from that hour Eliza Ann
was the best beloved of all her dolls.
She slept with her, she carried her to
school, safe in the depths of spa
cious pocket; she was sometimes even
smuggled to church in the same way.
During school hours Rose Mary
never played with her, and never in
church. only it was comfort to run
her hand into her pocket and feel her
beloved Eliza Ann near.
Now it SO happened at this particu-
lar time that Eliza Ann had bad
throat too, and had tiny flannel band
around it, with a drop on it from the
big, queer, green bottle. Tom. who
was two years older than Rose Mary,
and was being kept from school by
a sore toe, put grandma's spectacles
on and played he was the doctor, COM
ing great many times each day to
see Eliza Ann, looking wise and grave,
for DR.. Tom considered Eliza Ann a
very sick doll indeed.
While DR.. Mason was making his
third visit to Rose Mary, Aunt Myra
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But the dogs had been sent out of
the neighboi hood two days before.
He could do nothing that way, but
told Mrs. Lennon if she would point
out the murderer he would avenge
her husband. But standing there,
covered from head to foot with her
loved husbands blood, she yet feared
her suspicious might cause an inno-
cent mans death. She could not do
it-and of the collected crowd only
the murdered mans nine-year-old
son, Robbie" Lennon, dared to cry
aloud the name of the party whom
circumstances and his own heart told
him had made him an orphan. Lieut..
Hanning said he had seen hundreds
of men killed in battle, but this was
different thing" What else was
said or done by him on that terrible
18th of July, 1868, the writer cannot
state, as it was now announced that,
the inquest ended, they were bring
ing the remains home and, overcome
with horror of seeing them so dis
figured, she fled shrieking to the
home of an humble Irish neighbor.
still thank my God that l was
spared that sight so terrible to my
brothers. Next day, when Lieut.,
Hanning came to attend the funeral,
l met him, and taking his hand, led
and pointed TO the covered remain2
of the loved father, for / could noe
speak. After the funeral Lieut.. Han
ming strove to aid and protect the
widow and her orphan children.
Great was her need. Port Hudson
had fallen on the Sth and the confed-
crate officers had been taken to the
United States prison in New Orleans.
| Word soon came that Lieut.. Lem
mon was ill unto death in prison.
Lieut.. llanning came to the mother,
advised her to take the oath of allee-
| lance 20 the United States govern
ment, and went with her to Baton
Rouge for that purpose. Also to see
| Gen. Banks, who gave her an order
of protection, written or the back
of Lieut.. Hanning's letter to her.
That letter has been treasured all
these years. Lieut.. Hanning escort
ed her to the federal gunboat, on
| which she was allowed to go to New
| Orleans to the assistance of her son.
She was permitted to remove him
from prison to the home of rela-
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A YANKEE LIEUTENANT.
The Excellent Service Rendered q
Confederate Family by North
ern Soldier.

In the spring or early summer OF
1863 party of federal scouts, com
manded by Lieut.. John ID. Hanning,
airy, reached Lake Clause plantation,
West Raton Rouge parish, La, and
surprised it's owner, Mr.. w. w. Lem
mon, my father. They took all the
guns, but after long interview with
Mr.. Lennon, in which the prisoner
must have promised to go with them
later, they departed, leaving him at
home. After that Lieut.. Hanning
came out often, always accompanied
by two or more soldiers. Father
made no attempt to avoid them, but
met them with hospitality. Mother
played Dixie" and other tunes for
them, writes Minnie j. Lennon
Smith, in the National Tribune.
Lieut.. Hanning was stationed on
this (wesD side of the river to assist
in the siege of Port Hudson. Mr..
Lemmon's only grown son, Lieut..
George c. Lennon, was among those
who held Port Hudson against the
union troops; yet, between the Yam
kee officer and the southern planter
friendship, strong and true, grew
apace. How rightly Mr.. Lennon read
the character of the noble young
northern lieutenant subsequent
events soon proved.
Lieut.. Hanning's party came one
evening and father went with them.
Next day the lieutenant returned for
a change of raiment for father, stat
ing that he was going to Baton
Rouge. Three days later Mr.. Lem
mon returned and stated that he had
taken the oath of allegiance to the
United States government. Very
soon after this Mr.. Lennon was
murdered-shot in the back of the
head, with buckshot, in n road that
passed through his Lake Clause plan
tation to Egypt plantation, back
of Lake Clause. His grief
stricken wife, with her two lit
tie boys and young servant, found
the body. In her anguish she drove
to the nearest United States troops
for aid, protection and vengeance.
Lieut.. Hanning came with so United
States soldiers and demanded that
trailing dogs be given him, and said
without the aid of a single citizen he
would, with his soldiers, trace the
murderer and avenge the murder.
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GOOD ENOUGH REASON.
Why There Was No Conversation De-
tween the Witness and Mr..
billings.

"Your honor" said the solicitor for
the defense, relates Tit-Bits, az wish
to prove by this question that the
witness is man of quarrelsome dis
position, hard to get along with. and
on bad terms with his neighbors.
Now, SIR" he continued, turning
again to the witness, "I'd like to
know whose farm is next to yours ?"
WELL" answered the witness,
"there is the Billings farm. and
the"
stop there. One at time. Are
you on friendly terms with Mr.. Bill
ings?"
II can't say am"
Are you even on speaking terms
with him?"
mo, sir"
"Whose fault is it?"
ats his fault, | reckon"
"Oh, yes; it's his fault, you reckon.
How long has it been since you have
spoken to him?"
"About IA years, as near as I can
remember"
snow, sir, 1 want you to tell this
jury why you have not spoken to Mr..
Billings for IA years"
Gentlemen" said the witness,
turning to the jury, "the reason why
/ haven't spoken to Mr.. Billings for
IA years is because that's about tho
length of time he's been dead"
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tive, where she nursed him back to

comparative health.
She was summoned home by tho
illness of two younger children.
Lieut.. Hanning came, placed United
States soldier on the place, and rem
dered every aid and protection in his
power. At last there came u morn
ing when he brought Capt. Green
and soldier named George with
him, and said he had come to say
Good by" He had resigned and
was going back north. Deeply, deep
ly did we regret his departure. lie
talked with mother and my brothers,
Robbie and Willie; talked to Capt.
Green and to George; but l stood
apart, for l realized that our kind
friend was going away. At last he
gave mother his address, wrote it on
n piece of yellow envelope, bade her
good by, shook hands with the boys,
then crossing the gallery to where
stood, and STOPPING down, he brought
his brave, handsome young face on a
level with mine and asked: "Will you
kiss n Yankee?" For answer i kissed
him heartily. This brought storm
of teasing ordinations, for l was
noted for a rank little rebel, whom
no bribery or even threats of prison
could swerve from her allegiance;
for was not my idolized brother
George lieutenant in the confeder-
ate army-a prisoner at New Or
leans? Lieut.. Hanning did not forget
him, but passing through the city on
his way north, he visited brother in
the prison to which he had returned
convalescent. poor brother! Far
better lad he died in that illness!
He lived only to suffer and die a fear
full death later)
That was the last visit Lieut.. Han
ming paid any of us. Years passed,
and when / grew to womanhood I
found the bit of yellow envelope and
wrote to him. l received kind let
ter from him. He seemed pleased at
my writing and promised to write
again IN few days" But l never
received another line from him, nor
heard from him again, though 1
wrote many letters, both to the i'd
dress he had given mother and the
one ne had given me-72s Fulton
street, Brooklyn, n. Y. / can no
longer hope to hear from him. He
must sleep with the honored dead.
1 have written this minutely, in the
hope ,hat this may meet the eye of
some of his comrades-some of those
who came with him to Lake Clause
Capt. Green, George, or some of the
80 men who accompanied him on his
erranl of aid and foiled justice on
the 12tn day of July, 1868.
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Things Had Changed.

Once upon time an honest and in.
dustrious son of northern Sweden emf
grated and came to the United States.
At the end OF 80 years he retired
with competence.
The first use he made of his leisure
was to revisit the old country, intend
ing to remain year or two among the
scenes of his boyhood, but in two or
three months he turned up at his for
@er place of business, which, it is
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-08-29
CIVIL WAR RELICS.
Mementoes of the Great Struggle BE-
tween North and south That
Have Bloody Histories.

In n glass case, midway between
the north door and the center court
of the National museum, may be seen
an old time shotgun and an old-time
musket. They rest in a rack, close
together. the musket above the shot
gun, says the Washington Star. The
barrels of the weapons parallel each
other and are relatively in the same
position as they were 40 years ago
when the tragedy which gives inter-
est to the relics happened. The shot
gun points to the north and the mus
ket to the south. 1t was with tho
shotgun that Col. f. +. Ellsworth,
of Ellsworth Zouaves, was killed by
James p. Jackson, at the Marshall
house, Alexandria, Va, May "a, 1861.
1t was with the musket, fired by one
of Ellsworth's men that Jackson was
killed. Close by the guns is curious
little watch chain woven of the lam
yard of the confederate flag that
fioated over the Marshall house. In
this collection is Ellsworth's cap or
nament, and near this is a scarfpin
that was his.
In the same case with the relics
mentioned is the sword of Gen. Lyons,
who was killed in the battle of Will
sons Creek. The story of this old
blade is that it was taken from Lyons
body by confederate soldier, who
carried it from the time of the fight
at Wilson's Creek, June 10, 1861, till
well toward the close of the civil war.
On exhibition with the weapons are
several flags. One was the garrison
flag of Fort Moultrie, Charleston har-
Der 26, 1860, by Maj. Robert Anderson,
First United States artillery, when
the command was about to remove to
Fort Sumter. Another is the first
flag raised in Richmond after the sur
render of that city to the union
troops. 1t was the headquarters flag
of Gen. Ord. Another is union en-
Orleans after the capture of that
city by the United States forces. Sus-
pended in the case is n tattered silk
en- flag, beneath which three color
sergeants were killed in the battle
of Salem Heights, May and 4, 1868.
1t is gift to the museum from
Gen. William Henry Browne, the fed
eral commander in that engagement.
Opposite the Salem Heights flag is
signal flag which belonged to the
United States ship Huron, which foun-
dered off the North Carolina coast
in 1877, when $50 men were lost.
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ReyeaIed TO the Enemy.

Gen. Horatio e. King told this story
at the dinner given to Gen. Porter,
the ambassador to France, at the Ma
tional Arts club few nights ago.
"It was during long march of our
regiment in the civil war, and the
troops had been without food for sew
eral days. At daybreak one morning
Sanrbo, the officers colored servant,
was startled by the sound of cock
growing. Sambo turned to me and
said:
"'Massa General, you done hear dat
noise?'
"'Yes,' 1 replied; 1T was only cock
growing
"'I know it, Massa General; it was
only pullet growing, but, Massa Gen
eral. how careless, how careless -.
n. Y. Times.
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FOrSOcial Better
ment---The Cafe
BY DIR. DAVID BLAUSTEIh,
Superintendent of the Educational Alliance.
New York.

seeks relaxation; the people
returning home from the heater visiting
and storekeepers have finished the business the
where they friends and there steamng
glasses of Russian and the fragrance Russian cigarettes
into spirited discussions of phosophc
hgicus scientific economic dramatic literary, aesthetic
The cafe than club; 1T is A FORUM. There is no
clash of cults Quite the contrary Different cafes
of like and sympahes So to be
found artists in another socialists; in another musicians
In intellectual the cafe be lkened club It's
convvial atmosphere and lack of restraint breadth
thought vdness to the imagination brancy the expression
THUS THE CAFE is BY FAR THE MOST POTENT SOCIAL.
AND INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCE ON THE EAST SIDE.
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WOMEN TO BE BARRED.
New York stock Brokers Start n
Movement to Exclude Them
from Ofices.

There is movement among brokers
their business houses and to deny
them the privilege of specializing in
stocks. Femininity, they say, has
been given a fair chance to show its
adaptability in 1.-The street." and has
failed miserably, reports the New
York Times.
For long time many brokers have
considered women undesirable patrons
for a multitude of reasons. OF late
the opposition has crystallized, and
several prominent firms have taken n
bold, determined stand to ostracise
those members of the fair sex whose
gaming instinct and desire to get rich
quick prompt them to speculate on
the markets.
The following is a copy of n letter
sent out by well-known firm of stock
brokers. 1t shows plainly the attitude
of brokers, and it is not unlike letters
that have been sent out recently by
other firms:
"Mrs. -.
Dear Madam: We regret to inform you
that in future We shall be unable to afford
you the privilege of calling at our office
on Blank street We find that some
of our best customers consider II undigni-
fled for women TO frequent brokers' Offices
and for that reason beg TO ask that in fu-
ture you vii! kindly communicate with us
only by letter or telephone. In this matter
We have used no nodiscrimination. Every wom-
an who has an account or who has done
business with us will receive similar no
tiee by the same mail. Yours very truly.
STOCK Brokers, - Broadway"
"a woman is nuisance anywhere
outside of her own home" said a we'll
known reputable stock broker to n
reporter who called on him at his Of
flee in lower Broadway skyscraper
the other day.
''In the first place, brokers' office
is no place for a woman. The average
woman knows little about brokerage.
Business instinct is not innate in the
woman, ordinarily speaking, and,
worse than that, she can't learn. Tell
her all you know about stocks and
market conditions and practices, and
the next day she will ask you the same
thing again.
Another thing: Thewoman who de-
sires to trade in stocks, knowing moth
ing of them OF the business, wants the
broker to become her confidant, to tell
just where and when to buy or sell.
If she makes something out of an in
vestment made on a brokers' advice,
she gloats over her shrewdness 'on
the street. and the broker gets no
credit whatever Should she lose and
every broker must go wrong in predic-
tions once in awhile, then there's the
devil to pay"
Brokers say that woman does not
seem to be able to realize that there
is a possibility of losing in specializing
In stocks. Therefore she is what n
gambler would call bad loser" OF
course, there is an occasional woman
who knows the market and its sinuos-
ities, and is as game" as any man
on the street. But she is mighty
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just n Little Hint.

"Your father doesn't seem to re-
gard me very favorably," remarked
Cholly. Does he think I'm too dash
ing?"
NO" wearily replied the girl who
was already in her third season.
HE thinks you are too slow."-Chi-
cago Post.
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came to the bed to try on the new
knit coat she was making Eliza Ann.
1t was pretty coat, too; red, with
white scallops all around it, and the
doctor, learning Eliza Ann was sick
too, looked into her throat tas well as
he could while she kept her mouth
closed), and told Rose Mary he
thought DR.. Tom was doing just right,
and he had no doubt she would get
well about the same time Rose Mary
did herself. And it was only half an
hour later when DR.. Tom, for the sixth
time that morning, came to see if Eliza
AIMS medicine was working right,
that Rose Mary made a dreadful dis
coyery.
Eliza Ann was missing! Nobody be-
lieved at first that she was really lost.
She must be about the bed, but no.
grandma, mamma, Aunt Myra and
Tom looked into every likely, as well
as unlikely, place where Eliza Ann
could be, and she was not to be found.
Her beloved Eliza Ann lost, and
when she was so ill, too! Rose Mary
cried until her throat was worse, while
mamma tried to cheer with hopeful
words, and Aunt Myra looked sadly
at the little red coat. Then Tom put
his medicine box away.
ITS clear case of kidnapping, like
that little girl in New jersey" he said.
land I'm going to be detective and
find her!"
But you can't go out with your sore
toe" Rose Mary sobbed. Tom looked
wise.
you don't know how detectives
work." he told her. Tom thought it
was rather jolly thing having Eliza
Ann lost, but he did not tell Rose
Mary so.
''If Eliza Ann is to be found, I'm the
one to do it. The first thing is to offer
a reward"
81 offer five cents" Aunt Myra said,
and 81 five more" said grandma.
I'D rather be detective, anyway,
than doctor. Detectives have to be
awful smart, and they get killed some
times, too" Tom said, as he set about
making his reward bill. He used red
ink on white paper, and when he
tackled 1t up on the door Rose Mary
thought it was a very nice notice. 1t
read:
KIDNAPPED!
Ten Cents Reward!
"Stolen from her home Thursday
forenoon, a little china doll Four
inches tall. Black hair. Blue eyes,
one most washed off. Piece broken
off left hand. Had sore throat with
flannel round it. Name, Eliza Ann
Allen. All information to be sent to
Detective Thomas b. Allen, Esq"
Then Tom went about nodding his
hnnd mNst erinnslr Mhen asked nnes-