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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

VERMIN don't like tobacco. Nothing
but man likes tobacco. Put little to
bacco in the nests and it wil' do much
toward getting rid Of vermin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

CALLER-"rd like to see the lady Of the
house" Paterfamilias-"We haven't one
just at present The girl went this morn
ing. Can you call ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

HARD pressed for money-The produc.
tions of the mint.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04
a RAT RAILROAD.
Dourors wonderful Exhibition Of Trained
Rodents.

DourDrs Wonderful Exhibition of Trained
Rodents.
There was recently in Paris, a Rus
sian, by name Dourof who Is supposed
to know more about the nature of rats
than any other man living. He has
made business of training them to do
queer things, and ut the same time has
carefully studied their habits and ways
A reporter who visited him and his
two hundred and thirty free and or
dinary uncaged rats found him in the
act of exhibiting his "rat railroad" 1t
consisted of q narrow track laid in a
circle, upon which were three passen-
ger cars large enough to hold five or six
rats apiece, baggage car, and pretty
little locomotive.
Close to the track was small painted
wooden house, which served as sta
tion. There were switches and other
railroad paraphernalia.
Presently cage was broughti in which
contained considera BILE number of rats.
Dourof clappcd his hands together three
times, and all the rats came tumbling
out of the cage and swarming into and
about the little station.
He clapped his hands again and half
dozen black and sleek rats--very re-
spectacle, corpulent fcllows-climbed
into the first car, which was a first
class coach.
Once more Dourof clapped, and half q
dozen black and white rats, quite regu-
larly marked, got into the second class
car, while an indiscriminately marked
and rather disreputable looking COM
pany scrambled into the last car, which
was third class
A black rat, who did duty as the sta
ton master, promenaded up and down
on the platform of the little house,
| while two or three small white rats
dragged some little trunks into the bag.
gage car. These were the baggage
smashers"
A whistle was heard, the engineer rat
| climbed upon the locomotive. and a
| switchman rushed to the switch. Again
the whistle sounded and the train
moved off around the track.
The training of the rats to the per
| formance of this feat was, M. Douroi
declared, extremely easy except in the
case of the baggagemen, whose educa
tion had cost him a good deal of trouble,
Each party Of passengers had beer
placed-one party at time-at theil
breakfasting hour opposite the car tc
which they belonged, in which some
pieces of soaked bread had already beer
placed. At his signal they had beer
liberated, and had quickly found tn,
| bread.
Little by little they had been trained
in this way to enter the proper car
The locomotive was operated with clocl
work, and the rats had nothing to d.
with it.-Humane Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04
A Garden Started Free of Cbarpo.

THE barbed wire fence is the thing that
can give you points.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

1t Is now O "Nostrum,"
though ut first it was COM
pounded after a prescription
by q regular physician, with
no idea that 1t would ever so
on the market as q proprie-
tary medicine. But after
compounding that prescrip-
tion over q thousand times il
one year, we named it "Piso's
Cure for Consumption" and
began advertising itin q small
way. A medicine known all
over the world is the result.
Why is it not just as good
as though costing fifty cents
to q dollar for a prescription
and an equal sum to have it
put up OF n drug store2
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

TIE best answer you can make to self
conceit is to keep still.-Ram's Horn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

IT is dangerous even in a ballroom to steI
on u moving train. Boston Transcript.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

A delicious sauce to serve with fried
or broiled fish, and one that will keep
indefinitely, is made as follows: Put the
yollzs of two eggs in a small saucepan,
stir to cream and add slowly. stirring
the while, two tablespoonfuls of salad
oil; then in the same manner two of
white wine vinegar. Set this in a ves-
sci of boiling water and stir until it
thickens, take from the fire and con-
tinue the stirring until the mixture is
cold; now add slowly two more table
spoonfuls of oil, half teaspoonful OF
salt, one of sugar and two tablespoon
fuls of French mustard. Lastly add
four tablespoonfuls of thick cream and
finish the seasoning to taste If all is
not to be used at once, add right pro-
portion of cream to part of it and keep
the rest in a covered glass jar in cool
place. This is also most excellent
mayonnaise for salads. Gem
tleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

SOME men are so conscientious that they
never put off anything TILL tomorrow but
the bill collector.-ElmIra Gazette.
"WHY do they call that daughter of theirs
'Olivep" because n liking for her has to
be acquired. News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

BEEcHAM's PILLS take the plnce of an en-
tire medicine chest, and should be kept for
use in every family. 25 cents box.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04
Best of All

To cleanse the system in gentle and truls
beneficial manner, when the Springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy,
Syrup Of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only so cents: the
large size 81. Try it and be pleased. Man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-03-04

IT'S the man who has no music in his soul
that is able to harp on the faults of others
Inter Ocean,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08

held up as the typical dangerous class oi
the republic, while nothing is said, OF
scarcely anything, in regard to those who
are not simply fomenting local strife
which can be easily subdusd, but by
those who are undermining the very
foundations Of republican government
and COrrupting not only legislators but
public sentiment ss well. lis time that
there should be an intelligent CUnsidera-
tion and discussion Of the really danger
Gus classes.-Religio Philosophical Jour-
nal, February 4.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08
Shawnee Fire Insurance COMPANY.

-
Topeka is again to be complimented in
securing another insurance company, q
mate of the Kansas Mutual Life, and one
worthy the confidence and patronage Of
every citizen in Kansas The Shawnee
Fire Insurance Co., formerly the Kansas
Farmers Fire Insurance Co.
The company has been in existence for
more than ten years, and has made a rec
ord to be envied for promptness in pay
ing all losses, which have aggregated
over 100000. It is a Kansas company
composed Of the best Kansas men, and
there can be no good reason why every
Kansas man should not give it his
favorable consideration, as it gives
support to score Of families and circu-
lates and retains within the state the
money used in operating it's business.
The company should be given q loyal
welcome by all who admire Kansas en-
terprise and desire it to keep in the front.
In the reorganization the name has
been changed to Shawnee Fire Insurance
Co., the capital largely increased, J. w.
Going has been made general manager,
and the following directors elected who
are widely known for their integrity and
wealth: John r. Mulvane, president
Bank Of Topeka; Hon. Thos. A. Osborn
ex-governor Of Kansas; P. g. Noel, pres
ident First National bank, Topeka; Sam
uel T. Howe, president Kansas National
bank, Topeka; Fl. P. Dillon, president,
Of Williams & Dillon, attorneys, Topeka;
Geo. M. Noble, vice president Kansas
Loan & Trust Co., Topeka; Hon. j. r.
Burton, attorney, Abilene; 7. W. Pelham,
capitalist, Abilene; J. s. Hollinger, presi-
dent Abilene National bank; 0. l.. Thiss-
Ter, farmer and stock raiser, Abilene;J.
W. Going, secretary.
Agents are wanted in every section Of
Kansas, and to those who can devote q
portion Of time to the interests Of this
good terms will be given by
writing j. w. Going.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08

irresponsible army. When greedy mo-
nOpOlists have destroyed the. free yeo-
manry Of country, from which powerful
volunteer armies spring at their coun-
try's call, and have reduced the masses
yet living to the condition Of slaves and
spiritless paupers and tramps, they have
left themselves no security against the
unreasoning human tigers which their
shameless greed for gold has bred.-O.
F. L., in Flaming Sword, January q.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08
How to be Healthy and Happy.

Don't work 866 days in the year. Get out
into the sunshine. Take a vacation once in
q while. -
Iftoo busy C LAY of" last summer, buy
an excursion ticket at onCe, via Santa BE
route, TO Las Vegas HJs Springs, New Mex
loo, and stop q week or more at MontezumS
hotel. Hot bethS, burro riding, gunshiny
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08

Imported Psrohsron Stallion For Sale.
Weighs 1900. Nine years old. Sound, sure,
ZINC, and All right In every respect. "a big bar
gain for anybody that can use q aPRe drNft hOrTe
F0y further information apply 10 John FGWley,
Milford, KRs., or A. B. whiting Topeka.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08

days, and hunting in the mountains. Sep
tember climate lasts all winter.
For copy Of illustrated pamphlet, address
@. 4, Nicholson, g. p. q Il. A., A., II. & q.
b. B. B., Topeka, KRs.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08
The Dangerous Glasses.

the dangerous classes They are COM
monty spoken Of az the anarchists, tn
socialists, the discontented laborers VIII
engage In combinations and strikes
tramps who infest the country, stealini
and frightening women, but there is ON
GLASS OF dangerous people not even re
ferred to by those who discuss the ques
tions Of political economy and problem
OF social reform. One class ia the idl
rich, those who have the benefits o
wealth and nothing to do, who have
owing to their money, large influence
and from lack Of moral purpose nothing
to induce them wisely to use it. Thei
influence is often in it's effect to corrup
and bribe. They are shown a deference
owing to their money, to which they ar
not entitled by reason Of any intellectual
or moral merit, but there are Away
large numbers Of rather poor and mor'
or less dependent people ready to do tht
bidding or to assent to the demands o.
this very class. In political and sOCia
life, and in all the various circumstances
which are presented in our complex
social system, the influence Of wealth il
used by unscrupulous posEessors Of it tC
mass numbers in favor Of methods an6
measures irrespective Of their beneficial
or injurious character. People who use
wealth in this way are really dangerous
morally and socially. Especially danger
GUS are those who possess intelligence
adroltness and energy, as well as money
and who are utterly unscrupulous in the
use of means for the accomplishment Of
their purposes. Their greed is such that
they are continually desirious Of adding
to their possessions and they do not hes
itate to bribe legislators. jurors, judges,
members-of corporations, indeed any per-
son or persons whom they can use to en-
rich themselves or to further their
schemes. Congress is continually beset
by lobbyists doing all they can to secure
class legislation for men Of this type, men
who are not content to get rich honestly
and legitimately, but who wish to secure
governmental assistance under one
name or another. These men unite in
trusts for the enrichment of themselves
at the cost Of the public. They form
themselves into combines and engage in
conspirscies against the people. Their
method is to limit the production 30
that the demand for it will be greater,
that they may thereby increase prices
and fleece the public along the line Of
the least resistance. These men are
called coal barons or iron kings or other
nigh-sounding names, and the papers
them as being the great cap
aims Of industry, when the fact is that
hey are public robbers and q most
dangerous menace to the public good.
The labor sgitators, the socialists, and
he workingmen who are dissatisfied
With their condition are not necessarily
dangerous, and the disposition to single
hem out for condemnation while ignor-
ng the classes which are really danger
'us, is owing largely to the influence
which money has in giving tone to the
'ublic press and in obfuscating the mind
( the masses and thereby diYeFting at
ention from the real Ills and evils which /
ziHt. II q few anarchists engage in some
polish or criminal proceeding, they are
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-08
War Preparations,

sion and mounting 106 guns, big and lit
tie, as those relative terms are now
understood in naval practice; that is,
from six to twelve inches caliber. A
single one of these "little" six.inch
rapid fire guns, however, would almost
equal in destructive power a whole
broadside from the Royal George when
IN all her glory she went down "with
twice 400 men," Eighteen more ships
are to be completed within the coming
year, mounting 168 guns from five to
thirteen inches caliber.-The People.
In the principal countries of the old
world preparations for deadly conflict
have gone steadily forward until almost
every able bodied man OF military age is
trained soldier, either under pay or on
duty, or subject to instant call in case Of
his masters need. Rapidly our would-be
arietocrats have been shaping affairs to
the models furnished in the old world,
feeling that their i'll gotten possessions
would not be secure until they were
guarded by strong military power. AS
yet the people have set their faces as
flint against the cost and peril to the lib
erty OF the citizen Of q great standing
army, and our shoddy aristocrats have
had to content themselves with such
protection as citizen sOldiery, the vol
unteer militia which they have sprung
into being and seduously cultivated,
would afford them. They have all along
shared the feeling recently expressed by
some Of the renowned military leaders of
Europe that volunteers would afford ad-
equate protection to a country, but
could not be relied on by the privileged
classes against the rights and interests Of
the lower orders of the state from which
they sprung, and with whose interests
they were identified. Only regulars,
whose only calling was war, and whose
only hope Of promotion, or even susie
nance, lay in the army and the govern
ment, could be always depended upon to
fight for the power that sustained them.
But these great military leaders not only
admitted that volunteers afford adequate |
protection to governments, but they sd-
mittSd more. That in every great con-
flict Of modern times, even in the cases
where the final victory was against a
government, and it met with crushing
disaster and defeat, as in the case of
France in the recent Franco Prussian
war, the volunteer forces stood their
ground longer, and presented q far
greater obstacle to the victorious enemy
than the regulars. Nor has this been
true only of modern times. The Roman
historian, Tscitus, tells US that the free
German tribes, who fought only as vol
nnteers, presented greater obstacle to
the all-conquering Romans than all the
kingly governments of the east with
their immense standing armies, which
were maintained, as are the vast arma-
ments Of our times, at the cost Of untold
of the people of the nations
hat kept them.
Should matters 60 on 90 at present,
here will probably come time to these
unjust governments in the interests of
lristocracy and inequality, when these
vast srmies-which are organized and
rsined, perhaps unconsciously, but yet
'eslly, in the interests Of injustice ard
Vrong-will realize their power and take
ha crnvarnrnAnia intn THAR nNun banda I
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
BEFORE THE POSTAGE STAMP.
How They Used to send Letters In the
Time OF Our Great Grandfather


Time OF Our Great Grandfathers.
Before the use of postage-stamps va
rious sums were paid for the delivery
of letters. The amounts were regulat-
ed by the distance. and were collected
on the delivery of the letter.
In the early part of this century the
postage on a single sheet Of paper was
eight cents, and over forty miles the
rate was increased: SO that over FIVE
hundred miles a single sheet was TWEEN
ty-fve cents. But after a time these
rates were gradually reduced, until in
1915 letter weighing not over half IN
ounce was FIVE cents under three hun
dred miles, and over that distance, ten
cents.
Sir Rowland Hill. who was ct the
head OF the post Office department Of
England at this time. introduced the
use OF postage stamps in 1870, and also
lessened the charges for postage, In
IS47 the United States adopted the use
Of the postage stamp, the lowest-priced
one beingifve cents.
But railways and steamboats, had
now taken the place Of the old-fash-
toned mail coaches and postboys; and
with the more rapid sending Of the
mails, the cheaper rates OF postage,
and the growing population of the
country, gradual changes and improve
ments took place in the post Office sys-
TEN And here we are, N 1873, receiv-
ing our letters from the Pacific coast in
six davs-also from England in the
same time: and q few days or hours
will place us in direct eommunicz ton
with cur friends and correspondents IN
almost every part CT the eoun try--st
Nicholas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
wives of Presidents.

Three Of the first four presidents Of
the United States married widows The
wife of John Quincy Adams, who re-
ceived her education in England, Great
ed great sensation in the nations
capital The wife OF Martin Van
Buren,, Hannah Hoes, lived but short
time after her marriage, dying about
seventeen years before her husbands
election to the presidency. President
Tylers second wife was an ardent
Roman Catholic, and Mrs. Polk was
caln-mannered Presbyterian. Mrs.
Willard Fillmore had been a school
teacher, and the courtship was carried
on under difficulties, as the lover could
rarely afford the expense of a journey
to visit his fiancee. Mrs Franklin
Pierce was the devout daughter Of a
clergyman and made the white house
a center for charitable and religious en-
terprises-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
GENEK4L NIOK4GL.

I-0H EE~F-ss aCHEs CzSgsE 81 WIGHT
Il tusEeEtssF. CAL g. - - q G-tgg@.a s ~
- - EzatE So. . So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
BEFORE THE STARRY EMBLEM.
Some Of the flags That Have FloAtsd Over
American soil.

some of the Flags THAT Have FloAtsd Over
American Soii.
Columbus plowed with his ship the
roaring deep, end. stepping ashore
from his boat, flung IN the spicy
breezes OF the West Indies the royal
banner OF Spain It's romantic career
upon the western world was well sus-
tanned by Ponce de Leon and Cortez
This Gag first sailed upon the Mississip-
pi, saw the dark shadows of BraziiH
primeval forests and foAted over the
Oldest town ia the United States
st. Augustine. But John Cabot
was the first discoverer Of our
own shores, and the royal George
Of "msrrie England" had precedence ot
al others ia the now United States ter
ritory. Then followed the lilies of the
hourse Of Bourb bon. floating oversLake
Champlsin, the upper reaches % tbs
Mississippi and upon the walls Of Port
Royal and Quebec. Sir Henry Hudson
brought the ensign % Holland 20 the
Rhine Of America, and 10 1865 this flag
was kOisted over the infant city of New
York.
Previous 20 the resolution. the En-
gIish banner held sway, although thu
sturdy colonists insisted upon =
special one for their mercantile
marine. And when that agitation
frkt commenced, the respect they fsit
for the motherlznd was evidenced upon
their ensigDa Bat as the contest ds~p-
ened into war, the banners u tee var
Gus states became more expressive suI
pronounced
The word ''fiberty" found a compton
ous place Hpon most Of them. A green
pIns tree wss the favorits emblem e
Massachusetts,. % which her sfate cruis-
ers sdded = rattlesuaise. erect. ab0nt "a
strike. and beneath the sisuifeant
motto. ''Dcx'T TEEAp OK ME"
Our first cistipetiv national fsy vas
CON posed Of the Cd colors. red. Wits
and blus. znd bad strly~s as nos. Win
the crosses os Saint Andrew ana sa.rt
George in the corner. Thia ~ns arat
hois,sd in 1gTs. Bat the hsppT ssszges-
ton q starr as . foreground uas
already 1oot>d ia the Lines written "A
i774 sad Published ia tie Mzssseha.
ssfts spy.
Ia Af7srlc&a ssE - E1N 80 - - . 80
vA4eA ssall sssrsy eszas us8s tasuzge "a
sx1ss
And On Juns -. I775. tas Aassri-aa
cor ErszA declared for '-cid .prg % -
eemposes u tAirtess strip, aiteTnsi@
red ard white. vita th.rtsen whits
s,sra o. a blue ss!a- z "a sFs1hol has
since besz The rseoxnlzezs staseasd n;
AEeriea- II forms happy eonesasaon
70 relate that tEs tag % Pert MeHsnry.
witch Inspired Frzns.z Scots KsT -
write The star SPsngged Bazosr.T
s. in possesslor e Ar Eoea Appls;on.
q Ycaks-z. = =. grandson - Col
Arra.sesd. tAe gallant tetszASE - lat
toEt-S i. LsdgsE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BY Telegraph.

KANSAS CITY. Zen. observation-disclosures 400
Shipments 2aO Good cattle strong poor cows wea k.
closing l0c lower Dressed reef and shipping steers
a OOa5 80, and heifers 81 2093 80 sto, kers
and feeders 81 1904 10 HOGS-ReceDts $780, snip
ments 400. Market 5al0c lower III grades 81 2i@
q 10; bulk s. 90aS 10. SHEEP Receipts 26W. ship
nents l100. Market dull and unchanged. Muttons
a. &C.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. B-CATTLF Receipts l0Bc,
shipments 1900 Market firm. Native steers s. U0t1
2 Texas steers 80 got p Texas cows 81 sOe3 30.
grass cows s. 80 HOGr-aeceipts $50, shipments
I4OO. Market steady. Heavy s. Cos 80; packing
81 s0sS IS; light s. 30 g 80 SHEEP-ueceipts 400
shipments none Market steady. Fair to good
nat az 5Oa4 rs choice mutJOns s. U5a5 So
CHICAGO teb Ia "A TIE-feCetpts 5000 ship
ments none. Market quiet and strong Prime
steers s. 1895 IL. others So 9OG5 So cows s. IS @
20. HOGS-keC-ipts so Q; shipments 400 Mar
kat slow closed weaker. Mixed AMI packers IS %
aGs 81; prime heavy and butchers weights s. $50
IS; ligks- IS nOlS d. SHf EPReceipts 1861 ship
ments -. Ma ket closed weak Natives 81 300
500. Texans - 81 westerns s. 00@5 Is, lambs s. %
Is 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19

WICHITA AND WESTERN.
ARRIVE FROM WEST.
mo. 416 Mullinville AID kingmanI
express. .......................... 10 50 a m
%No. $50, Pratt and hingman accom-
mediation. .........................l1 80 q m
DEPART WEST,
mo. As, kingman and Mullinville
express. .................-.......5 % p m
$No. 49, Kingman and Pratt accom-
mediation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. : 30 a m
Union ticket Office, corner Main and First
streets Union passenger station corner OF
Douglas and Fifth avenues.
W. d. MURDOCH, D. ?. A,