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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12
puNeENT PARAGRAPHS.


Charlie, who has stayed late--"0.
Miss De Freeze, I've an idea" Miss Dc
Freeze-"Well, an idea is not much
good unless you carry 1t out" He took
the hint and his hat --Yonker's States
man.
-Bingo-T see that CRANKY is taking
regular exercise in gymnasium"
Kingsley-"What is his idea?" Bingo-
His wife gave him an ulster for a
Christmas present and he is trying to
get strong enough to carry it around"
-Clothier and Furnisher.
Room at the Top.-"There is plenty
Of room Mt the top" said the confident
young man. YES" replied his elderly
acquaintance; "but, should your top
keep on swelling proportionately there
won't be after you get therein. Y.
Herald.
Miss Forcthought (malsing an elab-
crate toilet -"Suppose, Mabel should
faint tonight at the ball, wouldn't I
look too ridiculous with these rosy
cheeks?" Mabel-'O, no. People would
only then learn what a real artist you
are. Boston Post.
No Chance. Rural Editor--"What
sort of an opening is there for paper
in this town." Native-None at all,
stranger. We've got a grocery, two
dressmalkers and tavern, and what
news they leave over amt worth men,
tioning. N. Y. Truth.
Miss Flushington says you passed
her on the street yesterday without
bowling to her." 20, deah," sighed the
young man, ''it's all the way she man.
ages her complexion. Tell heh foh me.
deah boy, that I'm fwightfully color
blind, won't you?"-Washingto Star
An Eye-opener Parent
doctor, my daughter appears to be
going blind, and she is about to be
married" Doctor - Let her go right
on with the wedding, if anything can
open her eyes marriage will.
Blade.
Miss Gusher-"O, Mr.. Mahlstick, 1
was at the art exhibition this after
noon" Mahlstcll-"Did you see any
thing of mine there?" Miss Gusher-
"fes, several of your paintings; and
how careful the managers are of them!
Pm sure it was really kind and thought
full of them to place them so high on
the wall that nobody could possibly
injure them with canes or umbrellas"
Boston Transcript
Yes, my hands are soft" said q
conceited young emasher" the other
night at n small party, as he looolied ad-
miringly at those useless appendages
that had never done days work. "Do
you know how l do it?" he exclaimed
IL wear gloves every night to sleep in"
"Do you sleep with your hat on also?"
asked an old lady. The young fellow re-
piled in the negative, and looked sur
prised because the company smiled
"A Painful Hint Cupid was flying
irregularly between them, so to speak,
as they were strolling along. He was
feeling good deal like man going
past cemetery and was whistling. II
wish you wouldn't whistle" she said
pettishlv. at is positively rudem He
looked at her moment and stopped
Then he began to sing softly. He sang
for a few minutes. Harry she said,
almost tenderly. His face lighted up
with hope. please whistler she re-
quested pleadingly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12
AN AMERICAN-AMERICAN.
That Was the Reason He Didn't Amount
to Much.

Ahat was the reason he blun't Amount
to Much.
He was rather proud of the party he
was with, and when he met his old
friend and a companion on the street he
stopped them and said:
Jack, let me introduce my friend,
Col Wallace. You've heard of him. of
course-one of our most distinguished
Scottish Americans"
After they had shaken hands he con-
tinued:
"And now shake hands with Aid. Nc
Namara You can hardly need an intro
duction to him; he's been leading Irish
American for years. and you know of
his work in the council
'"Then, with a graceful wave of his
hand toward the third, he said:
Prof. Gluckenstein-you've heard of
him, of course. There's no better-known
German A American in the west. His
lightest words carry weight with his
countrymen this side of the Atlantic"
Jack" shook hands with the profess
sor, and then, turning toward his com.
panion, said:
Gentlemen, let me introduce Mr..
Brown. He is quite we'll known to his
friends as a thorough American-Ameri.
can"
BEG pardon!" All spoke at once.
"IIe was born in Ireland. brought up
in England and educated in Germany"
continued Jack. "but when he came
to this country he sort of took up his
home here and became an American.
I'm told that's the reason he has no title
or Office. He ought to have been known
better Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12
COMMON SENSE OF THINGS.
Some Seem to Prefer the Wrong Way to
Auy Other.

Some Seem to Prefer the Wrong Way to
Any Other.
The other day we heard of an acci-
dent resulting from the common habit
of injecting naphtha or benzine over
moth-infested fabrics. A room thus
treated had been closed up, and at night
when the lights were lit the gases ex-
ploded with awful effect We should
imagine that the dangers of such expert
ments had been sufficiently exploited.
There is no need of any such treat
ment There are ways of treating hair
or other animal fiber which goes into
the filling of furniture that renders it
impervious to all insect pests, 1t took
twenty years to show the American peo-
pie the economy of using lining under
carpets, and they have not learned the
common sense of it over in Europe yet.
1t will probably take twenty years for
us to appreciate fully how much trouble
can be saved, how much waste avoided
by using anti-moth furnishings. People
hate to learn things. There are lot of
folks that WELD a broom and fill the
house full of dust who won't try me-
chanical sweeper. A carpet will wear q
third longer with cotton padding be-
meath 1T and sweeper to brush it.
Many family, too, waste hours and
days of year in twisting up or piining
up shades, having no knowledge of
spring rollers. People do not seem to
grasp the idea that table linen will wear
twice as long with a canton flannel un-
dercloth, or that lace curtains may be
treated in a way to defy the erratic gas
Jet. They think too much of how TO tie
a bow on china dog and not hall
enough of how to sweep the dirt from
under him. m.-Upholsterer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12
A Flannel Jacket.

A very becoming jacket is made Of
rose-colored, lightweight flannel. 1t has
yoke of moss-green velvet from which
the full widths of flannel fall, being ar
ranged in double box plaits. They reach
almost to the knees, and have an inch
wide ribbon as the finish. A rolling col
lar of velvet is the neck finish, and long
ribbons here looped together confne the
jacket at the throat. The sleeves are
high and full and gathered into cuffs of
velvet. A mistake too often made in
dressing sack is that of having the
sleeves close fitting; as one wears the
sack when arranging ones hair. or
sometimes placing the bonnet just in
position, the arms want to have free
swing, untrammeled by tight sleeves.
For this reason very many ladies prefer
the old-fashioned "angel" sleeve, which
closes just a little below the shoulder.
and falls entirely away from the arm.-
Ladies' Home journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12
Birds of n Feather,

The teacher had been giving class of
youngsters some ideas of adages and
how to make them and to test her train
ing she put u few questions.
"What is an idle brain?" was one
"The devils workshop" was the
prompt response
Then there were several more till
THU one came:
"Birds of feather do what?"
"IIay eggs" piped small boy before
any body else had u chance to speak'-
Detroit Free Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12
You make me think" said John,

-"You make me think" said John,
dropping upon sofa beside his pretty
girl one Sunday evening "of bank
where the wild thyme grows" do
II" she murmured. "It is so nice, but
that is pas footstep in the hall, and un-
less you can drop out of the front win
dow before cease speaking, you'll
have wild time with him, for he loves
yOu not"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-03-12

-'oldby-Honesty, my boy. is the
best policy! Newman-Ah, yes; that
policy lapsed some time ago-some
time ago, old fcllow.-N. Y. Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
asBTEvlATED TELEGRAMS.

The law school of the Western Reserve
university at Cleveland has been endowed
by Mrs. Lucy NJ. Backus with 200.
Albert Smith while bricking a new els
tern in Dies Moines was instantly killed by
being struck on the head by falling buck
ct containing bricks.
Charles w Gardner, superintendent of
DR. Parkhurst's Society for the Prevention
of Crime in New York, has been arrested
on the charge of blackmail.
1t is reported that Senator Hill has been
rendered the position of general counsel TO
the Equitable Life Assurance society al a
salary of 81, 600 per annum, 1t is under
stood he is considering the matter favor
ably Senator Hill refuses to talk.
Ex-Mayor Cregier, of Chicago, who has
been very i'll, is now better and expected to
regain his health
In murder trial the other day in Brezn,
Switzerland, one of the names drawn from
the jury box was that of Uhlrich Amachor.
1t was the name of the murdered man
A free silver convention is in session a.
FL Paso. Tex. with 300 delegates from the
southwest in attendance. An honorary
delegation is present from Mexico.
September Il Is and Is, 1898, there is ex,
pected 70 be an unprecedented gathering OF
all kinds of athletes at Chicago under the
auspices OF the Chicago Athletic club. The
meet IN il j pr posed. shall be worthy OF
| the wear and occasion
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
Fall Dead

These words sre very familiar to our
readers, as not day passes without the
report of the sudden desth of some prom
inent citizen. The explanation is
Heart Disease Therefore beware il
you have any of the following symotoms:
Short breath. pain in side, smothering
spells. swollen ankles, ssthma,ic breath :
ing, weak and hungry spells, tenderness
in shoulder or arm, futtering OF the
heart or irregular pulse. These sym
toms mean heart disease. The most re-
liable remedy is DR.. Miles New Heart
Care, which has saved thousands Of lives.
Book of testimonials free at Hsrtz &
Bahnsen's, who also sell the New Heart
Euya
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
What Shall the .Harv.s, Be.

Why What can it be. but suffering and sor-
row, disease and death. if you neglect the symp-
toms OF a disordered liveri Take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t outsells all other
remedies. sold under condition that it I
either benefit or cure the patient, the morey
paid for il will be promptly returned. I, cures
all diseases arising from dersnse liver, or from
impure blood, as biliousness. liver compl ,int p
all skin and scalp diseases, san-rheum, letter
scroiulous cores and swellings. fever-sores, hip
joint disease and kindred ailments.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
Fail to do Our Duty.

Everybody has ct times failed to do
their duty toward themselves. Hun
d eds of lady readers suffer from sick
cad che, nervousness, sleeplesness and
N >" :-oubles. Let them follow the
cE- ,r... 80 Mrs. 81. Herbechter, Stevens
Po'' who for five years suffered
great' On nervous prOstrstion and
sic 2lessnoss, tried physicians and differ
en- medicines without success. But one
bottle of DR.. Miles Nervine caused sound
sleep eve-y night and she is feeling like Il
new person. Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler,
Laramie City. Wyoming. who tried all
other remedies, declares that sitter three
weeks use of the Nervine for headache.
nervous prostration. etc. she was en-
tirely relieved. Sold by Hsrtz & Balm
sen. Trial bottle free
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08

have been troubled with chronic ca
tarrh for years Ely's Cream Balm is
the only remedy among the many that
have used that afforded me relief -EW.
Willard. Druggist, Joliet, III.
My son has been afflicted with nasal
catarrh since quite young. was induced
to try Ely's Cream Balm. and before he
had used one bottle that disagreeable ca,
tarrhal smell had all left him he ap-
pears as well as anyone. 1t is the best
cstarrh remedy in the market G Ohm
vfssf AGO. L
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08

ITS All tits stopped free by Dr.
hilue's Great Nerve ReFtorer No fits
sitter the first days use. Marvellous
cures. Treatise and SO trial bottle free to
fit cases. Send to DIR. Kline, 931 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by all
druggists; call or =o.rs,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
Miles Nerve and Liver PILLS.

Act on new MISUNDERSTANDING The
liver s.omsch snc bowels through the
nervee. a new discovery DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation In,
equslled for men, women, children.
Smallest, mildest. suresti SO doses 25
cents. SAMPLES free 81 Hsrtz & Balm,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
What the Hon. George G. Vest saws

What the Hon. George 6. Vest says In
egard to the superiority of the Hirsch.
berg's diamond and interchangeable spec:
tacles
Il am using glasses which I purchased
from Prof Hirschberg snd they are the
best ever tried; it affords me great
pleasure to recommend Prof. Hirsch berg
as an excellent opticiau, and his glasses
are simply uuequslled In my experience
g G. VEST.
These spectscles are for sale by T. H
THONGS sgert for Rock ISLAM
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
To the Man of the House.

the custom achin ore
ladies who
be before the rush?
things
china n
dollar
of her list O n store
OUT O
book make o her n Ia ine?
O'clock Christmas
ike
you'll in
worth the while reading
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08

When Baby was sick, we gave ner castoria.
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them CASTOR.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-08
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

Lanes FANNY Medicine moves
Ia -"re's e.cs day. Mos, people need
to use
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

Gus Williams. the comedian, was ten
derei "a benefit in Boston in 1872. lie
was "A great favorite in that city The
benefit was to occur on Friday evening
Of the week. Along about Wednesday
John Stetson. the word painter, who
was manager of the theatre where Gus
was playing. approached the comedian
on the quiet and said: Gus, my boy,
your friends here are to present YOU with
a watch at your benefit next Friday
evening. didn't want YOU to be broken
up when they came upon the stage with
it, so | thought | would tell you, conf
dentially, what was in the wind. Now
YOU can write up neat lutte speech for
the occasion and prepare yourself for
the ordeal" Gus thanked Stetson heart
lily. He was pleased at the idea of get
ting a fine watch. He carried cheap
one, which kept good time, and this he
gave away to the property man at once,
in order that the presentation committee
might see that he had no timepiece.
When he went TO his room at the hotel
that night he wrote out a pretty i'm
promptu speech, in which he said that
when he gazed at the face of the beauti-
full watch he would see the faces of his
Boston friends; when he saw the hands
he would be reminded of the Boston
hand of good fellowship; the spring
when he looked at it would suggest the
wellspring of friendship; the chain would
bind him To Boston. etc. 1t was neat
response and he studied it carefully. He
knew that when he sprung it they would
think him a wonderful extemporaneou'
speaker and he shook hands with him
self Well, the eventful Friday nigh
came at last. The vast house was packed
with his enthusiastic friends. At the
proper time the presentation COMMITTEES
filed out ON TO the stage and faced him
He braced himself for the ordeal. TIL,
chairman stepped forward and presented
him with--a cane. They might as wei
have hit him over the head with it, as IN
was unable TO speak a word.-Chicag'
| Herald
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

1t is a fact that among American Indians
of the same tribe, though they may num-
Der thousands, there are few cases of quar-
rels that ever result in murder. This is
strange when it is remembered that the
Indian is passionate, uncontrolled in his
impulses, cruel and ferocious by nature.
They have their difficulties and quarrels
however, but arbitration of the old men
prevents bloodshed or murder.
Yet once in awhile "A fight occurs, and it
is "A novel sight to witness, says an old
western traveller One buck challenges
another to combat. Accompanied by his
friends TO the battle ground, each buck is
stripped and made to confront the other.
Between them lies a warclub, a smooth,
long piece of hard wood, seasoned by years
of service and regarded with reverence be-
cause of the blood stains OH it received dur
ing the way The seconds of the surly
looking duclists toss up piece of bark.
The winner picks up the club, and his OPP
ponent, folding his arms, plants himself,
bending his head.
1t is the clubbearer's privilege to whacl:
his antagonist just as hard as he can, and
with all the vigorous righteousness he can
command, on the back. One blow is
struck, and then the man who has endured
it picks up the club and his opponent is
subjected to all the force he can command.
So the whacking goes on, and almost
every blow is a knockdown one, until the
duelist last knocked down refuses to &C
cept the club from his opponent. He has
had enough and the party breaks up. The
severity of the punishment endured in
these duels is marvellous. The club used
has a jagged edge, and every blow struck
brings blood, making deep cuts and fearful
! bruises
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

Up to within forty years Sweden, Russia.
Poland and Hungary enjoyed a practical
monopoly of the leech business, but now
nearly all the leeches used abroad come
from artificial ponds and meadows in the
south of France, where the bottom is firm
and solid, the areas chosen being divided
into rectangular plots by bitches. The
breeding season arrives in June and July,
and at this time water is admitted into the
bitches, the meadow flats remaining dry.
The eggs are laid by the leeches in loose
soil at the margins of the bitches. When
the young ones are Matched the meadows
are overfiowed artitcially some six or eight
inches. The young leeches are fed upon
the blood of living horses and cattle driven
into the shallow water twice a week.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
1t Never Fails.

They had been friends and neighbors for
fifteen years, but in an evil hour one of them
put telephone into the house and insisted
that the other family should make use of it
whenever occasion required. 1t was the old,
old story After about a month there was
cooness and two weeks later even the re-
spective servant girls made up faces at each
other over the back fence. Then the new
minister called at one of the houses, and as
he was about to depart after his visit he in
quired:
"Let me see. Don't the Spondulicks family
live next doorF
"Spondulicksl Spondulicksln repeated the
lady. Just wait and I'll ask the cook. She
knows all the washwomen in this neighbor-
hood"
And when the new letter carrier left mail
for the other family, he said:
"There must he a family named Gigback
up this way somewhere. Ever hear of them~
"Gigbackl Gigback Let's see. I'll ask
my Tommy if that wasn't the name of the
man who wanted to take care of our horse
and run our furnace next winterm-Detroit
Free Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
HE FELT HURT.
The Romance Of Hotel, Guest and &
Departure.

The Romance Of a Hotel, a Guest and q
Departure.
His pantaloons were pokel in his bootlegs,
and the heels of the boots tapered at the ends
to the proportions Of billiard cue He wore
ON his head a wide brimmed hat, his face
was hidden behind heard of a weeks
growth, and his hair was ragged and unpre
sentable But he was no slouch if his APP
pearances made him look like one With IA
dash, and the least bit of evaporation illum-
ming his eyes, he rushed up to the desk of
the Midland last night, and bringing his
hand down with thump, hOwled:
You ere fellars be not stuck on my trade,
bes yep
The affable clerk, after recovering his
breath, meekly replied that the hotel was run
for the accommodation of the travelling pub
lie, and that any insubordination on the part
of employees meant prompt dismissal for the
eTring one
"Then that'ar being the case, treat me de-
cent" snapped the wild westerner IL own
5000 acres of as good land in Arizona as
bullock ever chawed grass from, and | have
10000 head of 'em. I've been monkeying
round this ear tavern starving all day, and
have not heard the gong ring for chuck
Besides, writ my name down when came
in, and you're fellers amt got sense enough
TO give me a bed. Out our way when a
stranger goes to the tavern the landlord i'm
vites him to take drink, steers him to the
chuck room and sees him to bed. There's no
cheer here, nohow, and guess I'll hunt up
another ranch"
He squirted a stream of tobacco juice on
the marble floor and vanished Kansas City
| Times
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

The stranger will still find many Gu
rious and interesting relics of olden days
and ways in Shetland. The ancient vii
lage or 'toun" of Sound, two miles from
Lerwick, is veritable nest of odd old
folks and things. The inhabitants pique
themselves on possessing the exact spot
of ground ON which their ancestors dwelt
for more than thousand years. They
show fine scorn for ''oopstart Lerwick"
in the oft quoted couplet:
Sound was Sound when Lerwick name;
Sound'n be Sound when Lerwick is dune
and the Sound wives" still visit Ler-
wick on Saturdays with their ''kashies"
ON their backs, their knitting in full
swing, and their noses high in lofty con-
tempt, waiting on one another until all
are done with their errands or shopping,
and then returning to Sound, the en-
bodiment of naughty liberation. Cor.
Boston Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

seen, but he could not compose himself
sufficiently to tell me. and / soon saw that
he was insane. After some days l ven
tured into the cavern. but as soon as l saw
he river that had borne US to the sub
merged city | knew that we had set foot IN
it for the last time. The riacr was com
pletely choked up l., heaps rocks, and
from "a stream of twenty fee de had be-
come shallow lake. extend o.; some dis
lance and with small rivul, making its
way at one end into the bowels of the earth
by some impenetrable shaft.
Tie entire aspect of that subterranean
country had been altered, and by subse-
quent measurement | ascertained that
where the ruined city had been now rested
thousands of tons of earth and rocks.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

Inc auilifHS N0Eh ~ NIfaA bNAHe
1t is usually said. IN hasty generaliza-
ton. that the poetry Of the present age
is unique in the extreme refinement of
it's exterior mechanism. Those who say
this are not aware that the great poets
whose virile simplicity and robust care
lessness of detail they applaud have al
most without exception been scrupu-
lousy attentive to form. No modern
writer has been SO learned in rhythm as
Milton, so faultless in rhyme arrange
ment as Spenser. But what is true Is
that care for form and a considerable
skill in the technical art of verse have
been acquired by writers of a lower or
der. and that this sort of perfection is
no longer the hall mark of great mas
ter.
We may expect it, therefore, to at
tract less attention in the future, and
although assuredly the jargon Of Walt
Whitman will not be accepted, technic-
al perfection will more and more be
taken as amatter of course, as portion
of the poets training which shall be as
indispensable and as little worthy of
notice as that musician should read
his notes correctly. Edmund Gosse in
Forum