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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL With beaten troops CORRESPONDENT TELLS OF A ROUT IN MEXICO. Jtt What It Moana-to Bo Fleeing for Life, With Savaflo Opponents Pres!ng Their Victory C lonely. I auddonly discovered that I had been hearing Bhootlng for'somo time, John Rood writes In tho Metropolitan It soundod lmmonsoly far away luce j nothing bo much as a clicking type- , wrltor. Even whllo It hold our atton tlon It grow. Tho barely notlceablo pricking of rifloB deopencd and be camo Borlous. Out In front now it was practically continuous almost tho roll of a snare drum. Wo could soe thorn now, hundreds of Uttlo black figures, riding everywhere through tho chaparral; tho desert swarmed with thorn. Savage Indian yells reached us. A spent bullet droned overhead, then another; then ono unspent, and then a whole flocli singing fiercely. Thud! wont tho adobo walls as bits of clay flow. Peons and their women rushed from houso to house, distracted with fear. A trooper his faco black with powder and hate ful with killing and terror, galloped past shouting that all was lost. And then camo tho rout a wild hud dle?, of troopers all together, lashing their terrified horses. They passed us without stopping, without noticing, all blood and sweat and blackness. Don Thomas, Pablo Arrlola, and after them little Gil Tomas, his horso staggering and falling dead right In front of us. Bullets whipped the wall on all Bides of us. "Come on, meestor," said Juan, "lot's go!" Wo began to run. As 1 panted up tho steep opposite bank ol tho arroyo I looked back. Gil Tomas was right behind mo with a red and black checked scrape around his shoulders. Don Potronllo camo In sight, shooting back ovor his shoulder, with Juan Santlllanos at his side. In front raced Fernando Sllveyra, bend ing low over his horse's neck. All around the hacienda was a ring ol galloping, shooting, yelling men; and as far as tho eyo could reach, on ev ery rise of the desert, camo more. Juan Vallojo was aready far ahead, running doggedly with his rifle In one hand. I shouted to him to turn off the high road and bo obeyed, without look Ing back. I followed. It was a straight path through tho desert toward the (mountains. Tho desert was as bald as a billiard table here. We could be seen for miles. My camera got be tween my legs. I dropped it. My tcvercoat became a terrible weight. 1 -shook It off. Wo could see the com ipancTos fleeing madly up the Santo IDomtngo road. Beyond them unex pectedly appeared a wave of galloping men the flanking party from the south! Tho shooting broke out again and then pursuers and pursued van ished around the corner of a little hill. .Thank .God the path was diverging 'from the road! ' I ran on ran and ran and ran, until I could run no more. Then I walked ja few steps and ran again. I was sobbing Instead of breathing. Awful cramps grippod my legs. Here there was more chapparal, more brush, and tho foothills of tho western mountains were near. But the entire length of the path was visible from behind. Juan Vallojo had reached the foothills, hall a mile ahead. I saw him crawling up a little rise. Suddenly three armed .horsemen swept in behind him and raised a shout. He looked around, threw his rifle far into the brush and fled for his life. They shot at him, .but stopped to recover tho rlflo. He disappeared over tho crest, and then they did, too. Military Coup. During the army maneuvers In Con necticut last summer, tho Blues were jdoing their best to resist the advance of tho Rods. To that ond they "blew up" historic Washington bridge, which spans tho Housatonlc and connects ,tho towns of Stratford and Milford. The disconcerting information that the structure had been "destroyed," and was therefore unavailable foi crossing the river, was announced by tho Reds by means of largo placards conspicuously posted on tho ends of tho bridge. Nevertheless, soon afterward, some Blue pickets surprised a squad of Reds In tho act of crossing tho.bridgo, and rushed upon them. "Hoy, thero, you idiots!" thoy shouted. "You can't come over that way! Don't you know thero isn't any bridge thero?" Tho Reds, caught In a soriouB breach of tho rules, were In a most embarrass ing position, but tho quick wit of one of them saved tho day. "Go on Idiots yourselves!" ho retorted, Indignantly. "Can't you fellows see that wo' re Bwlmmlng!" Youth's Companion. Acquits Nero of Incendiarism. According to an archeologlBt who .has boon lecturing in Rome, Nero waB iln no way responsible for tho burning of tho Imperial city. Nor were tho early Christians, who have at various times been accused of Incendiarism. Thero was a full moon tho night of tho conflagration, and tho learned pro fessor deduces therefrom that tho flro must havo had an accidental origin, since Incendiarism would havo been too risky In the circumstances. But tho legend of Noro's .fiddling whllo the city burned Is likely to per Blot, oven In aplto of tho fact that tho towor from which bo is nllegod to havo watched tho flamoa was not built pnjjj gfter Ug death. DIFFER AS TO IDEAL WOMAN Should Sho Be Plump or Blender, Is a Question Ovor Which There Is Controversy. Ono of tho London papora has put the question to Its roadors, "la tho Blender woman or tho plump woman tho ideal typo?" It arose from a dis agreement among tho physiological and artistic authorities. Tho Ameri can doctors havo declared that tho plump woman is tho standard, whllo tho Kngllsh artists say that tho thin woman npgroaches more nearly to tho normal tvOc. "Thero is no Question," Wrltcs ono, "that tho 'now figure,' long aml wIHowy, tho result of tho modern athletic movement, Is superior in . fvillty and natural graco to the old short and stumpy figure Tho tall, thin woman is freer and moro healthy, and is a bettor comrado for her hus band." Anothor says: "Surely thero is a golden moan between tho plump and tho meager. Lot a woman nlm at keeping her mind activo and her body fit, and she will find that she can havo a good flguro" which seems to mo highly Illogical. Who haB not known women with tho most active of minds and of bodies whoso figures, nccordtng to tho received standard, are absolute ly "dowdy?" "A Woman of Forty" writes sensibly, "Why not recognize tho fact that thero may bo several equally good physical types? The girl of twenty may properly be slim, whllo tho woman In tho thirties looks quite as normal, if she Is plump." Leslie's Weekly. READY TO SUPPLY SPEECHES London Man, for a Consideration, Will Come to the Aid of the Poor Speaker. A little, quiet, book-lined ofllce In tho heart of tho West end of London Is occupied by a gentleman who la prepared to turn out speeches for all occasions. During a recent Interview the speechmaker-In-chlef remarked that, while speeches havo often been written by others than those who de liver them, he thinks his Is the flrst attempt to concentrate the supply and to establish the new profession of gen tleman speechmaker. "I am as ready with an after-dinner speech as any other," he said. "They can bo bright or serious, as required, and I havo already prepared a good many speeches, which have been de livered with success in different parts of the country. 'Impromptus' are a specialty. "Tho method is simple enough. I ask clients to supply me with any lo cal allusions they require, and an Idea, if they havo one, of the trend of the speech. The rest they can leave ta me. I have made a practise of at tending all the functions I could for years past, so I know exactly the speech that is popular at garden par ties or foundation stone layings, at chapel extension meetings or after dinner. I have a good store of anec dotes, and as I am not a recluse, but go about and know what is In the air, I am able to supply the most up-to-date allusions." Unknown but Common Germs. Measles and chlckenpox are the commonplaces of every household; but their germs have eluded the most elaborate attempts at detection. Back in tho eighteenth century Jenner con quered smallpox with vaccination; but the most industrious Bearch for 30 years has disclosed no trace of the smallpox microbe. Medical men deal with an unknown agent today, Just as Jenner did 100 years ago. Reed and Carroll showed us how to conquer yel low fever; no one, however, has suc ceeded In Imprisoning any micro-organism of the disease. Scarlet fever, one of tho most contagious diseases known, has also successfully hidden its secret. Pasteur, who discovered a way to control hydrophobia, searched patiently for Its organism, but did not And it. Typhus fever, tho scourge ol American cities 50 years ago, still pre vails in attenuated form; but no one has Isolated its agent. Trachoma, a disease introduced chiefly by Immi gration, has also so far concealed Its definite cause. World's Work. Anyway, They're Good. Henry Cabot Lodgo, In his "Early Memories," tells a number of good an ecdotes. Perhaps tho best of all is tho legend which Oliver Wendell Holmes Is said to have placed on his door when ho began practising aB a physician: "Tho smallest fevers thank fully received and gratefully acknowl edged." Another notice that was put on a door is mentioned by Mr. Lodgo, It was on tho door of Mr. Evarts, when, as secretary of state, ho was besieged by applicants for consulates and other minor diplomatic postB, and it read: "Como ye dlsconsulato!" That, ono hastens to admit, 1b the an ocdote, and nobody will pretend that an anecdoto is necessarily true. Speech Made to Dead Man. Karl Gimpert, a concert agent, who died at Berlin a few days ago, left the wholo of his estate to a priest, with tho following reservation: "I consider that death 1b a prlvato affair, and therefore I request that no ono oxcept tho priest to whom I lcavo my proporty shall accompany my cof iln to tho cemetery, whore ho will de liver an address." This clause of the will was observed, and tho priest made a speech ovor tho open grave, A publlo notary, who stood at a distance as a witness that tho terms had been fulfilled, was the only other person present NO LACK OF NERVE THERE According to Old Farmer, He Knew One Man Who Could Almost Supply a Country. "What Is going to bring back the good times?" asked tho old farmer ol tho grocer to whom ho had Bold hie early roso potatoes at, less than last year's prices. "Well, sir," was tho reply, "nothing ailB this country today but lack ol nerve. Wo had a panic and people got scared. Thero might have been some reason for this scare at flrst, but that passed away long ago. If we'd all go it now and havo nervo things would bo all right." "You think that would do It, eh?" "I'm sure of It Havo you seen any signs of Improvement down yout way?" "Yes, a slight sign. That Is, I know a foller who's got his nerve with him.' "Yes?" "Ho owed mo $3 when tho panic Bet In, and, of course, I held off about asking for it. 'Taln't my way to drive nobody to tho wall. I jest let him gc until the other day, and then I met him and said: "'Jim, what about them ?3?' '"What $3?' " 'Them throe you owed me for wood when the panic set in.' "'Why, you darned old scoundrel, instead of mo owln' you ?3 for wood you owo mo $4 for work, and if you don't pay it Inside of a week I'll begin a lawsuit agin ye!' "That's ono of the slight signs down our way of folks getting their nerve back," continued the farmer, "and 11 It spreads all over the country I hain't going to say whether it will bring back good times or bring on such a pinch that paper collars will go up to $5 a box, and we'll have to use dried catnip for smoking tobacco." Ex change. How to Be 100 Years Old. Celebrating her one hundred anc second birthday down In Philadelphia a few days ago, Aunt Mary Bender, with hair not yet wholly gray, and with strength enough to do her share of tho work, told how to keep younf in spite of time. "Just take care of yourself and nature will do the rest. Early to bed and early to rise. Be careful what you eat. Look on the bright side oi things and keep busy." Aunt Mary ought to know. Her granddad lived to be one hundred and four, and both of her parents crowded the century mark. "Keep busy!" There you have th big end of the recipe. Of course, you must also try to keep healthy that is, you mustn't wilfully abuse the bodj God gave you. But to keep busy, to keep interested in congenial and useful service, is the main thiag. Idleness kills. Fretting kills. Grinding on sand in tho ma chinery kills. But wholesome. Inter esting, well-varied work that neve? kills. Beresford's Dilemma. Lord Charles Beresford, the English naval officer, once landed at Ne York, and was immediately asked tc dinner by a deputation of prominent men, who would take no denial. He appeared at the banquet in morning dress, his hosts all being correctly at tired, and he began his speech b apologizing for his apparent lack ol good manners. He had confided his difficulty, he said, in being at the eleventh houi without evening clothes, to the hotel manager, who told him that the mat ter was quite easy, and that he had only to start a trifle early and call In at Messrs. So-and-so, 963 Something avenue, off Forty-nine hundred and Ffty-second street, where he would be accommodated in no time. To his dismay, however, the shop keeper expressed his regret and in ability to comply with his request, and said, "The fact is, sir, I have generally some 25 suits of evening clothes on hire, but there's a big dinner in tho city tonight to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, and they .have all beeD loaned out!" Youth's Companion. No Hesitation. During a municipal campaign in Chicago a politician dropped in one morning to see a certain grocer. Dur ing tho conversation that took place, the politician asked, "And I may count upon your support, may I not?" "Why, no, I am sorry to say," re plied the grocer. "Tho fact Is, I havo promised my support to the other can didate." The politician laughed. "Ah," said ho, "in politics, promising and per forming are two different things." "In that case," said the grocer cor dially, "I shall be glad to give you my promise, sir." Llppincott's. Rocking Chair Her Coffin. Tho body of Mrs. Louise Cunning ham was placed on a rocking chair in stead of in a casket at her funeral at Philadelphia. This was dono In ac cordance with a wish of tho dead wom an, who was formerly a vaudeville dancer and tho wlfo of Jerry Cunning ham, tho minstrel. Mrs. Cunningham's body lay In a rocking chair among tho mourners. The hands wero peacefully folded and tho head reclined a Uttlo to ono sldo, as though in slumbor. Following tho ceremony tho body was cremated, as Mrs. Cunningham had desired. As on the Map, Old Lady So you'vo boen to Italy, Mr, Jones? Mr. Jones Yes, madam; all over it Old Lady Well, tell mo truly, does It look so much liko a boot? SCANL0N SANG FOR PARTY And Even After That, He Used to Claim, Chinamen Attended Theater to Hear Him Again. When W. J. Scanlon was In tho show business, ho Invaded Washington on ono occasion with a brand now comic opern. In order to give tho piece a flno sond-off, ho formulated tho plan of sending frco tickets for boxes to tho president, tho cabinet mombors and other men high in social life. "That won't do," ono of his news paper frlenda told him. "Too com mon. Do something picturesque. Why don't you go after Mr. Wu, tho Chlneso minister? If you get him, ho will bring down a lot of other diplomatic people." Scanlon fell for tho proposition, and called at tho Chinese legation. . "What sort of a show Is this?" asked Wu. "It's a comic opera," replied Scan lon. "Any good jokes In It?" Scanlon said It was full of good Jokes. "Tell me somo of them," command ed Wu. Scanlon did so, and Wu got Buch a scries of laughs out of them that he sent for his wholo establishment, num bering 32 people, and made the em barrassed Scanlon tell them all over again. "Now," continued Wu, "are there any good songs in this show?" "Tho show had so many good songs," declared Scanlon, "that we had to throw some of them away." "All right," said Wu. "Sing mo some of the best." "I sang them," said Scanlon, telling the story afterward. "But that wasn't so remarkable. I had to sing 'em. Thero were 32 Chinamen to make mo sing 'em. The amazing part of tho thing was that all 32 of them camo to see the show that night." Popular Magazine. NATURE LAVISH IN HER GIFTS Scientific Experiments Have Shown How Prolific In Plant Life Six Ounces of Mud Can Be. Gardeners and other botanical ex perts may like to know of the two fol lowing experiments which illustrate very graphically the lavish way that nature goes about her work. One year, in the month of February, Darwin removed from three different parts of a small pond three table 6noonfuls of mud, weighing in all six and three-quarters ounces. This he placed In a breakfast cup and kept it, covered up in his study, for six months. By the end of that time he had removed In all 537 plants, Another interesting experiment wae carried out by a Scotch gentleman a few years ago. In a patch of soil, taken from a hedge roof of about 2S inches long by 11 inches wide and 28 deep, he planted a dozen acorns and took note of the number of plants which grew from seed naturally con tained in the soil. At the end of the year he had taken out, as they came up, 155 plants! The following year 56 more plants were removed, and in the two succeeding year3 211! Blind Watchmakers. Blind people those who have been ,born blind are, as is well known, ex ceedinglyclever with their fingers, but it is not often that we hear of a watch maker who was born blind. And yet there have been Instances of the kind. A famous blind watchmaker lived at Holbeach, In Lincolnshire, England ,Hls name was Rlppln, and, although 'completely blind, ho could take to pieces and put together again watches of most delicate construction with the greatest ease, and in quicker time than most watchmakers who have the advantage of good eyesight. On one occasion some of the tiny wheels and screws used In his trade were stolen from him, but the thief was captured with the property on'his person, and Rippin identified them by his delicate sense of touch. A Barnstaple 'watch and clockmakei brought up his blind son to his trade, and the young man proved so skillful that on moro than one occasion ho de tected faults in timepieces which oth er tradesmen had failed to discover. Read to Typesetters. Reading aloud was once an occupa tion in London and among the most unlikely persons you can Imagine composltorB, says tho London Chron icle. There may possibly bo mem bers of this "chapel" who can recol lect tho time when ono of their num ber was told off to read tho newspa per or tho latest book while their busy fingers set up tho typo. This is prob ably tho best lnstanco of tho ability to do two things at once, for the read ing of manuscript and composing and listening to and comprehending spo ken words are both of them intellec tual tasks, whllo clgarmaklng, such as In Cuba, Is purely mechanical, leaving tho mind completely free to follow tho reader. ( Manners. A young woman, her arms filled with packages, slowly entered a car, followed closely by a gruff-looking man who, in hlB rush to got the only vacant sent, trod on tho young wom an's dress, and nearly toppled her over. Ho received a cold stare, but it brought forth onjy a grunt. Flop ping into tho seat and leaving tho heaylly burdened woman standing, tho man growled: "Why don't you hold up -or skirts?" STUDY OF THE COURT .OF THE FOUR SEASONS, PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. TO tho west of the great Court of Honor at tho Parinma-Paclflc International Exposition will come the Court of Four Seasons, one of the most elaborate and beautiful of the great interior-i-ourts that will lie between the huge exhibit palaces of the main group. The walls of the court will be partly formed by the palaces of Liberal Arts and of Education and by the two great wings of the Palace of Agriculture and partly by the classic colonnades and peri styles that will connect these buildings. 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