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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
MAKING CHEAP TOYS.
How an Old Austrian Woman Carves
Animals of Every Kind.

How an Old Austrian Woman Carves
Animals of Every Kind.
Amelia B. Edwards, in her "Untrod-
den Peaks" mentions many interesting
visits to the homes of the working peo-
pie of ST. Ulrich, Austria, where so
many toys are made. In one house
they found an old, old woman at work,
Magdalena Paldauff by name. She
carved cats, dogs, wolves, sheep, goats
and elephants. She has made those six
animals her whole life long, and she has
no idea of how to cut anything else.
She makes them in two sizes, and she
turns out as nearly as possible thou
sand of them n year.
She has no model or drawing of any
kind to work by, but goes on steadily,
unerringly, using guages of different
sizes, and shaping out her cats, dogs,
wolves, sheep, goats and elephants with
On ease and an amount of truth to ma
ture that would be clever, If 1t were not
utterly mechanical. Magdalenn Paul
dauff learned from her mother how to
carve those six animals, and her mother
had learned, in like manner, from her
grandmother.
Magdalena has taught the art to her
own granddaughter, and SO it will go
on being transmitted for generations.
In another house, Miss Edwards found
the whole family carving skulls and
crossbones for fixings at the bases of
crucifixes, for the wood carving of Grod-
ner Thai is religious in its nature aswell
as amusing. In other houses there were
families that carved rocking horses OF
dolls or other toys, and in still other
houses there were families of painters
In one house We're dozen girls paint
ing gray horses with black points. In
another house they painted only red
horses with white points. 1t is sep
alate branch of the trade to paint sad
dies and headgear.
A good hand will paint 12 dozen
horses day, each horse being about 6
foot in length, and for these she is paid
IS soldi, or about 54 cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
Leg Weakness In Fowls.

During this season there have been
very large number of complaints of leg
weakness in fowls. Heretofore it has
been very unusual. There are several
causes of leg weakness, among them
the feeding of sWphur. If sulphur is
given in damp weather it acts almost as
u poison, and affects the bones, causing
pains in the limbs similar to rheuma-
tism. We havA experimental with It's
use and found the results as stated.
Then again, dampness of the quarters
conduces to leg weakness, and so will
overfeeding. When the hens nave good
appetites, and appear well except un-
able to move freely, remove them from
the male, as often his attentions are the
cause of the difficulty Prairie Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

considerable distance, until he finds n
favorable spot, which should be between
two bushes, where sleeps lungs are,
so that Mr.. Coyote will have to approach
from one or the other of the two sides
to get at the meat. Leaving the traps
at this place the hunter now carries the
bait again to another point, and drags
it as before to the chosen spot. This
dragging leaves two trails" of scent
which the wandering coyotes can easily
"pick up" and follow, thus the chances
of alluring the game the first night are
increased. On arriving the second time
at the two bushes the sleeps lung IL
set on either side, just about where o
foot would tread if an animal polted hi,
nose in to eat or to smell. The traps are
buried carefully and are lightly covered
over, while all traces of man" are re,
| moved.
All steel traps are provided with
chains, which should be wired to heavy
iron weights, so that the animal thai
| gets foot in can drag the whole thing
He never COOS far, and there is less
| chance for him to jerk his foot out than
there would be if the trap were fas'
tened to anything solid and stationary
The weight is buried when the trap II
set. These are the tactics used in wal
against Mr.. Coyote. Something in favo,
of the cunning wretch ought to be said
but up to date no one who knows the
wary, no-account creature has found 6
single redeeming trait in his makeup
Poor, despiceable Mr.. Coyote!-N. Y
Recorder
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALAS.


Where did II come from-ull the grace
OF the merry smile which made its place
With a shine end gleam,
Like n bright sunbeam,
On Dorothy Mabel's dear little facef
The eyes of blue
They were in 1t, too,
For they had been dancing all the while.
The dimples had spread,
And the lips SO red
All made up that beautiful smile.
Where did 1t go to? Ah-well! well!
What a sorrowful tale to tell
The beauty and grace
OF the sweet, sweet face
All gone out with the cloud which fell
Ger the shining eyes
What a sad surprise!
Lowering, gloomy as darkest skies.
The dimples fed,
And the lips so red
Pouted and curled, with the corners down
Alas, to see
That a smile could be
Chased away by an ugly frown!
Sydney Dayre. tn N. Y. Independent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

thing to see and especially to hear. Get
a stout stick of stringy-bark wood Tor
IL you can't manage that, some other
stout wood, like ash or hickory, will
do) and, see that it tapers like whip
handle and is about IS inches long.
Next, cut from a shingle, if you can't
get u good slice of Australian waffle
bark, a three-cornered piece, about
four inches long, of the shape shown in
the sketch. When he has these two
ready, the young black fellow asks his
mother to make for him cord out of
the twisted sinews of lsangaroo's tail.
III your mother doesn't find it conven-
lent to do this, probably bit of stout
flshing-line will answer the purpose.
Tie your three-corncred piece of shingle
20 one end of the cord, and then tie the
other end of the cord around groove
in the top of the handle so that it will
turn freely, and so that the lash will be
about as long as the stock of this whip.
Now your perboregan is made, and you
are ready to begin having fun with it.
Get off by yourself-in the middle of
ten-acre lot would be about right
and swing the thing around your head
as hard as ever you can. Then stop it
suddenly with peculiar twist or jerk,
and it will crack like n horso-pistol.
They say it can be heard two miles on
a still day; but perhaps it would be well
TO prove this, if you can, by going about
that distance from other folks when
ever you practise.-Ernest Ingersoll, in
ST. Nicholas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
WINDMILL NOVELTIES.

Two Recent Attempts to Improve on the
Prevailing styles.
The use of windmills for developing
power in the rural districts is steadily
increasing, and much thought Is now
being given to the possible improve
ment of existing designs. Herewith
we rudely indicate the principles of two
recent inventions. DR.. H. NJ. Shaw, of
Genoa, N. Y, would have four horizon
tai arms of frames, to each of which
he would attach, by hinges, one or more
vertical sails, either entirely fat or
made of Stats, shutter fashion, whose
angle with a perpendicular could be
varied. The first diagram gives an idea
of this plan. The solid arrow shows
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

the direction of the wind, and the dot
ted one the direction of rotation. 1t
will be seen that as each set of sails
come into the right position for work
they slow down gently against the
arm which supports them and carry
it with them half way around the cir
Gle. The wind then penetrates under
the free lateral edge of each and swings
them all out backward, so that they
offer no resistance as the arm comes
up into the wind again. AS yet, DR..
Shaw has not yet completed his model,
but he believes that there will be no
serious slamming as the sails suddenly
swing back. Should there be trouble
of this kind, however, he would inter-
pose spring buffers to lessen the noise
and destructive action consequent upon
the battering of his shutters. An auto
matte regulator, not represented here,
throws the sails out of action in a
gale.
Another device, patented by car
penter of Topeka, Kan, also has sails
revolving in horizontal plane, and is
provided with means for keeping their
edges to the wind when moving against
the latter. Through vertical shaft
(which conveys the power obtained
down to suitable transmitting mechan-
ism) he runs two horizontal shafts, a.
right angles with each other. These
shafts are arranged to rock, or under.
go partial rotation first in one direc-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
NEW NOISE PRODUCER.

A Suggestion Picked Up by a Traveller In
South Australia.
Boys, here is way by which you can
make new noise-new, at any rate,
to this part of the world. 1t has been
heard many time over in South Aus
tralia ever since do not know how long
ago. And very likely those who love
peace and quiet have often been saying:
"Boora gaboora-boora corroboree!"
which Jack is informed means: stop
that racket" or something of the sort.
Now look at this picture, and do as the
young Australian does when he takes it
into his woolly head to make a
perboregan, and you will have some
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
Getting Something to Eat.

"Kind sir" said the wayfarer, "if you
will add rs cents to the dime ! already
possess, will go and get meal, the
first have had in three days"
IF you have dime, why don't you
igo and get something with that?"
"Ah, sir, l require that to fee the
waiter wittA"-Harper's Bazaar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
How to Keep Cut Flowers.

1t is said that cut flowers will keep
very fresh if small pinch of nitrate
of potash, or common saltpetre, is put
in the water in which they stand. The
ends of the stems should be cut off q
little every day to keep open the absorb
ing pores.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

Study all time cards and you will find
no railroad carrying tourist cars make as
quick time as the Phillips Rock Island
Excursions. One hour and thirty minutes
quicker time than any other route Chicago
to Los Angeles.
A. Phillips & Co, have carried over
l25,000 patrons to aud from California.
Whyi Because every well-posted Cali
fornia traveller understands Phillips has
the best regulated tourist system.
JNo. SEBASTIAN, G. p. A.,
Chicago. Ill
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
In Olden Times

People overlooked the importance of per
manently beneficial effects and were salts
fled with transient action, but now that it
is generally known that Syrup of Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation,
well-informed people will not buy other lax
atives, which act Tor time, but finally in
iure the system.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

her Accomplishments - "Can you darn
stockings, Arabellal" She with distant
frigidity)-'.I don't expect to marry man
who needs to wear darned stockings."--
Illustrated Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18
To California in Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars.

The Burlington Route &C., B. g. Q. R. R.)
runs personally conducted excursions to
California leaving Chicago every Wednes.
day. Through cars to California destina.
tion, fitted with carpets, upholstered seats,
bedding, toilet rooms, etc; every con.
via Denver and Salt Lake. Sunshine all
the way. Write for descriptive pamphlet
to 7. A. Grady, Excursion Manager, 2D
Clark ST., Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

THERE never was truer saying than that
the man who dyes his whiskers never de-
ceivcs anybody but himself. f.-Somerville
journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

SUFFERERS FROM CoUGHs, SORE THROAT,
etc., should be constantly supplied with
tBropn's Bronchial 1f'oches."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

PLEASANT, Wholesome, Speedy for coughs
is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike 8 Too othache Drops Curein one minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

CHIEFLY, the mold of a mans fortune is
in his own hands.-Bacon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

: HIT makes no difference how hard he
may try, / doant beliebe dat red-nosed
man can look coldly intellectual.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-18

THERE is no courage but in innocence
no constancy but in an honest cause
Southern.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
BATTLE OF CHURCH FACTIONS
St Sfanisfaus Parish the Scene of Bitter
Riot During Which Threats of Using
Dynamite Are Made.

BAY CITY, MICH, Nov. 22.-St Stanis.
laus parish, which has at various times
for two years been the scene of incipient
riots over the deposition of its favorite
priest, was the battle-ground at intervals
for seven hours to-day of two factions into
which the parishioners have divided.
When trouble ceased this evening it was
ascertained that one policeman and about
twelve of the church mem bers had BEEN
injured, but none seriously.
The trouble started at high mass when
Father Bogacki announced that the anti
Matkowski faction could not examine the
church accounts. Eighty men left the
church. When mass was over a great mob
had gathered about the vestry door and
refused to permit the pastor to return to
his residence.
Father Bogacki's friends came to his
rescue and there was a regular fight. The
forces of the pastor were repulsed owing
to lack of organization and clubs. When
the police came they dubbed a wav for
Father Bogacki and had landed him on
the rectory steps, when the anti-Mat-
kowski faction made another charge.
Priests and officers were driven back to
the vestry. Here Father Bogacki re-
maIned prisoner without food or drink
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
C0NFESSES A FIEKDISH CRIME.
Charles H. Elliott Admits Having Killed
Guy HutsonpHer, His comrade
and Roommate,

OMAHA, NEBR., Nov. 22.-CharIes Il.
Elliott. or George Elliott, who was ar
rested at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on a train
from Omaha, and IS now in the County
Jail charged with the murder of his friend
and roommate, Guy Hutsonpilier, made a
confession to-day in the presence of wit
nesses, admitting that he killed Hutson-
piIler, but claiming that he committed
the crime in the heat of passion and that
he did not realize until afterward the en-
ormity OF his deed. The police still be-
ieve the murder premeditated, and claim
the confession is made in the hope of Sc
curing lesser punishment
According to the statement of the pris-
oner he had dispute with HutsonpilIer
over small balance, and both losing their
temper quarrel resulted in which. he
says, his friend threatened to whip him
he then picked up coupling pin which
was IN the room and struck Hufson miller
on the head with it. He then went ont
and purchased some chIoroform with
which he saturated a towel and placed n
over the injured mans face. He saws that
Hutsonpiiler was alive and he left him so
and when he had attended TO settling his
bills he left town. He declares that he
had no knowledge of his friends death
until after his arrest. After he first hit
Hutsonpiller, he says his mind became g
confused, and except for the chloroform
in cident he can remember nothing until
he started for the depot. He admits hav.
ing taken $21 80 from his roommate's
pockets, but insists that his story of re.
ceiving $100 in letter the day before the
Killing is frua
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
FIVE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
PeTshed in Burning Residence While
Their Parents We're Away Attend
ing a Dance

HAMILTON, Mo-, Nov. pa few miles
north of here five children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Snyder Neal were burned TO death
late last night while the parents were at
tending dance.
Soon after starting home the Meals and
those accompanying them discovered that
the Neal residence was on fire.
When they reached the burning build
ing the father saw his I1-year-old girl ly-
ing burning in the front door clasping her
3-year-old brother in her arms. The
flames prevented rescue. The children
were then dead.
The father fell in a swoon and has bee N
raving maniac ever since. Nora,
years old. is the only survivor of the fire.
She says Callie 13, Hattie IL, Clarence 5,
Julian 3, and herself retired at the usual
hour in an upstairs chamber. The next
she knew the fire was coming through
the floor and soon the room was enveloped
in flames.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23

manufacturing things which the world
demands, Is not destined to monopo-
Ilze the markets of the globe. With the
most favorable conditions for varied and
successful agriculture and the ightest
burden of National taxation, what coun-
try. he asks, can compete with this in
developing the best resources of human
toll with minimum of human effort.
With our wonderful labor.saving con-
trivances applied to nearly every avenue
of production the wages PAID in the
United States. in the production of wheat
and cotton, for instance, are SO to 100 per
cent higher than in countries with which
we compete, so the wages paid in manu-
factures from metal are from 25 to 100
per cent higher than the wages paid
workers in the same industries by other
nations.
And in this contest for feeding and
furnishing mankind noting the fierce
competition which it meets all over the
giobe-American agriculture. manufac-
ture and commerce are steadily gaining
more trade, and this is furnishing an en-
larged wage fund on gold basis, out of
which seven millions OF American labor
ers and skilled artisans draw their yearly
remuneration and upon which they and
their lam lilies largely depend for employ
ment and comfort.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
WHY, THEN, may NOT Is"
Rouss, the SightieSs Multi Million aire,
Hopes to Receive Vision by the
Wonderful X Raw

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 22.-Perhaps
one OF the first to try the new cure for the
blind discovered by Thomas A. Edison,
the wizard of Menlo Park, will be Charles
b. Rouss, the sightless multi-miIlionaire.
Mr. Rouss is eagerly following every one
of Edison's experiments with the Roent-
gen rays, and just as soon as he believes
there is a possible chance of success he
will submit himself to the treatment.
Mr.. Rouss offered $1,0OOOO0 to any one
who would restore his sight. This offer
attracted everybody from the scientist to
the crank, and Mr.. Rouss found it i'm.
possible to try all the remedies offered,
and engaged young man named John
Martin, also blind, to submit to any and
all tests bafore they were tried on him.
If the wizard will consent, Martin will
probably be his first patient.
Mr. Rouss declares if Mr.. Edison thinks
he can do him any good he is willing to go
out to Menlo Park and stay a year. He is
hopeful of the X rays, too, and points to
the fact that blind boy in San Francisco
was made to see by them, and asks, s'Why,
then, may not II"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
LIVELY FIGHT At Il MEETING.
Me"loers of the armenian Revolutionary
Soctety Not in Accord

Menaoers of tho armenian Revolutionary
Soctety Not In accord
LYNN, MASS, Nov. pa meeting of
the Henchagist Armenian Revolutionary
Society this evening broke up in lively
hight. Chairs were thrown and knives
drawn, but no one was seriously injured.
There are two branches of the society in
Lynn, and the meeting was called to con-
slder the advisability of combining. Some
25o Armenians were present, including
travelling organizer, who had Just re-
turned from London, England, where he
had been in consultation with the Euro
pean head of the society. Speakers who
addressed the meeting in favor of amalga-
matlon were Interrupted.
One became angry and asserted that
those responsible for the interruptions
were not members and should not be AL
lowed at the meeting. This was the sic.
nal for hostilities. Men in the gallery
picked up the seats on which thev sat and
hurled them at their countrymen on the
floor below, who were not slow to respond
in kind. The row was becoming general
as the malcontents in the gallery had al.
lies In the body OF the hall, when a half
dozen police arrived. They cleared the
hall with difficulty.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
Two Rails Fastened Across the Track. but
the Plot Was frustrated by Timely
Warninq.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, Nov. 22.-An at
tempt, with view of robbery, was made
this evening to wreck the Union Pacific
southbound passenger train leaving Ogden
at O. clock and due in Salt Lake an hour
later. The plot was frustrated by the rail-
road people receiving an anonymous warn
ing that something was going to happen,
in consequence of which the train crew
was REINFORCED and instructed to keep q
sharp lookout. The train proceeded very
slowly until it reached point where two
rails were laid across the track and se-
curely fastened in such way as to cause
derailment had the train been going at or
dinary speed. The spot selected, near
Kaysville, about eighteen miles from Salt
Lake. was miles from any house and an
ideal place for robbery. Three suspicious
characters have been arrested, but it is
doubtful if they are the guilty parties.