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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
swlFTER THAN SUNLIGHT.
An Electric Current Girdlos the Globe Il
Three Seconds.

An Electric Current Girdlos the Globe In
Three Seconds.
Philadelphia scientists are preparing
to find out how fast an electric current
travels. An experiment will be made,
probably from the Franklin institute,
by connections over the Atlantic cable
to Liverpool and return.
A recent test appeared to show that
an electric current Is slow coach as
compared to light, being only able to
get over to Europe and back in some
thing like a second, or at the rate of
only some 400, 900 miles a minute, while
light ambles along at a million-mile-a-
minute gait. The Philadelphia scien-
lists who are proposing to make further
investigation are not satisfied to give
up the record to sunlight, and hope to
prove that the electrical current, If not
handicapped, is the swifter element.
The most recent experiment was tried
at McGill college Montreal. The cur
rent was transmitted in Montreal, was
transferred to the cable at the New
foundland cable station by means of
Thompson's mirror galvanometer, sent
across to the station at Liverpool, and
returned to Montreal by the same
method. The distance traversed, partly
by overhead wire and partly by cable,
was 5000 miles From the time the cur
rent left the key in Montreal until it
returned to the receiver in the same
Office just one second and one-twentieth
of second had elapsed but the condi-
tions were not as good as they might
have been, hence the further expert
ment to be made here.
The rapidity with which the current
| travels over short wires with no delay
indicated unlimited possibilities in the
direction of practical tests. Prof. Marks
of the Edison Electric Light company,
is authority for the assertion that if the
| globe was encircled with continuous
cable current would travel the entire
distance in a trife over three seconds.
AT this rate a current would travel to
the sun, covering the distance of 96,000,.
600 miles, in three and a half minutes
'In this age of SCIENCE" said one OF
the gentlemen who will participate in
the experiments, people have an idea
that we know so much now there is
nothing more to be discovered. Why
we are yet in our infancy as far as elec
tricity goes. New discoveries will ye
be made, and we will live to see then
put into practical use, which will revo
lutionize the entire world. The e,1
pertinent which we are about to mak'
in telegraphy is only feeler, which
will lead to other and more startling
experiments. The establishment o
telephone communication between the
hemispheres is already being seriousl.
discussed. d."-Philadelphia Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE TO DO.

Francis Bellamy, chairman of the
executive committee, offers the follow
ing among other suggestions:
The first duty Of each school is to attend to
Its own morning celebration.
Teachers, superintendents and school boards
should confer that action may be harmonious
and the best results attained. The pro-
posed celebration should be explained to each
school at the earliest moment. 1t should be so
presented as to awaken enthusiasm. In
teresting topics relating TO Columbus
and the discovery should be suggested
for special investigation Such topics might
be: THE Map of the World Before the
Discovery" Important Inventions and Events
of Europe Just Before the Discovery" "The
Story of Columbus" +" "The Ships of Columbus -
what Columbus Expected to Find" Geo
graphical Growth Of the United States"
Estates of South America" etc. The teacher
should assign the address and thu ode to those
who can render them most intelligenuy. Tho
flag salute and the songs should be persistently
rehearsed
Important committees of pupils should be
appointed: l. A committee of invitation, whose
duty is to see that the family of each pupil re-
ceives special invitation to the morning exer-
cises Of October 2l and also, when they arrive
to show them seats; .. color guard, whose
duty is ~ to see that the school has q flag and
q stan in proper condition; (2) to meet the vet.
erans as they arrive, and escort them with dig
nifty to the principal in the schoolhouse. (3) to
act as aids of the principal.
An efficient adult committee OF arrangements
should also be constituted. This committee
must see ~ that seats are prepared out of
doors in hope of fair weather, and that room
is also engaged for the exercises, should the
day be stormy (2) that fitting decorations and
printed programmes are provided; (3) that the
local press is interested and invited; az that
arrangements are made with the veteran MS and
other special guests for the parts they are to
take.
The school principal must make himself per-
sonally responsible for the work Of each COM
m
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
PUBLIC SCHOOLS CELEBRATION.

Programme for Columbus Day, aa Ar
ranged by the Executive Committee.
At nine o'clock on Friday, October
81, the schools will assemble. At half
past nine detail of veterans will
reach the school building in Maine as
in California, in Dakota as in Louisi-
ana. A color guard of pupils will meet
the old soldiers at the entrance and
escort them into the building. At q
given signal the pupils will gather in
the large hall or in the yard where the
exercises are to take place, and the
master of ceremonies will begin the
reading of the presidents proclamation
declaring the day national holiday.
AS the reader finishes he announces:
sin accordance with this recommenda-
tion by the president of the United
States, and as a sign of our devotion to
our country, let the flag of our nation
be unfurled above this school,"
AS the flag reaches the top of the
staff the veterans will lead the assem-
blage in ''three cheers for old Glory"
Then, at signal from the principal,
the pupils face the flag and give it the
military salute, saying: 81 pledge alle-
glance to my flag and the republic for
which it stands; one nation indivisible,
with liberty and justice for ALL" Then
in unison will sing america"
A prayer and an acknowledgment OF
God follows, and the song of Columbus
day will have it's first rendition in pub
lie. The first stanza is given in the
accompanying cut. The other stanzas
follow:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

For he nailed from the past with its sitting
walls to the futures open sky,
And the ghosts Of gloom and fear were laid as
she breath Of heaven went by,
And the pedants pride and the lordlings scorn
were lost, in that vital sir,
AS fogs are lost when sun and wind sweep
ocean blue and bare,
And freedom and larger knowledge dawned
clear, the sky to span,
The birthright, not Of priest or king, but OF
every child Of mani ..'.-
Uplift the new worlds banner to greet the ex.
ultant sunl
Let its rosy CLEANS still follow Its beams as
swift to west they run,
Till the wide air rings with shout and hymn TO
welcome it shining high,
And our eagle from lone Katahdin TO Shasta's
snow can fly
In the light of its stars as fold on fold is flung
to the autumn skyl
Uplift 1t, youths and maidens with songs and
loving cheers;
Through triumphs' raptures It has waved,
through agonies and tears.
Columbia looks from sea to sea and thrills with
Joy to know
Her myriad sons, as ore, would leap TO shield IL
from q foei
And you who soon will be the state, and shape
each great decree,
Oh, vow to live and die for II, IL glorious death
must bel
The brave OF all the centuries gone this starry
flag have wrought;
In dungeons dim, of CORY fields, its light and
peace were bought;
And you who front the future-whose days our
dreams fulfill
On Libcrty's immortal height, oh, plant 1t
frmer still!
For It floats for broadest learning; for tho
souls supreme release;
For law disdaining license; for righteousness
and peace;
For yalor born of Justice and its ampest scope
and plan
Makes a queen of every woman, king Of every
man!
While forever, like Columbus, DER Truths un-
fathomed main
1t pilots to the hidden isles a grander realm to
gain.
Ahi what mighty trust is ours, the noblest
ever sung,
To keep this banner spotless its kindred stars
among!
Our fleets may throng the oceans-our forts the
headlands crown
Our mines their treasures lavish for mint and
mart and town
Rich fields and focks and busy looms bring
plenty far and wide
And statelier temples deck the land than
Romes or Athens pride
And science dare the mysteries Of earth and
wave and sky
Till none with us in splendor and strength and
skill can vie:
Yet, should we reckon Liberty and Manhood
less than these,
| And slight the right of the humblest between
our circling seas
Should we be false to our sacred past, our
fathers God forgetting,
| This banner would lose its luster, our sun be
nigh his settingl
| But the dawn will sooner forget the east, the
tides their ebb and flow,
| Than you forget our radiant flag and its match.
less gifts forego!
| Nay! you will keep 1t high advanced with ever
Frightening sway
| The banner whose light betokens the Lords
divner day
Leading the nations gloriously in freedoms
| holy wayl
| No cloud on the field of azure-no stain on the
rosy bars
God bless you, youths and maidens as you
guard the Stripes and Starsl
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
CATCHING A PRAIRIE WOLF.
A Young Man Made a Peculiar Bet, and
Won 1t, Too.

A Young Man Made Peculiar Bet, and
Won 1t, Too.
One cold, windy day party of lively
young fellows driving across the prairie
saw prairie wolf making meal from
dead horse. Bill Burns offered to bet
ten to five he could catch the wolf and
the bet was taken. Bill directed the
driver to get as close as possible under
cover of a low ridge some three hundred
yards from the wolf. With the wagon
concealed by the ridge and the wind in
his favor, Burns began to crawl through
the knee-high dead grass, which was
nearly the color of his canvas coat and
old felt hat. The horss lay with its
back toward Burns and as twas frozen
the wolf was eating frouA the inside
of the carcass, going almost his whole
length into a hole eaten in the horses
abdomen. He would go in and snatch
mouthful or two, then quickly back
out and look around. 1t was evident
that he considered ''eterna! vigilance
the price of liberty" Each time the
wolf went in Burns crawled rapidly
toward it, lying fiat in the grass when
ever the wolf came out. III half an
hour he had got within few feet of
the wolf, and, watching for q favorable
moment, rose to his feet, jumped over
the horse, and caught the wolf by the
hind legs To the spectators it did not
look as though Burns had more than
touched the wolf when it was rods
away, and went off with such grand
burst of speed that one of the boys de-
clared he could hear it whizz long after
it was out of sight. Although Burns
held the wolf but an instant he was
severely bitten on both arms and on
one leg. His opponent claimed the
stakes because Burns did not hold the
| wolf, but Burns said he did not agree
to hold it, but to catch it; that he did
not intend to hold it long enough for
| it to bite him, but found he could not
let go quick enough. The bet was de-
cided in Burns favor.-Forest and
Stream
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
A Libel on tho Cow.

"The COW is born thief" said
Thomas Grimshaw to n party of COM
mercial pilgrims who were discussing
zoology in the Linden rotunda. "She
will leave square meal, gotten up ex-
pressly for her by an imported chief.
to wear her tongue as thin as polit-
ical platform trying to coax wisp of
rotten straw through crack in a
neighbours barn. She relishes nothing
so much as what she steals. She has a
long head, and could give many of our
military heroes points on strategy.
Any COW that has paid attention to her
education can open garden gate that
fastens with bank vault lock, get in
side and do fifty dollars worth of dam.
age before the infuriated owner can re.
member that the shotgun is not loaded.
The cow is calf, if our city butchers
are to be believed, until there is nc
more room on her horns for rings.
When she is too old to give two quarts
of milk per diem and then kick it all
over the dewy-lipped milkmaid, the
careful farmer drives her on railroad
track, wrecks a freight train with her
and then sues the company for the
price of Jersey. OF course the com
pany kicks worse than the cow ever
did, but the honest agriculturist gets q
jury of fellow farmers and the soul
less monopoly has to come to taw."-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
CONCERNING SUCCESS.

The unsuccessful often forget the
steps that lie between the base and
pinnacle of glory. They storm the
tempting heights at once and sink ex-
hausted at the base. They that strive
and toll with the right means at the.
right time with the right spirit for a
reasonable and possible success gen.
orally attain it. This is the case With
the Laxative Gum Drop. Many at
tempts have been made to put dry
laxative OH the market. 1t has been
successful only with the Laxative
Gum Drop, remedy that contains
the very finest laxative that has ever
been tried, embodied in the best gum
drop material so that it will stand any
temperature and climate. Thereisno
gripping, no pain, no discomfort. It's
asgentle as nature itself. They contain
no taste of medicine and no disagree
able flavor. They act in the same
pleasant, gentle manner, gently, quiet-
ly, easily and effectually. They come
in two sizes, the small boxes retail for
Ioc. and contain twelve gum drops The
large boxes retail for 25c. and contain from
thrty-six to forty gum drops. Get them
of any dealer. .,S t-t - e ~
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria. III
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
No SuGocation.

An eminent German specialist on throat
and lung diseases, says: "a slight attack of
Group is sufficient to close the air passages
of very young child, and death will ensue
from suffocation." DR.. Hoxsies Certain
Group Cure keeps the air passages open and
suffocation from Group cannot take place.
so cents For sale by allprominent druggists
throughout the state. A p. HoxsIE, Buffalo,
N. Y, manufacturer and sole proprietor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOUSE FOR POULTRY.
IT'S Interior Arrangement Is Said to b
Almost Perfect.

IT'S Interior Arrangement Is Said to Bo
Almost Perfect.
The plans given are from a poultry
house that built in 1890, writes Dam
iel Brown to the Ohio Farmer. 1t is a
lean-to shed; that is, it was built
against another building. 1t is % feet
long by s feet wide. The foundations
were made by digging trench and fill
ing 1t with broken stone well sledged
down. Then two courses of hollow
brick or building tile were laid in ce-
ment mortar. The sills were by s.
inch planks, studding 9 by 5; rafters the
same; sided up with inch drop siding;
lined on inside with surfaced and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

Dora Knew Him. = Cora "I'm
much pleased with my new acquain.
tance, Mr.. Jimpson. I hope to know
him better" Dora-'Well, it would
be impossible to know him worse" -
Yankee Blade.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

Send ten cents in stamps to John Sebas
tian, Genl Ticket and Pass. Agt, c., r.
& P. R'y, Chicago, for pack of the "Rocl
Island" Playing Cards. They are acknowl
edged the best, and worth five times the
cost Send money order or postal note fol
b0c., and will send five packs by express
prepaid.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

Is the race for popularity won by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. 1t took the lead at the
start and distanced all competitors. 1t Grad
icates indigestion, malarial complaints, all
ments of the bladder and kidneys, nervous
ness, neuralgia rheumatism. Physicians
commend, the public knows its value, the
press endorses. Grand are its credentials,
grander still it's success.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

promptly, but one should remember to use,
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gen-s
tie remedy is tho Syrup of Figs, manufaose
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

Physician = '"Twelve glasses Of
brandy day! Why, have you any coat
at all left to your stomach?" Patient
'Ain't so certain about that, but know
! haven't one left to my back. ."-Phar-
maceutical Era.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

LARGE hats, It is said, will rage this VIM
ter, and so will the people who sit behind
them-lnter Ocean
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

REV. II. P. CARSON, Scotland, Oak, says:
1.-TWO bottles Of Ha1l's Catarrh Cure COM
pletely cured my little girl" Sold by Drug
gists, roc. tf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

ADVICE to husbands-never talk in your
sleep unless you're sure what you are going
to say.-Drake's Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

Dancing Master-"I want to look
ut some nice shoes for dancing" Shoe
Man-"Yes, sir, here you are. A nice
pair of kangaroo-s kin shoes; and you
know, sir, for hops, the kangaroo can't
be beaten"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

"So YoU have new servant girl" said
does sEe like youi"-W ashington Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

MANY a wise man has picked up a good
suggestion where some fool dropped it
Galveston News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar. T,1
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

DIMLINa--"Why did YOU leave thelecture
platform, Larltinr Larkin-"Well was
egged on to that step. Wife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

BEEcuAM's PILLS cost only % cents q box.t
They are proverbially known throughout
the world to be worth q guinea O box" L
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

WHEN boy is smart there Is question
whether he gets it from her folks or his peo-
ple.-Atchisou Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

'DID you know his business had run
downl" Il had supposed 80. l heard he
was going to wind it up."-Nast's Weekly.
PAT MALoNEY remarked that "the first
and last letters in the alphabet are the A q
ones"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

A GREAT many who try to act the prodi-
gal son find too late that they have acted
the calf instead.-Atchison Globe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

THAT was a pretty hard story to swallow,
said the cellar when the upper part of the
house fell into it-Texas Siftings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

from feeding room to perch room. The
lower row of nests is on a level with
the perches; the upper row 1 foot
above. Outside the lines on the nest
frames are boards inches wide to
give the hens easy access to the nests.
The next boxes are closed at one end.
When hen is given brood the box is
turned so that the open end is in the
feeding room. Over the nest frame a
wire screen is hung to the rafters,
making two apartments. The nest
frames are movable
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

ton, enriches the blood, dispels aches and
pains, melancholy and nervousness, brings
refreshing sleep, and restores health and
strength.
It's powerful restorative tonic and sooth-
ing nervine, made especially for womans
woman's weaknesses and ailments. In all
"female complaints and irregularities, If it,
ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your
money back ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
An Excuse to be Naughty.

Mamma-Now be good boy, Frank,
and I'll take you out as soon as the rain
stops.
Frank-rd rather be bad for a
while.
Mamma (astonished)-Why?
Frank-'Cause / don't think the
rain is going to stop to-day.-Harper's
Young People
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15
A TIRED WOMAN.


A TIRED WOMAN,
Just as much as q
sick and ailing oney
needs DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
tion. That builds up,,
strengthens, and in-
vigorates the entire
female system. It
regulates and pro-,
notes all the proper
functions of woman-
] Ill.,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

THE man who figures in an explosion be-
gins Mt the bottom ana works up. b
Nor necessarily after q bird-the man
who goes out for a alark.-Brooklyn Eagle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

A great many medicines "relieve" Co.
tarrh in the Head. That means that it's
driven from the head into the throat and
lungs. But by its mild, soothing, cleansing
and healing properties, DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy perfectly and permanently cures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-10-15

JNo. SEBASTIAN, G. 7. & P. A,
Chicago, Ill.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-20

NOTICE TO NOTICE IS
~ hereby given that sealed bids will b received
by the board of county commissioners Of King
county until Monday; October 3, 1892, a. p. m:
what Is known rs the Fremont road, running
nor from the southeast corner of section So
township 20 north, range east. distance OF two
miles; and also for the clearing. grading and
length running east said southeast corner u
section SO said work Is TO be done follows:
First mile-Roadway to be- cleared so feet wide:
roadway TO he grubbed 20 feet wide except where
wide and panked l6 feet wide with 4xl2 plank
ing: balance of roadway TO be graded 20 feet
wide: estimated amount Of earth work 600
yards.
wide. grubbed and graded 20 feet wide: that part
running east to be cleared grubbed and sm0othed
up, rounding in center 80 feet wide.
Bids to he as follows: First mile-Cleafing per
lneal foot, grubbing per Ineal foot, planking per
lneal foot, grading hv the lump sum-
Second mile-Clearing per iinesl foot grubbng
and grading per linea foot that part lying east OF
said section corner, clearing per lneal foot grub
bling and smoothing per lineai foot All work to
be done In q workmanlike manner under the sa-
pervision of the board of county commissioners or
their agents. and to the satisfaction and approval
of said board. certified check of $3.50 must ac-
company each bid TO be. forfeited to King county
by the successful bidder in he falls to enter
into contract and furnish bond within five days
after date of award. Bonds in he full sum of the
contract price. conditioned on the payment OF all
claim for labor and material and for the compile
ton of the contract, will be required
The board reserves the ris ht to reject any and
ali bids Bids to be marked IBID on Improvements
Fremont Road. sealed and filed with the county
auditor on or before the date above specified
Plans and specifications for the construction Of
F. A. TwICHEL L. Clerk