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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

There had been no rain on Dancing
Branch for nearly two months.
Capt. Twitchell was greatly con-
cerned about his corn and also his cot
ton. The corn would not ear well nor
the cotton make good bolls, unless
water were Forthcoming in some shape
before many days. He was likewise
at this time greatly troubled about his
only daughter. He hardly knew which
of his worries was the greater. Yet
there was difference. He knew just
then of no way by which ne could con-
troll Jupiter Pluvius, yet he could-or
thought he could--control his daugh-
ter, Nisby Nisby, it may be said, was
the local Interpretation of Sophonisba
''If the cussed crops do go up" he
soliloquized, ~ reckon we'll have to
stand the racket somehow. But, by
mightyl"-this was the captains
favorite oath-"by mighty, sir! If
John Henry Padget marries Nisby
Twitchell 'thout my consent he'll get
up airlier and stay up longer than
most fools of his heft usually do"
But in the nature of things, there
were sundry protests and plottings
against the parental fiat
IL declarer said Nisby, during one
of the stolen interviews down at the
captains spring house, which the per-
sistency of John Henry had brought
about when his adored one went after
water, II don't know what we'd bet
ter do. Paw'd as soon see me marry
the Old Feller himself as you, John
Henry. / RELY can't see what makes
him so set aginst ye."
"I'll tell you why, Nisby. It's pure,
derned mulishneSs, if he is your paw.
But don't you worry. I've studied it
all over and I've thought up scheme
worth two of his yet. If everything
works out well. your father may pos
sibly save his cotton, but he's bound to
lose his girl, sure as God made little
apples!"
~ always &now'd you was smart,
John Henry" and Nisby, under the
glow of this confession, allowed her
lover to kiss Der without boxing his
ears, after the most approved Dancing
Branch manner. Tell me what you're
up to, anyhow"
Now Nisby, never you mind. All
you've got to do is to stay right at
home until you hear from me again"
You, Nisby!" now came in shrill
feminine tones from the direction of
the captains house. Where be you?"
Nov, John Henry you skip" said
Nisby submitting to another Dancing
Branch caress. That's NAV. She'll
be down here soons / answer"
'T'm comm, maw."
A few days later on the news flew
up and down Dancing Branch that
Prof Drydapper, the famous govern
ment expert. was about to visit that
region in order to test some of his pc
culiar theories in regard to producing
rain by artificial means. The pro-
fessor, it was said, had recently been
deluging the people of southern and
western Texas, and now proposed to
show the folks in middle Georgia how
to bamboozle nature into tears with a
few chemicals artistically applied.
''By mighty, sir!" quoth the captain,
~ don't believe the man can construct
a decent sprinkle"
But the more he looked at his shriv-
cling corn and cotton, the less
skeptical he grew. Presently it was
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Heard Through the Speaking Tube.

Cook-So yer goin' to be marrhed,
Mary McGinty! An to man thot was
tree years kapin' company wild yer sis
ter! Will, Oh doan't begridge ye.
Chambermaid-Shma difference eff
ye do, Miss Fagin; an it's the foine, ILL
CANT fellow Olive got, an he says he'd
sooner marry me than me sister any
day.
Cook-An' did We stan still an let
him pass dispradsin' remarruks about
yer family? Faix, Old hov broke the
mug av him.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Not a Peculiar Term.

'Why do you use such peculiar
terms?" asked a lawyers wife of her
husband, who had returned home worn
out by his days labors.
II don't see how you could have been
working all day like horse"
We'll, my dear" he replied, 'Tve
been drawing conveyance all day.
Isn't that working like horse?"-
Green Bag.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Time Is Money.

Col. SIMPSON, who was always ask
ing people to advance him money, died
not long ago in Texas town at the
age of eighty-six. Two gentlemen, one
of whom had advanced him money very
frequently, were talking about the de.
ceased, when one of them took occa.
sion to say:
with him the ruling passion was
strong in death"
"How SOP"
"Well, you see he even died at an
advanced age. Alex Sweet, in Texas
Siftings.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
THE WAYS OF TURKEYS.
Experiences of Lady Who Knows All
About the Queer Birds.

Experiences of Lady Who Knows All
About the Queer Birds.
In April your turlSey-hens will not
stay together, as they have done all the
winter, but each seems to have "a sep
arate secret, and you will often meet
one in the most unexpected places, far
away from the house. Then the de-
ceitfll old turlsey-hen will try to look
SD unconscious! She just goes on pluck
ing at the grass and weeds, slowly
turning first one way and then another
in an aimless fashion; and when she h
sure you are watching her, she will
lead you back and forth, around and
around, sometimes for half a mile.
Yot--would you believe it?-right here,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Highly Recommendea

Miss Penstock-Do you know any
thing about Jagsby?
Jack Clubber-Why, yes; he's fine
fellow. Of course you know he de-
serted his wife and his morals are some
what lax; he drinks to excess and is
very profane; and, to tell the truth, he
amt exactly honest; but otherwise he's
q very nice sort of fellow.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
A Ring and a Ring.

Weren't you at the front door last
night when Mr.. Smith came?" inquired
the mother of the daughter, referring
to the young man who had been COM
ing seven nights week for year.
'Yes, mamma" chirruped the daugh-
ter.
81 thought he didn't ring"
"That's all you know about it,
mamma and the delighted damsel ex-
tended a finger with brand new soli-
taire glittering on it.-Detroit Free
Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

NO" sobbed the pretty girl, Harold
and L never speak now. And it is all
through the Vaccinations of shat de-
ceitful Sallie Slimmins."
"Why, what did she do?"
'She persuaded us to join the same
church choir. Washington Evening
STAR
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Had Experience.

Teacher-Johnnie, what is a man.
gle?
Bright Pupil-Something they use in
a laundry to to tear clothes with.-Ar-
kansaw Traveller.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
A Special Inducement.

Agent-rd like to insure your life.
Respectable Old Party-I don't want
my life insured.
But we offer special inducements.
Every policy is paid on death"
"Well, all the companies do that"
"Yes; but we pay up even if you are
hanged. How's that for a special in
ement?"-Tammany Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Good Suggestion.

Mother Ito runaway Tommy = Is
there any place can put you and be
sure of finding you there five minutes
after?
Tommy (meelsly)-You might try ths
rd.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

Mother (entering parlor suddenly as
the lovers turn up the light)-Ethel,
you were sitting entirely too close to
Mr.. Getthere when entered.
Ethel = Mother, you know well
enough how afraid am in the dark
Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
She Didn't scare.

Marshall-What the mischief is the
matter with you, Raymond; been held
up by some highwaymen or have you
been in a railway disaster?
Raymond-Well, l can't say have
done either. Last night just hid un-
der the bed to scare my wife.-Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

Farmer Tibbets- Hang that cowl /
always have to club her fore can
make her stand still.
Little Nephew (from the city)-Is
that the one that gives the whipped
cream?-Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
No Words to Waste.

Mother-Mrs. Blank has given you
some cake, and you haven't even said:
''Thank you"
Small Son-Its balSer's.-Good News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Appropriate Uniform.

Wife lin fashionable store)-I won
der why all these salesladies are dressed
In black?
Husband-I suppose because business
is deod.-Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Marital Amenities.

His Wife-Do you wear that fright of
q hat on the streets?
Himself-No- ON my head. Chicago
Record
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

Miss Scrawneigh-I think your arms
and shoulders are just beautiful
Miss Plumplnecht (modestly)-ThA
where we differ Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
:. Howler-How much is It?

DIR. Howler-How much is it?
DIR. Scowler-One dollar.
Dr.. Howler-You know I'm a drug
gist myself in Indianapolis, and
DR.. Scowler-Oh, price to you is three
cents.-Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY.

Widow-Arrah, an is it yerself, Po-
iceman Murphy, dunno?
Policeman-It is that same, by this
token. I've got orders to go down an
arrest two Numbers of the shlaughter
house gang!-Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
Unshaken Still.

Dukane-I shook hands with Spud-
kins to-day and tried to show him that
he was wrong in that little dispute be-
tween us the other day.
Gaswell-Did you succeed?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

near by, along the fence in q ciump OF
grass, or under some dried brush, or
perhaps in the middle OF the pear
orchard, with never thing to mark
the spot, or in tangle of blackberry
bushes in Che old graveyard on the cool
moist earth is nest Of specified eggst
But take care! Do not for the world
put your hand In tho nest! You must
take those eggs out with fresh, clean
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

"If you'll give me some of that choco-
late I'll give you bite of the apple I'm
likely to have next fall."-Harper's
Young People.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28

"That's just like Spudkins. You
may shake his hand, but not his opin-
ions. s."-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
German Government Aid.

The German government, feeling that
in the struggles in their world labor was
unfairly treated and the employers had
an enormous advantage, now interferes
in cases of unjust contracts made be-
tween employer and employed, thus
making the conditions more nearly emp,
between the two parties. The reason for
this action Of the German government
is found in the fact of the great infln-
ence Of the Socialists in the press. the
schools, in clubs and in art culture and
in their system Of educating the masses.
Besides this it has been found that the
working classes have now no faith in the
old system of charity, and the govern
ment of Germany has devised and is
now enforcing by law a system of in
surance that will enable the people to
cope with the great causes of poverty
sickness, accident and old age. For the
first and last the workmen and his em.
ployer share the expense with the gov
eminent; for the second the employee
pays nothing.-John Grahame Brooke.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
Society Di000sed.

That the standard of living among the
very poor is not what it should be no one
will deny. AS the social Embellishments
become greater it becomes more difficult
every day for the poor to maintain de-
cent standard. Unless the concentration
of capital, brought about by granting
special privileges to individuals, be coun-
teracted, the standard of living of the
masses must fall still further, and in 81
train the standard of civilization T. -
evident that if $40 900 a year we..ro eon DIV
distributed among 20 famip ,es tho stsnd,
ard of living of the 30 f,amil;es would he
higher than if one FAMILY has 80 o0o q
year and the 10 fs.milies have abont Ssoo
each to live upon.
1t is ckn"wledged that the higher the
standard of living among the working
men and women the greater the. ef6cien.
cy and skill of labor. Shorter hours
better food, good sanitary conditions
conauce to higher physical and mental
standard. When wages ff,u below the
minimum necessary to maintain 6
healthy manhood and fe;manhood, it in
dicates diseased cor xtion Of society.-
Victoria Woodruff kartin,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
No Work For Works Sake.

Of old it was said, eff any would moi
work, neither should he eat" Men able
to work, and willing to work, who could
not find work, were not dreamed of. Elk
ternal nature is the same; the constitu
ton OF man has not changed. How, then
is it that we now hear, He who cannot
find work shall be fed by charity?" Those
who say this do not say, HE who does
not work shall be. fed by charity"
These pseudo philanthropists know the
penalty Of such an attempt to boldly an
null the natural law that by his toll man
shall be fed. BY skimping the dole to
what will just prevent actual starvation
and by the tests and inquiries and de-
grading conditions Of organized charity,
they try to draw the line between those
who cannot find work and those who do
not want to. But this line it is impossi-
BILE to draw, for no such clear line exists.
Organize charity as we may, men who
cannot find work go hungry, and men
who do not want to find work are fed.
and men willing to- work are converted
into men unwilling to work.
For willingness to work depends on
what can be had by work and what can
be had without work, and the personal
and social estimate of the relation. Work
is in itself painful and repellent. No
human being ever worked for the sake
OF working. write this article that it
may be published in The North Ameri-
can Review, and that may get the pay
for it and communicate my thought to
others. But the work of writing it is as
irksome to me as saving wood.
So with all work. In a ruder stage
men looked upon the necessity of work as
the curse of an offended Creator. We
who may now see to what marvellous ad.
vances it has led and recognize in it the
motor of all human progress may behold
in it not curse, but blessing. But its
irksomeness remains. What keeps any
of us at work are our desires and hopes.
our wants and our pride. Kill hope and
lessen desire by crucifying the feeling of
personal independence and accustomine
your man to a life maintained by aims.
and you will make of the most industri-
Gus tramp, for the law Of our being is
that we seek the qualification of our de.
sires with the least exertion. Henry
George in North American Review.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
Car Horses Treated Retter

Why should woman in a mercantile
house in New York who does the same
work as man or boy be paid smaller
sum of money? They should not be oblig-
ed to work more than 10 hours a day
at the most. The employer says he must
keep oper Is or 20 hours. What of it:
Wouldn't it be better to employ more of
the idle people? Good heavens! They
change the car horses two and tbroo
Tunes day, and can't they change the
women and children? The working Of
women IN foul Easements should be
stopped. Obliging them to take their
lunches hurriedly in filthy places should
be made criminal.-Joseph H. Choate.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
Oh, the Misery and Despaiy ;.

Kaufman hasn't had steady work for
six months. He got little iobs for
awhile, made dollar or tw' in a week.
but for the last four moy .ths be hasn't
had stitch to do. He .ns,,,+ o.rned y
dollar. The man is al, .as+ orazv The
1,1nu.oiu "sen' was around yesterday.
Kaufmann begged sd pleaded for lit
tie more time.
;. a. : II sof' ~" said the agent. eff
DIV q" ~, ' 800 " epese I'd let you stay
-. 'I y: Aow it is. The landlord
~ %, 49, Ioney. He has to pay taxes
$500 ~ He'd rather let the rooms
who dor pty than have people in here
do- II pay any rent. The place runs
:s:+ Then you're here, and it wouldn't
49, ~ >0ere empty. You'll have to get the
ksomehow or other"
Then Kaufmann's heart sank within
aim. and his bosom was contracted with
grief.
= One of the neighbors tried to comfort
D. him Don't get discouraged Times
e are going to pick up"
n Eyes, but how shall l get the money te
# nav my rent? We haven't cent to buy
o food with. How can pay rent?'
20 Business will pick up pretty soon."
II "For me, not. I'll be dead when i
g does. l can die but once, and why no
re- die quick instead Of dragging along!"
70 Then he started off on run.
If "Where are you going!' the neighbol
O. called after him.
70 "To hell!' cried Kaufman.
The neighbors think he will not xii
himself. They expect he will make tn
same old weary round Of the shops ask
or ing for little job that will give hin
= something to eat.-New York World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
Paris Labor Exchange.

1t is long since there has been any
mention of the Labor Exchange in Paris,
which M. Dupuy, president Of the coun-
Gil, closed, thanks to the support of 30, 600
troops, either armed with good rifles or
mounted on good horses. A working
man deputy, NJ. Faberot, has now asked
M. Rynal, minister of the interior, and
M. Casimir-P erier, president of the coun-
Gil, why the closing of the building was
still maintained.
The reply Of the government was that
a scheme for the regulation of all labor
exchanges in France has been submit
ted to the council of state, and that
when it is finally completed the Labor
Exchange in Paris may be reopened.
The new regulations will impose upon
all trades unions the obligation of con-
forming to the regulations in force in re-
gard to professional syndicates.
Whether the workingmen's associa-
tons will submit to the law or follow
the counsels of agitators who advise
them to the contrary remains to be seen.
Paris Herald
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
nordes about them that the need Of a
strong militia is s. earnestly felt

hordes about them that the need of a
strong militia is s. earnestly felt.
There is no ene1ly in sight except the
worklngman. He has been driven from
ms rlghtful heritage-the land. He has
been rent ridden, interest ridden. profit
ridden until he can no longer consume
ana therefore has no chance to produce.
he is idle, destitute, homeless. He drifts
about. patiently as yet, in crowds. Or.
gained IN trade unions, he is feared and
warned off by legal enactments and the
lash OF starvation; unorganized, he is
reared as mob and threatened with mi
lltla. 1t is conscience stricken fear that
Is strengthening regiments and building
forts in the midst of peaceful homes.
Free, busy, justly used citizens do not
need them.
10 the workingmen everywhere
would say: Do not mistake the reason for
the existence of this armed body among
you. Do not be cajoled into joining it for a
little pomp and fattery. Do not allow
your sons to become the trick dudes of a
smartly dressed company" Watch
we'll the organization. Do your own or
ganlzlng, convert the soldier boys if you
can, but do not let them convert you.
and remember it is to your degradation,
not your glory. that in free republic
an armed class exists, ever ready to re-
spond to the call of rich corporations.
They were never known to be called out
to protect the workingmen's interests
LIZZIE M. HOLMES.
Chicago
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
france ana RE United States.

~ 49, 10y 1n1ie II scarcely a form of labor
49, LIS -, i tl Ithat is not better paid
, ,m,;4 ,n ene Allied States. In New York
go o., ~" Ader themselves well paid at
waiter =, 80 $s5 per month; here the
WAGES 41siders himself in perjury if his
keen DO not reach $40 or $50, with
the THAT unerring barometer of prices
he BOARDING house, is 20 per cent higher
>re'than' il New York. But the few,
sin the United States, are gorging in
zig profits; the million, as with us, are
4 driven to the most uncomfortable straits
3 ITO make ends meet. The most curious
d phase of the situation in the parliament
r Els that while all the arguments, or rather
b the weight of reason, are on the side o.
n the reformers, the votes are with tn
l. trusts. This is accounted for by tn
II subserviency of the deputies, who ar
r forced to vote in accordance with the OF
l. ders of rich constituents, who can max
d their return to the chamber impossible
Dor;c Nnr Nouu York World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28

me',,. This principle was recognized bv
the Omaha convention of the Peoples
Party, and if the unionists will accent
the invitation of the party and take an
active part in its work direct legislation
can be made one of the leading issues of
the next national campaign. In fact.
am satisfied that with party newly
made out Of the trades unions no better
programme in the interests of wage
workers could be adopted than is now
and will be offered under proper influ-
ences by the Populists. Events of the
past IL months, taken in connection with
the conduct and utterances of Populist
members OF congress and leaders who
are not IN office, it seems to me, should
show clearly the way the laborer should
60.
1t any man should be SO bound up in
his ''old party or blinded by his desire
to make new one as to question the
honesty of my motives in writing as |
have on this subject, have this to saw
to him: have no axes to grind save that
with which to cut the cords that bind
the wage slave. l am not politician in
the commonly accepted meaning of that
term, but am determined to speak my
mind where believe the workingmen
are concerned. will not admit that
any one is better union man than am.
and the Peoples Party is good enough
for me. If the labor movement is not
ready for political action, then there is
nothing to be said. If it is to take on
political phase, then 1 hope to see it
guided by good judgment. This is nv
excuse for writing about politics.
Jos. R. BUCHANAN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-28
Chicago.
Good Wages Mean Good Work.

If it be true that want is the parent OF
work, the converse is also true that com
fort begets idleness. Adam Smith notes
the complaint common in his day and
our own-that workmen are discomfort
ed, are everywhere stirring to improve
their condition and to attain to higher
standard Of food, clothing and housing.
But, so far from drawing the conclu-
sion that this rise has diminished indus
try, he lays it down that higher wages
mean a greater amount of work done.
Not merely, he says, does better living
increase the strength and efficiency of
the laborer, but the prospect of yet high
er earnings and yet better position is
the sharpest spur which can be applied
to his energy.
When we pass to the present century,
we find McCulloch and Senior attacking
it as popular error. Does experience
asks the former, show the Irish, the
Poles and the Hindoos, whose wages are
uniformly small, to be more industrious
than the highly paid Englishman, Dutch
man or American? The cost Of produc-
ton, says the latter, in France, where
wages are low, is far greater than in
England, where they are high, if you
compare the same industry in the two
countries, while the amount of capital
required for the same amount of produc-
ton is greater in France than in Eng
land, because more ]aborers are needed
and larger buildings and more superin-
tendence.
Wages in Ireland are a third only of
wages in England, and the work done is
in the same proportion. These conclu-
sions are borne out in striking manner
by the experience of the late Mr. Bras
sey, who found, as a result Of his mani
fold undertakings in all parts of the
world, that the cost of unskilled labor
at any rate was everywhere the same.
The actual payments might be higher in
one place than another, but what was
saved in wages was lost in efficiency
Edinburgh Review.