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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
AN oLD-FAsHIoNED TONIC.
But One of the Best for Those That
Are "Run Down."

The person who is run down or Ian
guild or who is annoyed by cold that
clings despite all remedies, should try
an old-time cure much priced by our
ndparents-boneset tea.
This tea is easily made and it's tonic
effect is remarkable on many persons.
One young woman whose friends
thought her marked for tuberculosis
was cured of a long-standing cold in
a few weeks by no other medicine
than a half-glass of boneset three
times day.
The herb can now be bought in
compressed packages and half cake
covered with a pint of boiling water
will make tea quite strong enough.
Put the boneset into the water as it
just comes to boil on the stove, re-
move at once and let it stand until
cold before drinking. The tea can
either be strained entirely when cold
or each glass can be poured off the
grounds through coffee strainer.
A porcelain lined saucepan is the
most convenient vessel for making
this tea. Some persons prefer pour,
ing the boiling water over the bone
set, but the water cools too much in
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

ment the smuggling adventure Of
lady of American birth who now
lives in England. Possibly her adven-
ture was prompted by successes in
similar cases when passing the New
York customs. The lady was return
ing from one of the Swiss winter re-
sorts, where she had bought parcel
of valuable lace, so before leaving
France she swathed herself about the
waist with the embroidery, and en-
barked in the steamer feeling decided
ly uncomfortable. The present popu-
lar style of dress, however. does not
readily lend itself to these conditions
of transport. The initial discomfort
had grown into positive pain before
the vessel got under way, The lady
found the torture uncomfortable except
when maintaining an upright posture.
1t was the reverse of comforting to
overhear the conversation of two fell
low passengers, one of whom was af-
firming from experience that the pen
atty in a detected case OF smuggling
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
DOING THEIR FULL DUTY.
Statistics Prove That Americans Have
Not Shirked Altar.

In these goth century days, says
writer in Success Magazine, when
even the very young tell you that mar
riage is a failure, and that 4t is better
for the bachelor maid to bear the ills
she has than fly to others that she
knows not of, it is reassuring to read
a statistical report on marriage and
divorce just issued by the census de-
partment. 1t seems that Uncle Sam
became interested in this marriage
question, and sent his patient census
enumerators to all the tying-up places
in the country to find out what they
could. The results are astounding.
During the last 20 years almost 26,-
100000 bridegrooms and brides
walked up to the atlar-13,00 900
handsome swains with 100000
blushing brides on their arms. The
American is a marrying man, much
more than is the Englishman, the
Frenchman, the German, the Russian,
the Austrian, the Italian, the Span
lard, the Swede, or, in fact, than any
European except the Hungarian. And
the habit is growing on the American,
so much so that every single man and
maid in the country has a better
chance of marrying than had his
father or her mother.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
FIND HOUSE WITH TUNNELS.
Discoveries Made in Razing an Old.
Time Cleveland Mansion.

Queer old secret tunnels, built 60 or
70 years ago and leading from one
of Cleveland's oldest residences to ar
tificial caves in the hillside above the
Cuyahoga river, have been discovered
in the demolition of the old w. ].
Gordon homestead. The tunnels have
existed for decades unknown to peo.
pie who have lived in the neighbor-
hold for so or 60 years. Romance and
mystery surround their early creation
and use and many quaint traditions
are connected with them. When
workmen began tearing the house
down many unexpected queer things
were discovered. 1t was found that
the house was divided into three sep
arate compartments and that it was
impossible to get from one section to
the other without going outdoors or
through one of the tunnels to the big
stone barn in the rear, where pas
sageways led to the other divisions
of the old house. Secret stairways
and hidden closets abounded through
out the building and were located on
every floor, secret cabinets being
found even in the garret near chin
neys.
The old house was Suilt nearly 20
years ago by w. ]. Gordon, whole
sale liquor dealer for many years and
the man who later gave Gordon Park
to the city. The ground was terraced
down from the hillside to the shore
below, and on this hillside the tun-
nels emerged into outer light through
big artificial cave, made with pieces
of rock fitted and slightly arched to
form supporting roof.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

rooms, one Of which is his business Of
flee, and in the other he sleeps. OBJ
viously he cannot be expected to do
his own housekeeping under such cir
cumstances.
Meals from Dumbwaiter.
Realizing all of that and also the
fact that the divorced husband and
wife are joint owners of the house in
which they are to continue to reside,
and the one additional fact that both
are equally entitled to, share in the
use of the kitchen stove and the laun-
dry, Judge Honore has arranged for
the construction of a dumbwaiter lead
ing from the kitchen to Mr.. Aarup's
office. The dumbwaiter is to serve for
the convenience of Mr.. Aarup's meals,
which his wife is to cook for him. In
return for this service the husband is
to contribute to the support of his
wife and children. There is sepa-
rate entrance to the house from Mr..
Aarup's office, and this he is directed
to make use of, giving his wife and
children the exclusive right to use the
front entrance.
The suit of Aarup VS.. Aarup has
been in the courts since 1907. A set
tlement would probably have been
reached many months ago but for the
peculiarly complex conditions under
which the divorce was demanded.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

to be out when his rooms were being
cleaned and the bed made.
Just so long as Mr.. and Mrs. Aarup
remained husband and wife this ar
rangement seemed to furnish salts
factory way in which they could con-
tinue to occupy one house between
them. But the courts announcement
that a decree of absolute divorce
would be granted rendered such an ar
rangement no longer possible. Both
husband and wife recognize this;
hence the desire of each that the 9th
er vacate.
Matters stood thus when Judge
Honore was called upon to make de-
cision for them. After intimating
that he would grant an absolute di-
vorce he ordered the husband and
wife who insisted on living in one
house to continue to do so. But the
imaginary dead line drawn by Mrs.
Aarup is to be replaced by solid par
titions and Mrs. Aarup and her three
children are to dwell on one side of
the partition and Mr.. Aarup on the
other.
Divided Up the House.
Judge Honore said it seemed to him,
since there was no other way out of
the difficulty, that some arrangement
could be made whereby the husband
might continue to occupy his office
and the bedroom above it, thereby re-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

stricting himself to the only two
rooms in the house which he really
needs for his own use. AS for Mrs.
Aarup and the children, they could oc-
cupy the other two bedrooms, as for
merly, the kitchen, drawing-room and
dining-room, and rent the other apart
ments in the front of the house.
There was only one obstacle to the
successful carrying out of this sug-
gestion, and the attorneys interested
in the case called it to the attention
of the court. With his two rooms par
titioned off from the other part of
the house, Mr.. Aarup would probably
suffer some Inconvenience climbing up
and down ladder and in and out of
his bedroom window every time he
wanted to go upstairs. There would
be no other way for him to reach his
bedroom after it was partitioned off
from the remainder of the house.
Has Private Staircase.
Judge Honore has disposed of this
little problem by suggesting the con-
struction of private staircase lead
ing from Mr. Aarup's Office to the
bedroom overhead. The judge has
even constituted himself architect for
the reconstruction of the house that is
to be divided against itself, and he
has drawn up plans for the construc-
tion of the partitions which, when
completed, will enable Mr.. and Mrs.
Aarup each to live in his or her own
side of the house without any fear of
ever meeting the other face to face.
At present they have no desire to meet
each other, and Mr.. Aarup has formed
the habit of making noise whenever
he is about to walk through the front
hall toward the front door or to the
staircase. If Mrs. Aarup is in the hall
or on the staircase when she hears
her husbands signal announcing his
approach she wlthdraws until all dan
ger of having to face him has passed.
81 should think" said the court,
that a stairway may be built from
that one bedroom. This Will obviate
the defendants having to go through
that part of the house occupied by the
rest of the family. An arrangement
may be made whereby they may have
separate entrances. There might be a
separate stairway"
There was, however, another fea-
ture OF this complex problem which
the court was called upon to dispose
of In some way. Neither Mr., Aarup
nor his wife has any desire to remarry.
| He is limited in his own home to two
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

business. He has his office there, and
his business is such that if he were
compelled to move to another neigh
borhood it would mean considerable
loss of business and heavy financial
loss as well.
Recalls Judgment of Solomon.
The famous case of Biblical days in
which King Solomon rendered his de-
cision awarding the baby to the right
full claimant, its own mother, pre-
sented no more puzzling problem than
that confronting Judge Honore. If he
were to grant Mrs. Aarup an absolute
divorce and award her the custody of
her three children and the right to
retain possession of their home, 1t
was possible that great injustice
would be done to the husband. On
the other hand, If Mr.. Aarup were
given the right to occupy the house,
1t would simply mean that Mrs.
Aarup and her children would have to
be turned out of a home which right
fully belonged to them. Neither hus-
band nor wife was willing to concede
the house to the other. 1t was plainly
up to Judge Honore to decide.
Before presenting his solution of the
problem the judge gathered some de-
tails of the home life of the Aarups
from the time that the paths of hus-
band and wife began to diverge. He
learned that when they reached the
parting of the ways and Mr.. Aarup
and his wife began to avoid each 9th
er Mrs. Aarup gathered her three chill
dren around her and drew an imagin-
ary dead line across the house. BY
tacit agreement husband and wife re.
spected the dead line as far as possi-
BILE in a one,family house.
Mr.. Aarup's Office is on the first
floor, rear, and the room above is his
bedroom Part of the front of the
house is rented out as a separate
apartment and is occupied by another
family. Mrs. Aarup and her children
occupied two of the upstairs rooms,
the drawing-room and dining-room, on
the ground floor, and the entire base
ment, where there are two large kitch-
ems and laundry.
Housekeeping Arrangements.
The husbands meals were super
vised by his wife and served to him
in his own Office. If he wanted any
particular dish prepared for his din
lner note to his wife produced the
desired change in the bill of fare. He
= sent her money to meet the household
expenses and he made 1t convenient
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
Discretion.

Valor is often taken for discretion.
During a certain battle the colonel of
an Irish regiment noticed that one of
the men was extremely devoted to
him. Everywhere the colonel went,
the soldier followed faithfully. A
writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer
tells the story. At last the officer re.
marked:
"Well. my man, you have stuck by
me we'll to-day"
Yes, SORT" replied Patt. "Shure, II
was my mother said to me, says she,
Just you stick to the colonel, Pat,
rick, me bhoy, and you'll be all roight.
Them colouels never get hurted.'"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
\ he Very Newest
kiHNNd (ulf Divorce
Couple Are to Live i'm One House, But
Never Meet--Strange Situation Gre
ated by the Decision Of Chicago
Judge--Mr. and Mrs. Aarup Or
dered to Live Peculiar Life.

xrEz, HICAGO. - In making an
~ announcement as above
M from the bench, few days
ny Il ago, Judge Honore estab-
&% lished unique precedent
for the disposal of divorce
cases.
MIR. and Mrs. Aarup, like many other
mismated couples, were anxious to be
freed from the matrimonial bonds
which held them one to the other.
Mrs. Aarup wanted the three children
Anna, William and Edward-and the
no ne they have lived in for many
yor.rs at No. 1903 Elizabeth street, Chi
cago. The house, together with the
land on which it stands, is the joint
property of Mr.. and Mrs. Aarup.
Mr.. Aarup, on the other hand, is
willing to waive whatever rights he
may have. to the possession of their
three children. They can go with their
mother provided that the divorce is
granted.
All that he asked for-and this is
Honore has ingeniously solved-was
the house at No. 1909 Elizabeth street.
The husband had several good reasons
for wanting to retain possession of
the house. In the first place, it be-
longs to him just as much as it does
10 his wife. In the secondhand most
mportant-place, it is his place of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

was three times the value of duty re.
lating to the goods. How she ulti-
mately disembarked and satisfied the
revenue challenge she scarcely knows,
but when she readed her hotel and
divested herself of her spoils she was
in state bordering on collapse. Only
once was the story unfolded as stir
ring drama. That was transformed
into roaring comedy when a member
of her first audience rendered the in
formation that Great Britain has
levied no duty on lace for about half a
century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
City.

ouery-Will you tell me how much
time must elapse after the allowance
of an original claim for pension be-
fore l can make application for in
crease of pension. l am much worse
at this time than l was at the time
OF the allowance of my claim.-Her-
man G. X.
Answer-You can maEe application
for increase of pension at once, if
your disability from pension cause
has increased materially since you
were last examined. The application
must be accompanied by the affidavit
of physician corroborating your al
legation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
Philadelphia. Pa.

Query-I served two years in the
civil war. I was unjustly accused of
an act, court-martialed and sent to
prison. While imprisoned, the COM
pany in which 1 served was mustered
out of the service and 1 did not re-
ceive discharge. | am now over sew
enty years of age and have no means
of support. Please tell me how to go
about getting the pension due on ac-
count of my age.-Matthew N. T.
AnsWer-Under the circumstances
stated by you, it will not be possible
for you to obtain pension through the
pension bureau, under the act of
February 6, 1907, on account of your
age, as an honorable discharge from a
service of 80 days in the civil war is
prerequisite to pension under said
act. The secretary has decided that
soldier in confinement as a result
of the findings of a court-martial, at
the time of the muster out of his COM
pany, was not honorably discharged
within the meaning of the act of
June 81, 1890.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
Carried 1903 Babies to the Font.

At the village of Langdon, near Spills
by, England, there has passed away in
the person of Mrs. Ann Fletcher
widow, the holder of a curious record
She was known among the villagers as
"The Century of Babies" This sobri.
quet was given her because she had
carried no fewer than 10S babies to
be baptized. Not one of them was her
own
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
elooest Parish the Most Sober.

In the biggest parish in England
that of Whittlesea-there was not a
single case of drunkenness last year.
This is record for the parish, which
comprises 10000 acres. The popu.
lation is 5000, and there are So II
censed houses.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
Richmond, Ind.

R1chmond, Ind.
Query-Please inform me through
your pension column what rate of pen
sion is allowed mother of private
soldier of the Spanish-American war.
The soldier was never married. The
mother in whose behalf / write is now
81 years of age, very feeble and with
out means. How should she go about
getting the pension due her?-William
H. A., Attorney.
Answer-The rate of pension al.
lowed dependent mother of private
soldier is $12 per month. Her age has
no bearing on her title or rate of PEN
sion. The mother of the soldier to
whom you refer, should make applica-
tion for pension under the act of June
81, 1890, as the mother of the soldier
of the war with Spain, provided she
is dependent and can show that her
soldier sons death was due to service
and line of duty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
Louisville. XIV.

Louisville, Ky.
ouery-Please give me some infor-
nation in regard to the following: In
1858 two slaves residing with their re-
spective owners were married, the
ceremony having been performed by
a plantation preacher. Two years
thereafter the owner of the woman res
moved with her to Louisville, KY, and
she never saw her husband again.
Some years after the close of the civil
war after careful search for her hus-
band, resulting information that he
died, she married man with whom
she lived for 30 years. He died some
years ago. He was a pensioner on
the naval pension rolls of the United
States. This woman is an applicant
for pension, which so far has not been
granted to her on account of her ina
bility to furnish proof of the death of
her first husband. Does the govern
ment regard slave marriages as legal
and separation between slave husband
and wife an impediment and barrier
to granting pension to worthy appli-
cants?-Mrs. G. w. R.
Answer-From your statement of
facts, the marriage of the soldier, who
was formerly slave and the appli
cant for widows pension, was not a
slave marriage" but a legal mar
riage, the ceremony having been per-
formed by a recognized minister or
preacher. 1t is necessary for the ap-
plicant for pension to prove the death
of her former husband, in order to es-
tablish the legality of her marriage to
the second soldier husband. 1t is sug-
gested that she write the postmaster
of the place where the first husband
is supposed to have died, as he may
be able to give her some information
as to the present address of former
residents of. that place, who have some
knowledge of the death of her said
first husband.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19

the process to get the desired
strength. Do not let the tea boil, as
if it is too strong it will disorder the
stomach.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
PENSIONS 1
Points for
Soldiers and Sailors
and Their Heirs

Information for soldiers and sailors and
their heirs, who are invited to make use
OF this column for such information as
they desire relative to pension matters.
Letters stating full name and address of
writer's should be addressed to C. T..
Jones, Washington, d. c. In replying
thereto, only the initials of correspondents
will be quoted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-19
DECEIT THAT DIDN'T PAY.
Extreme Discomfort and Pain was En-
dured for Nothing.

Customs officials at an East Coast
port are discussing with much amuse-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-11
FATHER AND SON
 KILL ]. H. PARKER
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY AT BEN TON-FRANk BENTON SHOOTS PARKER DOWN AND FATHER EMPTIEs REVOLVER IN BODY.

Benton, August 10.-(Special.)- )--J. H. Parker, employed on the building of the Masonic temple, was killed here yesterday by Frank Dudley and his father. Parker was shot down while at work on the second floor of the building. The full load of a sh otgun entered the victims side causing in stant death.
 It Is said that after Parker was dead Squire Dudley, the father of Frank, emptied his revolver into. the body,
 It is said that Parker, who hao boarded at the Dudley home, had beeh ordered to stay away from the house for some reason and that he had dis obeyed this order.
 The killing is one of the most sensa- tional that ever occurred in this sec- tion.
 Parker was 33 years of age and leaves a widow and two children. He was in the employ of the Johnson Construction company of Montgom- cry, which is building the Masonic temple here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-11
NO VERDICT YET
 IN ROSS MURDER

Florence. August 10.-(Special. )-An- other session of the coroner's jury, lasting four hours, was held yesterday afternoon to inquire into the murder of Lydia Ross, who met tragic end Saturday night, but again the jury ad- iourned without rendering verdict Another session will be held Friday evening, when it is expected verdict will be announced. Public interest in the affair has not subsided and though the proceedings before Coroner Q. B. Hill were secret, a large crowd waited in and about the courthouse eager to learn the finding of the court.
 Dee Shelton, about whom the coils are tightening, was questioned as to his movements on Saturday night, but the result of the inquisition will not be known until after the rendering of the verdict. In his cell in the county Jail he denies any knowledge of the crime and as in the case of hls long ln- generation for the murder of his uncle, Monk Hammond, maintains most de- bonair exterior.
  City cemetery her family, which IS one of means and influence in the east ern part of the county, having refused to have any thing to do with the body.
 James Butler, the woman's brother, and a man named Ross, her brother in-law, came to Florence yesterday and took possession of the two small sons of the victim. aged and ? years. George Ross, ex-husband of the woman, who was granted a divorce from her in February of this year, is a resident of the east end of the county.
 Chief of Police Herbert Kendrick Is still directing a vigorous search for evidence to fasten the crime upon the murderers and believe that by the next meeting of the coroners jury on Friday the chain of evidence will be complete. The two beer bottles were found yesterday near the pile of hay in which the woman was concealed and it is known that Shelton bought some beer Saturday evening.