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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
WORLDS DECISIVE BATTLES
An Interesting List from Earliest
Times to the Present
Day.

According to DR.. Greasy, the decis-
sive battles Of the world have been:
B. G. 400, when Greek civ
ilization was preserved from an Ash
attic inundation; the defeat of the
Athenians at Syracuse, B. C. Alb, by
which Rome, instead of Greece. became
the schoolmaster of Europe; the battle
of Arabella, B. c. 331, which extended
the Greek influences from the Nile to the
Caspian; the battle of Metaurus, B. G.
207, which decided between Carthage
and Rome; the victory of Arminius over
the Roman legions under Varus, A. D. 9,
which saved our Germanic ancestors
from enslavement or determination, and
drew the line between the Latin and
Teutonic races; the battle of Chalons,
A. D. 451, when "the Scourge of God"At-
tila and his Huns ceased their affiiction
over Christendom; the battle of Tours,
A. D. 1872, when only for Charles the
Hammer, the Koran might have been
taught at Oxford instead of the Bible;
the battle of Hastings, 1866, which
high mettled" the blood in our veins;
Joan OF Arcs victory over the English
at Orleans, 1929, by which she rescued
her country from becoming second Ire
land;" the defeat of the Spanish Ar
mada, 1888, which checked the sea pow
er of Spain and saved England from the
Inquisition; the battle of Blenheim, 1904,
when Germany was decisively delivered
from Louis XIV; the battle of Poltava,
1909, when Peter the Great brought Rus
sia into Europe; the victory of the Amer
leans over Burgoyne at Saratoga, 1777,
by which the new world was able to
work out its own destinies; the battle
of Valmy, 1892, which proved the power
of the French republic; the battle Of
Waterloo, 1915, which checked the at
tempt to found an empire for the ag-
grandiZement of one man. Since
Creasy's writings at least four decisive
battles have been fought, viz: the bat
tie of Gettysburg, 1863, which secured
the union and decided the destiny of the
enslaved race; the battle of Sedan, 1870,
which marked the rise of the German
empire; the destruction of the Spanish
fleet at Manila bay, 1898, which made
the United States the dominant power
in the Pacific ocean and marked it's en-
trance into the world politics; and the
battle of Liaoyang, 1904, the first time
the yellow race proved its superiority
to the white race in modern methods of
scientific warfare, the first serious check
in the conquest of Asia by Europe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

until they were in San Francisco.
After dinner he took Louise for a
drive. He had reached the proposing
point in his affection, but he could
not quite summon sufficient courage
to gain or lose, that afternoon, so he
decided that he would meet his fate
when he escorted them to the train
that night
A few moments before they were all
to go in to supper together, Louise went
down to the public parlor to meet FL
ton, as agreed. He had not yet made
his appearance, and she went into one
of the anneXes to wait for him.
Presently she heard a mans voice
ring out:
why. halloa, Gray! Never expected
to see you off here. What doing?
Haven't left your firm, have you?"
How are you, Dick? Like you, /
am now travelling man-only pro
tenn. though"
While she was deliberating whether
to enter the parlor where they were,
or await the departure of Elton's com
ollS hSdlu LilC ldIIcI say
Travelling alone?"
"Gladys is with me-" was the start
ling reply.
Really" cried Dick, in a tone OF
interest. "and Is she as beautiful as
eyer?"
Exactly. Her hair is simply YER
liable crown OF glory still"
BLESS her heart! I'd like to see her
Elton. for old times sake, if you'll al
low me-"
Sure! Come to my rooms tonight
about nine o'clock, and Gladys shall
show you what help she has been to
me"
"All right. So long"
The newcomer withdrew. So did
Louise. Slipping into the corridor,
she swiftly glided to her room, where
she remained until train time, agi-
tatedly considering the import of the
conversation she had overheard. To
think she couI1 have beon so mistaken
in Elton Gray: Hereafter she would
have faith in no man. What could 'le
mean by such bold action? Her first
thought had been that he was married
and Gladys his wife, but the famil-
ir jesting tone of the two men in
discussing the woman and her beauty
told her she was mistaken in this
theory.
Meantime the subject of her thoughts
was an1iously lnquiring from her par
ehts the cause Of her absence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
A SURGEON lNcoG.
Some of the Surprises Which Are
Met With in Army
Life.

"You never could tell" said the col
onel, what kind of a man you were
picking up when man enlisted In
the first year of the civil war. All
sorts of men were eager to get into
the service, and most of them were
humble-minded. / remember that in
one of the earlier regiments mustered
in Ohio we found college president,
three lawyers and four doctors among
the privates and hundreds of men who
were reticent as to their previous
standing in life. Much the same con-
ditions prevailed, know, in Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. In
that day the best of us did not believe
that any man was too good to carry a
musket in defense of the flag.
MANY of the men who enlisted in
cognito were not found out for months
or years. For example, when we were
going through the Carolinas in the
last year of the war Surgeon McCauley
of the Nlnety-eighth Ohio, overlook an
Irish sergeant on his way from the
field hospital to the front. Artillery
and skirmish firing in front indicated
that the brigade was having hard
fight, but the sergeant, we'll equipped
as to arms and ammunition, and we'll
fortified with 'spiritus frumenu,' OBJ
tanned at the field hospital, where the
surgeons were too busy with the
wounded to protect their supplies,
seemed Indifferent.
Surgeon McCauley, taking In the
situation, said: Pat, what are you
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
ALL CROPS GOOD IN WEST
ERN CANADA.
potatoes the Finest I Ever Saw"

Owing to the great amount of inter
est that is being taken in Western Can
ada, it is well to be informed of some
of the facts that are bringing about the
great emigration from portions Of the
United States
The Canadian Government have au-
thorized agents at different points, and
the facts related in the following may
be corroborated on application. At the,
same time they will be able to quote
you rates, and give you certificates
emitting you to low rates on the diff
ferent lines Of railway. The following
letter copied from the North Bend
(Neb.) Eagle, is an unsolicited testi-
monial, and the experience of Mr..
Austen Is that of hundreds OF other
Americans, who have made Canada
their home during the past seven or
eight years:
II presume some may be interested
to know how we have progressed this
year in the Canadian Northwest. We
have no complaint to offer. We have
had good year, crops were good and
we have had a delightful season. I
threshed from my place $3.50 bushels
of grain. My oats made 65 bushels per
acre and weighed 421a pounds per
bushel. My wheat made 31h bushels
per acre and is No. l quality. My
barley made about 80 bushels of good
quality. My crop Is fair average of
the crops in the Edmonton district.
"All crops were good here this sea
SON. Potatoes the finest l ever saw,
and all vegetables adapted to the
climate. We have had very fine fall
but no exception to the rule as the fall
season Is, think, the most pleasant
of the year We have had no snow yet
(Nov. 81, and have been plowing and
working the land preparing for an
early seeding next spring. Last night
the mercury dropped lower than any
previous night this fall and this morn
ing there Is crust of frost on the
fields sufficient to prevent field work.
No doubt many would imagine that AL
berta had put on her winter oyercoat
before this and that the people were
wrapped in furs, but 1t is only a ques-
tion Of time when this country will not
be looked upon as an iceberg, but a
country fit for the best Of mankind to
live in.
1--WE are now assured Of transcon'
tinental railway, which Is to be built
to the Pacific during the next five
years. The Canadian Northern road
Is graded to within seventy-five miles
of Edmonton. 1t comes from Winni-
peg, and will reach us next summer, so
with one railroad already at hand, the
second to reach us in less than year,
and the third to penetrate our city and
open up this country to the west across
the Rockies to the coast within five
years, we surely have reason to believe
that the country is progressing.
Every respectfully,
81. J. Austen"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
GLADYS
oUIsE THORNTON sat at table IL

OUISE THORNTON sat at q table IN
the dining-room of a Denver ho-
Gel. Despite the fact that she was maxi
ing her first trip to the far west, in
company with her parents, she was
feeling little lonely as she gazed
about the big room and encountered a
sea of faces.
Suddenly she was seized with a lit
tie thrill of excitement and pleasure
as she saw the waiter ushering to a
neighboring table her friend Elton
Gray. He had formerly lived in the
city in which she resided, and though,
some months ago, he had taken a po-
sition with large manufacturing firm
in Chicago, their friendship had been
continued by a frequent interchange
of letters. This trip of the Thorntons
had been very sudden and unexpected,
and Louise had only notified him OF
their plans while en- route.
She looked fixedly at him until,
seeming to feel her gaze. he turned his
eyes in her direction. His face light
her table. After the usual greetings
explanations followed. He had not
received her letter before he left Chi
cago, and he accounted for his pres
ence by informing her that he had
been slightly overworked, and had
been advised to take a rest and a
change. The house had suggested
that he should go ION the road" for
two or three months and combine
pleasure with selling goods.
"Will you be in Denver long?" he
asked.
"No; we leave tonight" said Mr.
Thornton.
Eiton's face fell.
81 have to remain here a few days,
he said, "but let's compare itineraries
and see if | cannot make some ol
your prospective stops at the same
time"
comparison of routes showed
that they could not effect meeting
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

doing back here when the regiment is
having fight in front?' Pat saluted
and said in reply: Faith, and bedad,f
doctor, it is mesilf that is going to the
same front where the boys are fight
ing. l carried Jamey back there to the
hospital and strapped him to a dure
while they took off his leg. 1t is
sorry day for the poor lad. These field
hospitals are little more than butcher
shops-a dure for an operating table.
Bad luck to the whole of them After
trudging along quietly for few min
utes Pat said, eXplosively: If l were
not better sawbones than the spal-
poems back yander 1 would never take
scalpel in my hand again.
"a change in the bearing of the man,
a change in the tone of voice, led the
doctor to suspect that Pat was some
thing more than straggler who had
drifted back to the field hospital sim
ply to get drop of the crather, and
he piled him with questions so skill
fully that he soon learned that Pat was
a graduate of Dublin Surgical college
and had practiced surgery. "A few days
later Pat, at the suggestion of Sur
geon McCauley, was detailed to assist
in the field hospital. He proved to be,
when sober, an expert with saw and
knife, and in few days made the
quickest and neatest amputation re-
corded from Perryville to Bentonville
Later he made hip joint amputation,
regarded at that time as very diff
cult and placed to his credit one of the
noted operations of the war"
81 remember" said the major, "sev-
eral men with histories who enlisted
in the first three months of the war to
carry muskets. There were full hun
dred men in my company in the three
months service, but didn't know the
antecedents of more than 20 of them.
All were well appearing men, and a
few seemed to me rollicking dare-dev-
lis looking for trouble or adventure
| noticed in the first weeks drill in the
mud of camp one man who was disre-
gardful of injury to very fine pair OF
trousers, which he wore every day
These would be crusted with mud halt
way to the knees some days and yet
the Wearer was never disturbed.
Every garment that he wore was OF
fine material and he started in every
morning clean as to person and ap-
parel, However, he trotted around with
the most awkward of men, making nc
remarks, until some visitors identified
him one day as the son of an old army
officer who had run away from school
and enlisted, For years | watched with
interest his steady promotion in the
regular army. Another man puzzled
me not little. He was fair-skinned
pink-cheeked, slender young fellow
very choice in his speech and gracious
in manner One day there was scrap
In his mess and he handled himself sc
well that asked Where did you learn
to use your fistsY Taken off his guard
he said; AT Elton. SIR and in few
weeks ! learned that he was young
EnglisRNan who, travelling in thh
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
mo FIGHT, NO PRAYERS"
How a Signal from the Flagship
Brought an End to Solemn
Devotions.

A group of navy officers were indulg-
ing in "reminiscences of the war, when
one of them spun the following yarn:
EARLY on the morning of December
"a, 1864" he said, admiral Porter
signaled to the fleet before Fort Fisher:
Get under way and follow mel The
ship to which l belonged was assigned,
in the programme, to the position be-
tween two ironclads close under the
fort. We anticipated hot and terrible
work. The flagship led the way and
was approaching within range, when
Lieutenant Commander B, of my
ship, ordered all hands to muster. The
brawny tars gathered aft on the quar-
terdeck, with the officers in their usual
places, and our commander began to
read from the prayer-book the Prayer
before Battle 1t was solemn mo-
ment-none knew who or how many
among us might suddenly. be ushered
into the presence of the God of battles.
Our commander read as though he felt
it; the whole ships company was awed
and hushed; and the throbbing of the
engines and wash of the water along
the side seemed prematureiy loud.
When about half through, signal was
reported from the flagship: Come to
anchor in your positions. When it
was read to our commander sudden
revulsion of feeling came over him.
Throwing down the prayer book upon
the hatch, he exclaimed: We'll, I'll be
hanged If I'm going to pray If we amt
a-going to fight. "~-Army- Navy Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
Cures all
Coughs S

q Doesn't 1t stand to reason
that as Shiloh's Consump-
ton Cure. the Lung Tonic.
has cured consumption, IL
will naturally cure that
cough of yours? Your
money back. If 1t doesn't.
Try 1t to-day. ALI
25c., soc. and SI.OO
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
The Inventive Yankee.

Down in Connecticut there is man
who is using the motor of his automo-
bile this winter to operate churn and
run fodder cutter, There's no use
trying to keep down Yankee ingenuity,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
rnnC-TeIt Want.

Nov, some patent medicine man ought
TO get up Regulator for Chills and Fe-
ver,5" suggested the deep thinker.
What do you mean? An ague cureY
"Well, no; l mean regulator thatll
mako the chills come on warm days and
the fever on cold days."-Cleveland
Leader.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
Big Animals Disappearing.

The Indian rhinoceros is nearly ex-
tinct There are two specimens in the
London Geological gardens and two on
the European continent. Very few are
left in a wild state in India and Assam,
and unless special measures be taken
for their preservation they will sooR
disappear
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
Tho Feeble Lad.

Indulgent Mother-John, wish you'd
quit sending that boy around on all sorts
Of errands. He's not bit we'll lately and
hardly able to get back and forth from the
practice meets of his athletic club.-Balti-
more American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
LASTING RELIEF. .

was broken, owing to Irregular action
of the kidneys. was suffering intense
ly from severe pains in the small of my
back and through the kidneys and an
noyed by painful passages of abnormal
secretions. No amount of doctoring
relieved this condition. began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills and experienced
quick and lasting relief. Doan's KID
ney Pills will prove a blessing to G-i
sufferers from kidney disorders who
will give them fair trial"
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price so cents per box.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

All the fun of having a bank account is
DESTROYED for o woman because the cashier
knows how much money She hasn't GOT
N Y Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
The U. s. Dept. of AgricnIture

gives to Salzer's Oats its heartiest en-
dorsement. Salzer's New National Oats
yielded in 1904 from $50 to 800 bu. per
acre in 80 different States, and you, Mr..
Farmer, can beat this in 1905, if you will.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20
pepopulating England.

More emigrants left the United King
dom and fewer foreigners settled there
in 1903 than in any year since 1889,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

The man who struggles unsuccessfully
against fortune is apt to feel that he has
been robbed of the decision.-Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

After a man once loses his reputation it
is pretty hard for him ever to lose 1t
again.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

To Cure o Cold in Ono Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure.
4. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

Speltz or Emmer, above illustrated,
gives 80 bushels grain and four tons hay
besides per acre. It's wonderful. Salzer's
seeds are pedigree seeds, bred up through
careful selection to big Yields
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-01-20

NOW Buch yIeIus pay anu you can nHVe
them, Mr.. Farmer, in 1905.
SEND 100 IN STAMPS
and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, and you will get
their big catalog and lots of farm seed
samples free. K. IL
fta.- q lnaea his rerut al lion IL
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-20

Joseph Perry in an article on Utah
Horticulture gives details that should
be in the hands of every farmer, but of
course thousands will miss IL. 1t Is
impossible to present any portion OF
1t here with the single exception OF
his statements in regard to the enOrm-
Gus profit there is in fruit growing.
He says:
The great profits derived from
fruit growing under irrigation ave
hard to believe and the actual output
OF Utah orchards Is surprising to most
people. If devoted to the production
Of straw berries an irrigated acre will
yield from $500 to $500 annually; rasp-
berries from $500 to $500; peaches, $500
to $500: cherries, $500 to $500; apples,
1850 or more: grapes, 800 to 900. either
as fresh table fruit or as raisins.
l.. Hemenway, an extensive fruit
grower Of Granger, Salt Lake Co.,
with 30 years experience to back up
his estimates. says that 800 well grown
apple trees, II years old or over, well
cared for, will yield their owner 80 a
day every day in the year, including
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-20
Right Of Way Secured.

Right of way has been secured to
the Idaho line. Large tracts OF coal
lands have been bought up in the
Jackson Hole country and land west
Of the Teton mountains is being Sc.
cured by the agents of this road; this
was all looked upon as certain indica-
lions Of the Snake River valley OBJ
tanning a trunk line, but now comes
the assurances that these long-hoped-
for improvements will materialize.
The activity Of the Rio Grande at
Ogden in increasing its depot area
and improvements had significance
that has not been hitherto fully I'M
derstood.
The news is that the Chicago &
Northwestern will extend through
the Jackson Hole country, coming
through st. Anthony via Marysville
and continuing its main line through
southwest, touching Sugar City, Rex
burg, Rigby, aud most probably pas
sing somewhat to the east OF Idaho
Falls, thus taking in the large viii
lagos in that direction and opening up
a new portion Of the Snake river val
ley. The main object in doing this,
however, is to make more direct and
quicker route TO Ogden and Salt Lake
CITY
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-20
Best Thing Ever Said In Utah

Rev, Il. |. Goshen, pastor of the
Congregational church, the most emf.
nent minister In Salt Lake city, says
in reply to a question by the Deseret
News that which The REPUB-
LICAN earnestly and honestly believes
Is the best thing ever said In Utah in
recent years. lie saws:
"All will agree that Salt Lake city
has many needs. We need factories
TO convert the raw material of noun
tain and valley into finished products;
paved streets, and good roads leading
TO and from the city; a thoroughly
modern street railway and lightning
system: an abatement of the smoke
nuisance these are among the pres
sing needs OF the hour.
But let us confess that there is one
need superior to them alone need
upon which all Others are dependent
In vain will we attempt to locate
factories and great industries here un,
less we first establish the atmosphere
that is conducive to growth
What Salt Lake City supremely
needs, what Utah supremacy needs, Is
that harmony shall dwell within heI
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-20

borders, and radiate from center to
circumference. We can't advertise
Salt Lake city as "a pcsthOuse before
the nation, and then expect people to
come here to live. We can't send
maps to Maine ami California with all
the states bearing their legitimate
colors, and with Utahjmarked black as
night, and then expect capital to come
here for investment.
Let men of all parties and OF all be-
liefs obey the law in spirit and in
truth, and let the law be the final
statement of sovereign people,
Let no distinction be made be-
tween men because they do not be-
lieve in some particular fashion.
Let IL be Known throughout the land
that here all may worship according
TO their own conscience, with none TO
criticise and none 10 modest.
LET us all work together for a
united city-and II wrongs exist, let us
know very certainly that wrong can
be cured only by right, that intOler.
ance can be overcome only by tOlera.
ton; that unfairnesS can be lessened
only bv fairness; that vice can be
eradicated only by virtue
when we all begin to work IN this
spirit, and when we put away all bit.
terness and rancor, we will, in my
opoinion, have met the supreme need
! Of Salt Lake City"