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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
GUARDED JEFFERSON DAVIS.
This Soldier Knew the Confederate
Leader as Prisoner.

L
| A. g. Van Dusen, sergeant OF
artillery, retired, served in the United
States army for nearly half a century
In the artillery branch. Throughout
the civil war he was a sergeant and
sometime before his retirement
reached the grade of ordnance ser
geant. Toward the close of the war
he served at Fort Monroe.
II was on duty at Fort Monroe when
Jefferson Davis was brought there as
prisoner" says Sergeant Van Dusen.
Il was sergeant of the guard over him.
II got to know Mr.. Davis very WELL"
he said. ut was against orders for
any Of the guard to talk with the pris-
oner and during the first few days of
his Imprisonment this order was
strictly obeyed. Later on 1t was some
what disregarded, and broke the rule
number Of times because l knew
there was nothing to be gained by
such discipline and because the tempta-
ton to answer civil questions from Mr..
Davis was too great to be resisted,
when such answers could do no harm
to anyone.
81 remember how we all felt toward
the prisoner. Most of us were seasoned
soldiers, had seen four years of real
service, had swapped coffee and sugar
for tobacco with the Johnnies and we
were all long past feeling any per-
sonal ill-will toward anybody on the
other side. But here we were face to
face with the man we had for four
years regarded as the head and front
of the secession business. We knew
that Lee and Jackson and Johnson and
Beauregard, the Hills and score of
others were big men, but we Yanks
thought that JEFF Davis was the big
gest Of them all. OF course, we re-
garded him with great deal of curl
osity.
"The guard soon got to like him be-
cause he was very gentlemanly and
there was no attempt at haughtiness
in his manner toward the men detailed
to guard him.
1.-THE order to iron him was a great
surprise to US. We saw no reason for
1t, because there was not ghost of
chance for him to escape. Even IL
there had been no guard over him he
could not have gotten out of that fort
or even out of his own cell. He never
made any sign that he would try to
escape. We were all glad when under
the surgeons advice the shackles were
taken off,
"Mr. Davis never had very much to
say to me except Good morning, SER
geant, how is the weather outside"
or something like that. When he
came to the fort he was not allowed to
have tobacco and this seemed to go
pretty hard with him. / remember
when, on the doctors orders, smoking
tobacco was brought in to him. He
always smoked pipe, big brown
old meerschaum pipe which he had
brought with him. l never saw him
smoke cigar and late along in his
imprisonment he used to give me
cigars. 1 think they were given him
by officers in the fort"
Sergeant Van Dusen lives near the
hamlet of New Glatz in Prince
Georges county, Maryland.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17


clothing.
They perhaps in the of the and do feel the need of
The rapid moving the coo the body undu When they board the
perhaps slightly When condition
easily chilled This is especially when sitting
n n
invariably
precautions, hence they cold.
month
think riding the without being provided with
cold caught in the Spring liable to last through the entire Summer
the days of Spring the liability of catching cold
JASON
of the will be caught
Do Do taking other remedies
Pena taking
entirely disappeared illness
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
Lime Sulphur Wash.

Twenty pounds stone lime. IL
pounds flowers of sulphur, so gallons
of water. Slack the lime in the cook
Ing receptacle. With little wa.e;
make thick paste of the sulphur
Witch about ten gallons of water, ado
the sulphur and the Stacked or partial
ly Stacked lime and boil. preferabl,
by steam, an hour. Add enough waite
to make SO gallons. Strain when pu.
ting into spraying tank. Use while
warm II possible. This is the best
known remedy for scale insects.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
Bordeaux Mixture.

(a) Five pounds copper sulphate
five pounds lime. so gallons water
OBJ Two pounds copper sulphate, -four
pounds lime, 80 gallons water. Dis
solve the blue vitriol, one pound to one
gallon of water. Slack the lime. Di
lutte both the lime and copper sui
phate to half the total number of gal
Ions of bordeaux to be made, and pour
the two through strainer into third
vessel. The produce of this third yes
sci is bordeaux mixture. If the mix
ture turns blue litmus paper red ado
more lime.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
Names for the Great Fast.

BY the word Lent is understood the
fast of 40 days preceding Easter, kept
(after the example of Moses, Elias
and Christ Himself) in order to pre-
pare the faithful for the great festi
val of Easter The Greek and Latin
names for the fast, "Tessarakoste'
and "Quadragesima," indicate the
number Of days. The Italian Quar-
esima and the French Careme come
from the Latin. The German Fasten-
zeit and the Dutch Vasten denote the
fast, while our own word, Lent, from
the Anglo-Saxon Lencten, means
spring, !. O., spring fast.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
Bad Effects From Cold.

Mr.. NJ. ]. Deutsch, Secretary Building
Material Trades Council, 151 Washing.
ton St., Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
81 have found your medicine to be
unusually efficacious in getting rid oi
bad effects from cold, and more espe.
cially in driving away all symptoms OF
catarrh, with which 1 am frequently
troubled.
"The relief Peruna gives in catarrhal
troubles alone is well worth the price
per bottle. have used the remedy for
several years now"
Spells of Coughing.
Mrs. G. e. Long, writes from Atwood,
Colorado, as follows:
"When wrote you for advice my
little three-year-old girl had cough
that had been troubling her for four
months. She took cold easily, and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

would wheeze and have spells of cough
ing that would sometimes last for .
half hour.
"Now we can never thank you enough
for the change you have made in our
little ones health. Before she began
taking your Peruna she suffered every-
thing in the way of cough, colds and
Group, but now she has taken not quite
bottle of Peruna, and is well and strong
as she has ever been in her life"
Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Mr.. James Morrison, 6s East 10th st..
Paterson, N. j., writes:
81 have given Peruna a fair trial, and
find it to be just what you claim IL
to be. 1 cannot praise it too highly. I
have used two bottles in my family for
colds, and everything imaginable. I
can safely say that your medicine is the
best 1 have ever used."s
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
Recommended His wife.

Irwin Cobb, humortst of New York.
was recommended to lecture man
agement. The latter sought an intro
duction through friend, Mr.. McVeigh.
Come here, Irwin. want you to
meet friend of mine," said McVeigh.
After few minutes conversation, the
lecture man broached the subject of
lecturing as follows:
II was just wondering, Mr.. Cobb.
what you would think of proposition
to do some lecture work next sea-
SOM"
Cobb looked at his questioner for
Just moment in blank amazement.
Evidently such a thought had never
entered his head before. Then reach
ing out his hand confidentially,- he
said:
I've got it. My wife will do 1t. She
is the best one I know."-Lyceum and
Talent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
The Wronu Tense.

Dorothea's father was sitting before
n wipdow in his country house with
Dorothea on his knees. He was look
fng across the fields with unseeing
eyes. when the lassie broke in on his
reverie with, what are you looking
mt. papa?"
81 was looking into the future, my
dear"
THE future, papa! thought It was
into the pasture!"-Harper's Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

able to many to
form it's acquaint.
ance. BY it much
profit and pleas
ure can be de-
rived from the
garden. To trans
plant by making
holes in the
ground with your
finger Is ae crude
as to cultivate
with your hand
instead of a hoe
or plow.
The rapidity OF
an expert in set
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
THE MEAN MANI

II believe" his wife angrily de-
clared, that If I were dead you
would be married again inside of a
year"
"Oh, no." the mean man replied,
you are mistaken. Try me and I'll
prove it,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

The woman who marries for money
usually gets what she went after. but
fits different with man.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

Pettit's Eye saIve for Csc
relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eye
aches, oongested, infamed OF sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

There is no interest worth consid-
Grafton that does not run in the direc-
ton of duty.-Grimshaw.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
Those Peekaboos.

Those Peekaboos.
She-Women's clothes are mys-
terry to men, aren't they?
He-Oh, don't know. l can often
ssee through them.-Cornell Widow.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
HORTICULTURE
THE DIs8LE.
Mako Quick Work Of Transplantine
by Its Use.

The transplanting peg is a little
known implement. 1t would be profit
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17
lmnortant TO Mothers.

tmpoTtant 10 MotnetS.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CAST0RIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that 1t
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

UNBEATABLE ExTERMINAToR.
THE OLD RELIABLE THAT NEVER FAILS
RATS are too cunning to be caught by
stereotype ready.prepared-for.use doses.
Rnfs, are smart but RouGH ON RATS
beats them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-04-17

signature spat" enc Of of&MAzIzM
I'm Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
MRS. HH77y GREEN'S OPINIONS OF THINGS.

Mrs Haty Green is a woman as penurous of her word as OF her 1%
arg When III gives IN interview Ike that which appeared in the news
papers today she is 20 enphatfcalty in earnest and deems he provo
cation more than sufficient Mrs. Hetty Green thinks n talks In dohars
and she never takes much interest in public affairs. except st far a they
may affect the securities she holds And then lei insight Is keen IL n@
unering The money panic did not hut her because IS she says she long
foresaw it and prepared for it by umo aiding her securities OF others md IN
vesinr onryn first mortgages. But : he did help out certain financial people
and charged only per cent when she could have charged much more.
Mrs Hety Green's expressed judg ment Of President Roosevelt and his
policies is however. the most inter estiug par Of her interview. n has
likewise q shrewd idea of what is go ing to happen in the Republican "a
tional Convention Taft cannot get tn c nomination. When that fact is made
evident lin the convention he win get up and proclaim Roosevelt a s the
choice Of the country and Roosevelt W i'll be nominated with a whoop. 1t
WIN be Mark Antony giving the crown o a willing and expeetantC Caesar.
Women may lack practical knowled &c o, politics, but they have iati
tons Mrs. Hety Green intutvey saw the money panic three years ago
M can W e afford to despke her for ecast OF the Chicago convention?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15

between Alling street and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad has been termed in all
the Newark papers as the notorious
murderers' row." 1 don't think it is
any credit to the city to advertise a
street in this manner Every time an
ordinary drunk is arrested or a dead
man is taken out of a lodging house
there, the event is announced or con-
nected with the notorious murderers'
row." Now that the sheriff has put a
stop to the loose, go-as-you-please bust
ness / think that in publishing any
news of what happens in that block
the notorious name should be
dropped. 1 am trying TO do a legiti-
mate buslness there, and I don't think
that the name does me or n one else
there any good. E. n. METERS,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
HAVE A LAUGH WITH US
OUT OF RECKONING.

Miss Eva De Chipenhan, a lecturer
of New York. holds that beautiful
thoughts make beautiful faces and fig
ures, and that ugly thoughts deform,
ever as ~unwholesome work does.
by taking thought said Miss De
C%hipenhanl, in an interview in Chicago,
you cannot perhaps add a cubit TO
your stature. but you can eradicate
round shoulders and sponge wrinkles
away.
"Our thoughts mould u faces; form
our expression. Thus they give us
away. They give US away as much as
the spoken thought of a Chicago girl
once gave her away.
This girl sat in a dim-lit parlor on a
winter evening with a young man. a
fire Of oak logs blazed in the CRATE, and
looking into the pink and gold heal o.
the flame, the girl, who was very pretty
murmured;
"'How divine. my dearest Hilary
But the young man frowned ant
started.
Hilary he said. You meal
George, don't you, pet?
THE girl flushed and bit her lip.
"'Oh. dear she said, how silly of me
I thought this was Saturday night.
Washington Star
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
TWILIGHT CHAT.

Sometimes we feel ill-uscd because
others judge us by our careless mo-
ments. We feel that we should have
credit for the times when We are al
our best and even for the aspirations
we have never put into words. But We
need to remember that our closest
friend cannot know our life in fras-
ments, and that no human eye can LOOK
at u heart and zee the desires which
contradict our acts.
The coming marriage of Miss 1'ora
Blatch, granddaughter of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, and daughter aof Hsr-
riet Stanton B1atch, has raised great
Of comment among .suftagfsrs'
The question now is, If Miss Blatch,
who is recognized as tho most prohl-
nent female engineer of the world, ard
a thorough s~uffragist, is to share the
household expenses with her husband
Miss Blatch is not acknowledgements.
Never, say her friends, has she accept
ed a favor from a man since she joined
the suffragists' movement without 'e-
turning that favor
"Tell me what I can do to concen-
trate my thoughts" said one teacher
to another the other day.
1.-THE only way | know of is to make
| M YOUR mind that you'll concentrate
and go ahead and practise II. y good
exercise in concentration is to take Il
hook and read while other people are
talking around you and keep your mini
on what YOU are reading. Another
good way is to commit to memory
noems while riding on the trolley cars
or. walking. Another way is to chooss
a subject. say, when you are u Walk
ing. and think about nothing else Tor a
certain length of time. determining re-
forehand how long that time shan ne,
Concentration is a matter OF VIII
power, after all.
Since the automobile has been sun
stifuted for the carriage 1t has at leas'
made the woman of fashion self-rellaht
physically. In the days of the carriage
If was regarded as well-nigh Impossible
for a fashionable dame to get out oil
her carriage unaided. II was apsoiute-
lv necessary for a footman to give
her one arm, while over the other nc
held a robe in such a position That nc
one got a glimpse even of madam
insten. Now the society woman steps
lightly out of her auto, for it is beneath
the dignity of the chauffeur to leaVf
his perch save in case Of accident
The result is that madam Is twice as
;ndenendent as she used to be and bet.
ter prepared to take care OF hersei
in emergency.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
HUSBAND TO WASH DISHES
AND WIFE TO EARN MONEY
New England Couples Novel Test May Make the Husband More
AppreCiative of His Wife's Work at Home.
BY LOU KENDALL.

N Y oW W have a nN marital experiment to watch. A Connecticut
couple have swappcd jobs the wife working in a nearby factory,
n Y while hubby stays at home to wash the dishes and the baby. As
progressed very far But why isn't It a splendid idea to exchange duties
one in a while? Life is more or less monotonous att best m variety in my
form is onentimes the greatest relief o IA jaded mind and body. A man Who
has been running a noisy machine all day long, week in and week out. for
1t might be great fun at FIRST for the nan who has pooh-poohed at wom-
ans duties as being petty and insignificant
Let the poor benightcd mortal burn his fingers and the toast and drop
the baby in the bathtub lust the brfc-a-brac off on the floor, and let the
water boil dry OF the potatoes. He may be able h cook a pie sucha as mother
used to try to make. and perhaps he a get the baby's clothes o right-side-
to, but defy him to iron his wifes best blouse or to hush the baby when
it cries
He may be charmed with his new duties, but | an confident that W e shall
hear shortly that Mr. X. has returned to his position in the so-and-so fac
tory, and that Mrs X. twill be at home Tuesdays after Lent.
/ have said nothing about The wfes troubles, or she has probably boon
quite busy chucklng while thu wheels We're going round. Still. when they
have gone back, each to the proper sphere, there is a broader understand
ing and a more complete sympathy.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
RELIGION IN EGYPT.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
What is the prevailing religion In
Egypt? IL. a.
tAbout 10000 inhabitants &c Egypt,
or 92.23 per cent, profess the Sunnite
Mahometan faith, $50, 1872 are Christians
~Gncluding COS, 446 Copts) and 20,2oO are
Jews. The Armenians have a bishop In
Cairo. The Maronites are also repre-
scented. The Roman Catholics have two
churches in Alexandria and two IN
Cairo. Missionary undertakings IN
Egypt have not been particularly sue
cessful. The Copts are bigoted and OK
elusive, and rot we'll disposed toward
other Christian bodies. There is an
American mission at Alexandria and
Cairo, which works chiefly among the
Copts and Jews.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
THE N STATE

Governor Fort viii meet with the official heads of all the State charitable
rfornatory and penal institutions at Trenton next Friday, n Will haVe a
opportunity for a heart-to hearts talk with them. The investigation ~ the
Hahn committee did not include all the State institutions, but it a very en-
tightening as to the general system of institutional control and was suggestive
of the necessity for reformatoX chan gesi in methods of management
tits the same with state Institutions as in everything else. Arrangements
get into rutsa N become welded to methods n require a thorough shak-
ing up to maxi them change for the better And they have been LETT TOO
much % their own devices. 1t ws sho wn before the Hahn committee that
there. had not been a visitation at the estate institutions by a legislative ON
mttee in years and Governors have not regarded it as part Of their duties to
visit and inspect institutions. Perhaps the new Governor will introduce ar in
noyation
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
CREDIT FOR POLICEMEN AND rlREMEN.

When a member of the Newark pc lice Oh fire department performs a
credtahle act in the performance of dut y he should receive public credit for ii.
The work assigned to policemen and fir emen involves risk of life o m inc
they aust constantly and manfuny face that danger at all times There
wa a tragial illustration Of the perls to fromen in New York yesterday
and the fire and police annals Of New ark tell of many instances Of death II
injuryi in the performance of duty,
Men who face danger while on public duty should be heartened for 1t ana
honoredw when they prove equal to an emergency. Their good deeds should be
made known The police commissioner s cannot d 10 a wiser thing Ia tina
Of making a public record in station houses of the mertorioVs actsof mem
brs Of the department when they are. performed. The board should be quite
as quick to applaud S it always is to censure
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
THE RMANcIPATED HEN.
Freely Translated from Fliegende
Blaetter.]

Freely Translated from Pliegende
Blaotter.]
A modern hen, quite up to date,
Conceived a novel scheme
Because the %barnyard rooster held
Free sway and reigned supreme.
The ROSTERS comb, his tail and spurs
Were in her side u thorn,
In fact, the rooster as a whole
Aroused her deepest scorn.
And SO in ROSTERS spurs and comb
She did herself array;
TO make assurance doubly sure
Put On tail feathers gay;
With initiative rooster crow
She scaled the barnyard hill
And while her sisters gazed at her,
She opened up her bill.
My sisters dear, just look at me-,
My comb, my spurs and tail.
What such an upstart cock can do,
Wen do and never fail.
What is this %barnyard tyranny?
Pretension and conceit!
Stop cackling, crow like real cocks,
It's quite an easy feat,
And fight forever for your right
With courage great, cock-sense and
might"
For hours she. talked, midst great ap-
plause
From all her sister hens.
They were convinced her arguments
Were genuine rooster sense.
But suddenly a pressure great
Stopped her sagacious tongue, 4
Dismay and fear convinced her that
Her speech was far too long.
Could one resist Dame Natures laws
That question I must beg,
For suddenly this hen evolved
A guaranteed fresh-egg.
L'ENVOI
Beloved hens, now list to me,
If natures laws seem strange,
Don't kick against them, they'll renal
Forever without change.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
WHAT CRY MUsr EXPECT

Atlantic City is likely now to be subjected to a nw experience in the clos
Ing of all it's hotel cafes on Saturday at midnight, to keep closed until after
midnight on Sunday. The hotel cafe at Atlantic City is a most important
feature Of the hotel economy. Without it many hotels could not begin to
nay expenses and the cutting out of the Sunday trade will make n OF a few
hoteisu Improbable. 1t must also have a serious effect upon hotel CUSTOM
A large proportion of the class of people who patronizc the Atlantic City
are accustomed to wine or malt beverages and will not patiently
bear denial m a Sunday The resort is the most largely paronzed N on
t. coast b. dy excursonists, and pro hibion will divert thousands to other
r.sortsw where the excise regulations arc less strict. But if the State is to be
hianketed by stnct enforcement on a Sunday the hotels OF Atlantic City
should not BE- exempted. Make the reg uladons apply to all and equally
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-15
A LEAGUE OF JERSEY MAYORS.

Another League Of Mayors is proposed by Mayor Mcbride of Paterson
the object bens to mite to get needed legislation at Trenton. A League of
Mayors organized three years ago couldn't agree and the league fell into
innocuous desuetude. Politics crept ir and brought discord. New Jersey may
os are q different politics, nd some Of the politics is quhe variegated.
There. are Roosevelt mayors an anti Roosevelt mayors o tie Republican
side. and Bryan mayors and anttBryan mayors o the Democratic side, and
frere are mayors who believe in strict enforcement of the excise law and
others who do not while a few have prohibnionist tendencies. Could a new
League of Mayors be organized in IL political year hke, the present n and be
harmonious? Could politics be kept cut? Let Mayor Mcbride of Paterson
ronhrt thai question before he goes any further with his league.