Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-08-27

existing contests between the several
aspirants for athletic honors. Their
principal diversion is boxing. The boys
have all the appurtenances which go to
make up the professional prize ring.
From among themselves they select a
time-keeper, referee and seconds. A
rope stretched around the room gives
the vault the appearance of genuine
ring. Purses subscribed from the
spectators are hung by a string sus-
pended from the ceiling in the honor Of
an old custom which prevailed before
these boys were born. Then they have
Graeco- Roman wrestling, putting the
shot and several other ways of enjoying
themselves in the same line.
During the recent conventions at
Minneapolis and Chicago the boys had
large blackboard, ordinarily used to
record the returns, placed in the lobby.
Upon this were written the names Of
the various candidates for presidential
honors. An imaginary jockey was
written over these politicians and a
price placed to the right of his name.
Then these congressional bookmalers
were ready for any and all bets from
employees and outsiders who wished to
speculate on the chances OF their
favorites. That the boys knew some
thing of what they were doing was evil
denced by the fact that during the
Minneapolis convention they quoted
Harrison as favorite on their board
and took in all the money they could on
Blaine
The principal sources of revenue OF
these young statesmen, outside of their
regular salary of ST5 a month, are the
filling of autograph albums for the
members, and the selling of speeches to
the same indulgent representatives.
The ordinary autograph album with
only the name and state of the senator
or member has long since ceased to be
thought of by these progressive pages
Now the proper thing, and the only
thing, to have is handsome book abou,
rs inches long and 10 inches wide, with
spaces on each page for the insertion OF
the photograph of the senator or mem
Der, with line below for the sigma
ture. These books are bound in rea
leather, heavily embossed, and make {
pretty but expensive ornament. Fol
this book the page generally gives $40
Then he must buy the cabinet photo
| graphs of the senators if it is to be ;
senatorial album, or of the members i
| it is to contain the likenesses of the gen
tlemen who belong to the cave of th'
winds. After that the only thing to b'
done is to get the subjects to sign then
names beneath their reproductions
which they are usually very willing tt
do. For these books complete, the boy
get from $50 to $75, according to tn
liberality of the purchasers.
Upon the occasion of the last birth
day of John Greenleaf Whittier, Sena
tor Hour, of Massachusetts, got one o
these books and started to make col
lection of signatures to present to tn
Quaker poet. After having hunted al
morning in the committee rooms TO
his colleagues, he succeeded in gettin
ten signatures. Then he decided tina
he had better let this work out to som
one more used to it. Accordingly tn
services of page were secured and b
evening the name of every senator ha
been written in the book, which wa
ers to the poet.
During the progress of the sessio
many speeches are made upon the tarif
the silver question and other subject
which are liable to become issues A
soon as they are printed, the page s.
cures as many copies as he can get. B
the close of the session he will hay
complete sets of all the speeches mac
on the leading questions of the da,
These are much sought for by the po
iticians, especially during PRESIDENT;
year, and the pages reap golden ha
, vests as the result of their forethough
Take it all in all, the lines of pae
are cast in pleasant places and his le
should be happy one.
SMITH ID. FRY.
, The Long Slide of Ten Miners.