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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-12

YOU'VE Medical Student Ito charity pa-
tient)-"I think you must have a-a-some
kind of IA fever, but our class has only
gone as far as commissions Ill come In
q week when we get TO fevers.n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-12

Our lives are the open volume the world
reads.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-12
pgRsoNAL AND PoLlTlcAL.

Mrs. Sarah e. Mink, national presi-
dent of the woman's auxiliary of the
Grand Army of the Republic, died at
her home in Watertown, N. Y, aged SO
years.
The official canvass of the vote for
president III Massachusetts, shows that
27s,076 ballots were cast for Mckinley,
1o5,711 for Bryan and II ,74o for Palmer.
McKinley's plurality, 173,265.
Rev. Benjamin Tappan, d. D., express
ident of the Bangor Theological semi
nary, died in South Norridgewock, Me-,
aged 81 years.
The official canvass of the vote of Ore
gon in the late presidential election
gives Mckinley a plurality of 1,972.
The total vote of North Dakota in the
recent election was 1881. of which Nc
Kiuley received 2s,33e; Bryan, 2o,6s9;
Levering, S56. McKinley's plurality is
T,647.
Mrs. Fannie Redding died suddenly
Mt the house of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Burke, in Derby, Conn, aged 102 years.
William Drury, the largest land owner
in the United States, died at his home
in New Boston, Ill, aged so years.
Col. John r. Fellows, district attorney
of New York, and former member of
congress, died at his home in that city,
aged Ga years.
The presidential vote of each state
of the union has been counted and
turned in to the various secretaries of
state, and the returns show McKinley's s
total vote to be 7,122,724 and that Of
Bryan 6,49s,s57, giving Mckinley IA
plurality of 623,s67. In the electoral
college the figures are: Mckinley, 276;
Bryan, III.
William w. Vass, the Oldest railway
treasurer in the United States, died at
his home in Raleigh, N. c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-12

No MAN can climb higher than his own
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

house to which he had been directed
with a face quite free from impa-
thence. A woman opened the door
for him-a lean, miserable creature,
with pale eyes void of expression.
Her thin hair struggled over her
neck; her calico dress hung limp and
graddled from her sharp shoulders.
She started at the doctor as he en-
tered, and he could see that there
were tears in her child-like eyes.
'Joes SICK" she said, slowly, still
gazing into his face.
''What's the matter?"
''He-he's goin' ter die, may be-"
she faltered, piteously.
ooh! [ hope not" was the hearty
reply.
''Joe's sick" she repeated in a
whisper and shaking her head
''Who's Gomez" exclaimed a voice
from the bed in one corner of the
room. 'Nelly, girl, who are We talk
in with?"
cts DIR. Ford, whom you sent for
said the doctor, approaching the bed.
One candle in a tin candlestick
lighted dimly the untidy, comfortless
place, showing the stove, and a man
with tumbled hair and rough beard
lying among the pillows of the bed.
ooh! the DOCTOR said he, with fe-
verish eyes staring from under shay
gy brows.
GLOW long have you been ill?"
asked the physician, sitting down on
a ricllety chair.
tits a week since [ give up" an
severed the sick man, 'but I've been
feeling bad a long time back
DR.. Ford placed his little thermom-
eter under the patients tongue, and
waited silently.
"Joe's Sick" moaned the girl peer
ing out of the shadows.
The sufferer seemed to be irritated
by the repetition of these words, and
made an impatient gesture; but, as
he did SO, glanced pitifully towards
the slouching figure.
''What you most need is good nurs-
ing" said the doctor, after examin-
ing the thermometer.
The mans face darkened. The
woman moved away and lowered aim
lessly over the stove.
"She's my wife," said the sick man,
haorsely. 'I know she amt quite
like other folks. But she's peaceable
and good, not bold and noisy like the
other women. I pitied her first off;
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

anu SGOOu Cnero WlGn ner VdcdlIC,
troubled face, fumbling with help
less-looking hands at the pillows.
'Joe," she said, "Joe," much as a
mother might speak her baby's
name.
''She can do nothing for me, nor
for herself" whispered the man, as
he clasped feebly one of the futter-
ing hands in his.
81 can earn good wages when I'm
WE'LL" he went on, land / did the
cooking and kept the house tidy
then. But now everything's going
wrong. She spoils all the victuals,
but she don't mean to. She can't
help it,
At that moment something on the
stove boiled over with loud hiss,
and filled the room with the odor of
scorching milk.
The girl started, then moved slow
ly towards the ruined mess.
Cd it," said the sick man,
through his teeth.
''Don't burn yourself, Nelly" he
called out gently, as if to little
child
She turned bewildered with the
saucepan in her hand, the tears over
flowing at last.
''Never mind, my girl, throw it
away. Don't cry. We can get plen-
ty more"
'You see, DOCTOR" he said, in his
hoarse voice, 81 can't speak rough to
her. She's my wife, you know
The doctor sat with bent head,
speechless.
eth send you a nurse, my man,
he said, after pause, rising. "What
you need is good care" I'll come
again tomorrow" And, with a low
bow to man and wife, now clinging
together, hand in hand, the doctor
said Goodnight" and disappeared.
"Thank you, sir,'', called out the
sick man.
The girl only stared and wiped
with one thin hand the last tear from
her eyelashes.
Two hours later a capable, kind
hearted woman was installed as nurse
in the home by the river. She
brought with her food in abundance
and comforts of all kinds.
DR.. Ford drove slowly homeward.
Though late, a bright light shone
from the parlor window as he stop
ped The glow of a wood fire il
Illuminated the room as he entered.
But no one came to meet him. His
wife sat in her lowrocker fast asleep.
The lamp flung a calm radiance over
her bronze-brown hair and delicate
cheek as she slept with her head
dropping against the crimson back
of the chair Her sweet, child-like
expression, with a touch of pathos in
the lips; and her hands lay loosely
clasped in the lap of her dainty
gown of softst dove color.
Near the fire stood a white draped
table holding tempting little re-
past, carefully arranged. From a
slender glass in the midst hung one
deep red rose. The doctor knew she
had cut it for him from her faVOrito
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21

5"'O I" huA AOu uo'O hO ucI WdNy LOChS,
caught up a fresh handkerchief, and
ran to join her husband, who sat at
the table, decidedly cross look upon
his fine face. He barely tasted the
soup, then pushed it away in disgust.
"Burned?" asked the wife.
"Of course. Can't you smell it all
over the house? Why don't you look
after Bridget a lttle?"
"Why, John, I have hardly been
downstairs today"
"Where's Hannah? ?"
''She went to her sisters last
night"
ooh! yes, l forgot What's this?
Cold corned beef Really, Elinor,
have you nothing else?"
''Would you like an omelet, John?'
''No. A beefsteak, if there is one
in the house."
Mrs. Ford rose herself and went
into the kitchen. The girl, of course,
had just filled up the range with
fresh coal; so there was nothing to
| be done but to make the best of the
| cold meat, potatoes and macaroni,
followed by a dessert of apple-pud-
ding and cheese.
DR.. Ford found fault with the po-
tatoes, and said he was tired of mac
aroni, the bread was dry, the butter
not perfect. AS to the pudding:
"My mother" he said, Railways had
mince pie at this season."
This was the last straw; and his
wife, unusually sensitive to straws
tonight, could bear no more.
"It is pity you ever left your
MOTHER" she said, bitterly.
81 think so too" he responded,
pushing his chair back.
His wife hesitated a moment
whether to run around the table and
burst into tears upon her husbands
shoulder or to rush upstairs and have
a good cry by baby's side. She de-
cided upon the latter course and,
with quivering lip, left the room,
and shut herself up in the nursery.
where the fire was dying on the
hearth and the baby breathing softly
in strange contrast to her over
wrought condition.
"Well, it was provoking. Women
always must cry and fly into a pas
sion about trifes''
But her husband, even as he
thought these words, began to feel
repentant. He remembered the teeth
ing baby, and the long day at home
alone. In another moment he
would have followed his wife up
stairs and, with kisses and kind
| words, make amends for the pains
he had given her. But the door-bell
rang, and summons to visit sick
man at some distance away sent him
at once out into the wet night. And
| all domestic grievances were forgot
| ten before he had driven two blocks.
The patient lived in a squalid part
of the town down by the river. The
darkness seemed deeper in this poor
neigh borhood, the rain more soak
ing, and the wind keener
The river swept sulenly by, a black,
swollen tide rejecting the faring
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-10-21
JpE'S WIFE.

twilight after hard days work,
tired, and anxious as to the result of
an important surgical operation per-
formed that morning. The mud
spattered up from the street as he
rolled along; and the chilling No
vember drizzle gave to the familiar
trees a forlorn, almost CHASTITY, as
pect. His heart warmed as he pic
tured to himself his wife watching
for him, with a welcoming smile,
from their coy parlor; dinner ready;
and long, restful evening before
them.
But as he drew near home, no
cheerful light streamed from door or
window. All seemed as dark and de-
serted as the dripping street. He
threw the reins to the boy whose
duty it was to hold the horse on their
the front door with an irritated, in
jured feeling.
No tender smile; no sympathetic
voice; no freight; no dinner, appar-
emily.
''Elinor!" he called.
No answer.
"ElinOr!''
This time voice spoke out of the
darkness, tired voice.
edo be more quiet, John; the baby
is just going to Sleep
"Confound it! Why isn't there a
light here? and why isn't the baby
asleep before this time?"
"He has been fretful all day with
his teeth; and [ have not had
chance to change my dress even, was
the answer.
A wailing cry from the nursery
sent the voice hurrying thither; and
the doctor, with some words not
quite audible, proceeded to light the
gas and take off his damp overcoat.
The house was cold; the parlor had
evidently been arranged by Hiber-
MAN hands; an odor of something
burning stole from the kitchen re-
gions. A pleasant reception, truly,
for a man after a long days work!
He ran upstairs with no gentle
footsteps. His wife sat by the nur-
sery fire; her face wore weary ex-
preston, and she had on the same
blue gown which she had donned for
breakfast. The baby, at length, slept
in her arms. She held up warning
finger as her husband came blunder-
ing in, but already baby's light slum-
Der had been disturbed; and the pro-
cess of soothing and singing had to
be all repeated for the fftieth time.
It seemed to the young mother as
if her patience could hold out no
longer. 1t was provoking to have
the little one startled from his I'M
easy dreams again. She knew Bridget
would spoil the dinner. She had been
trying all day to get downstairs to
make the house pleasant with mag
ic touch here and there. She longed
to get into a fresh grown and brush
her hair; but there had been no
chance for her to do one of these
things. Nurse was away with a sick
sister; and babies always demand
more from their nammaS than from
The record-union., 1896-06-28
HOW TO TREAT PIANOS.
Half the Instruments in This COun.
try Catch Winter Colds.

Half the pianos In this country catch
winter colds exactly as we do. They get
hoarse, or have cough, or stiff note,
or some similar complaint which cannot
be cured by home remedies, but require
tedious and expensive dOctoring. In
order to prevent these avoidable all
lnents it is as well to know how to take
care of the piano. Each spring cleaning
housewife who is having the domestic
piano put to rights" during her up
hcaval of the household should very
carefully observe the following, says the
New York Mercury:
A piano should be kept in a moderate
ly warm room where the temperature is
even, say go or 70 degrees, the year
round, not cold one day and hot the
next. The instrument should not, how
ever be too near the source of heat 1t
should be kept closed and covered with
felt cloth when not in use, particu-
larly in frosty weather
Always place the piano against an
inside wall and a little out from it.
When tuning or repairing Is necessary
employ responsible and expert work
man. Do not allow children to drum
On it. A professional musician may ex-
pend a like amount Of strength upon the
keyboard, but If the right keys are
struck much less harm is done than
when children amuse themselves. Avoid
littering the top with bric-abrac, as it
affects the tone of the instrument.
A well-knOwn maker recommends
that the case be frequently wiped off
with a chamois skin wrung out in tepid
water Where the case is very highly
polished and dark this is absolutely
necessary, and little else will serve to
remove the dust which settles in the
fretwOrk.
To remove finger marks and blue
rlold mix thoroughly two tablespoon
tuls of salad oil and one tablespoonful
OF vinegar. Rub on a little of this mix
ture with a soft rag and polish with a
'woolen cloth.
The record-union., 1896-06-28

arm nearly covered with diagonal rows
Of lace insertion. The full, short puff,
or three graduated ruff1es set in. one
above the other. are of the dress fabric
bordered with the insertion, or they are
formed merely of four or five inch
wide tucks, which give great fullnesss to
the ruff1es. In this case, the entire bod
ice, or else the yoke of the bodice, is
formed of the tucked goods, the tucks,
IS a rule. running horizontally across
the figure. In other cases, the seamless
waist or the yoke alone is made of all
ever embroidery over white or tinted
lining. A pretty little French gown of
cream-whtte India null is trimmed on
the bodice. skirt edge, and sleeves with
small frills of the null bordered with
two rows OF cream-white satin ribbon
Of the narrowest width that is. made.
The effect is dainty and girlish.
The record-union., 1896-06-28
The Dietetic Value of Honey.

Probably most people consider honey
as the equal in value for food of any
sweet sauce-no better, no worse. All
should know that it Possesses one great
superiority-ease of digestion. The nee
tar of flowers is almost wholly cane su-
gar. The secretions added by the bees
change this to grape sugar, and so pre-
pare it that it is almost ready fer as
simiiation without any effort on the
part of the stomach; in fact, Professor
A. j. Cook once styled honey "digested
nectar 1t will be readily seen that
honey is very desirable food for those
with weakened digestive powers. If a
person is very tired, too exhausted to
eat, it is astonishing how few tastes
of honey will act almost like magic.
Almost no effort is required to make it
ready for assimilation. Persons suffer-
ing from some forms Of kidney trouble
will find that honey is a much more
beneficial food for them than is cane
sugar.
In eating comb honey, many strive to
reject every particle of wax, fearing
that, as wax is indigeStible, nightmare
and other troublesome consequences
will follow an indulgence in warm bis
cult and honey. 1t is true that bread
is more easily disgested than warm bis
cult as the latter is inclined to pack
in chewing, but it may surprise some
to know that comb honey is really an
aid to the digestion of hot bread or bis
cult The philosophy of the matter is
that the flakes Of wax prevent the
packing" while the honey readily dis
solves out, leaving passages for the
gastric juice to enter the mass of food.
The flakes of wax are indigestible, that
is true. but when warmed are perfectly
smooth and soft, and will not injure the
most delicate membrane; in fact, they
act as a gentle stimulant, and are bene-
fetal in some forms of alimentary diff
culties. The unpleasant symptoms
from which some suffer after eating
honey may often be removed by drink
ing a little milk.-Albany Cultivator
The record-union., 1896-06-28
SHEPHERD DOGS.
Impossible to Raise Sheep in Scot
land Without Them.

In an Iowa convention, Mr. Cownie
spoke as follows on shepherd dogs:
1T would be utterly impossible to
raise sheep in Scotland without dogs.
One dog there is worth fifty men in TAX
ing care of sheep. 1t would be absolutely
impossible to take sheep away up in
the mountains and tramp them for fifty
miles as they do without two or three
dogs A shepherd there will take care
of 1000 sheep. He will go at the head
a whole day, walking along, and he will
have a dog behind them. and perhaps
one at each side, and they will keep
their places, and when the sheep comes
home at night they are yarded down at
the foot of the mountain or in some val
ley. As they go into the yard the shep-
herd counts them, and 1t is surprising
how fast a man when he has experience
will do that. He will count those sheep
going into the gateway, and count them
ten, twenty, forty sixty. Many a time
there will be two or three sheep missing,
and the dog is told to go and get those
sheep, and he has to go. 1t may be sun
rise next morning, but he doesn't come
back until he brings the sheep with him.
But it is entirely different here The
sheep are kept in fields and there is
probably not the necessity for dogs that
there is there. There 1T would be an i'm
possibility without dogs
NO man can go over those mountains
ana INTO those recesses as a dog will do.
and search for them as he will do; and
Where there are, as in Scotland. noun
talns where different shepherds have
thelr focks of sheep, they sometimes
meet and get mixed, and the fiocks will
get together, and no man on earth can
separate them. The dogs invariably do
sna'' nave seen at a fair held at the
'o"n "here was born where there were
over 10000 sheep for sale. all kept in
small pens, probably one, or two or five
hundred, where they were to be sold.
storm came up and blew down the
fence, or the gates, as they were called.
They were made like the gates dove
tailed together as you see fences along
the raliroad, and removed after the fair.
heavy storm blew down all these
FENCES, and the sheep became mixed.
Those shepherds would have been ut
terry poWerless to separate the sheen
wlthout the dogs. Each shepherd-and
there We're probably fifty or a hundred
OF them, that had come from all parts
OF the mountains with their sheep to he
soid at the fair-each one took his place
ana called his dogs, and the dogs went
INTO the great flock, picked out the sheen
AZ ounches OF ten, twenty and thirty and
brought them out and the moynant
.pey came out they We're told to GO back
ana pring out more sheep. and those
uogs worked there for hours on cola
November day, with their tonp,,es roI1
ing out as If it were in JULY. TO oct tboso
sheep, and there was never q cborh.
a'irohs tnem. over there, if you talk to
q .nephero and tell him that he could
Sc. aions without dog. he would think
you olon,t know anything about the
sheep business"
The record-union., 1896-06-28

India mulls OF exquisite texture and
sheer white linen lawns and organdies
are made up in simple, charming styles
this season, with skirts finished with
very deep hem and one row OF lace inser-
tion above, the sleeves close to the arm
from the waist to the wrist to three
inches or SO above the elbow, the fore
The record-union., 1896-06-28

Very pretty beach and mountain
dresses are made of dark blue etamine
canvas or mohair, with blouse waist
and revers of embroidered grass linen
in openwork designs. Cuffs and sailor
collars are added to many of these cos
tunes The fancy for collars, plas-
IRONS and other accessories Of ecru or
lax -colored linen grows rapidly and
almost every day some novelty OF this
kind appears.
The record-union., 1896-06-28

To make strawberry sherbet take one
quart of ripe, red berries, one pound Of
sugar. one quart of water juice Of two
lemons. Boil the sugar and water to-
gether for five minutes. Add the lemon
juice to the strawberries and mash
them. When the syrup is cold pour it
over the berries and strain. Freeze and
add the whites Of two eggs beaten to a
froth; put in just before it is finished.
The record-union., 1896-06-28

Black and white striped satin Jacket
bodices trimmed with black and white
lace insertion are made with fronts of
white mousselaine de sole embroidered
IN black, and completed with a tetted
ceinture. These are worn with skirts Of
black satin brocade of large pattern or
of black silk etamine trimmed with
black satin folds.
The record-union., 1896-06-28

Miss Wilson, the bride-to-be, is a
handsome young woman, of the ex-
tcemely blonde type. Uer hair is of the
lightest brown, her complexion of cream
and roses, her face oval and her features
regular. The prospective groom is eld-
est son of Nh. and Mrs. Cornelius VAN
derbilt, and will be one of the richest
men in the world He graduated from
Yale in 1865 and is already member
of many leading clubs.
The record-union., 1896-06-28

For chicken terrapin cut up a small
chicken into small pieces. be careful not
To get any of the skin in the dish; put
into the chatting pan with one-half pint
of cream, one-quarter pound of butter
rolled in q tablespoonful Of -four. pepper
and salt 10 tas~e. Have ready three
hard boiled eggs chopped fine, wine
glass Of wine. When the chicken has
come to boil. stir in the wine and eggs,
simmer few minutes, and it is ready
to serve.
The record-union., 1896-06-28
DISPOSED OF.

According to the late Eugene Field.
Senator Horace Tabor was once dining
with Roscoe Conkling. When the fruit
and nuts were brought on, Tabor en-
deayored to crack large pecan between
his back teeth. why, Horace!" ex-
claimed the amazed New York Sena tor,
where are your crackers?" "I ate them
The record-union., 1896-06-28
BleOdShed.

There is going to be great deal of
bloodshed before long" said the Cen
trail American officer.
YES" was the reply. I'VE may as
well prepare for it, The mosquito sea-
son is almost at hand. Washington
Star
The record-union., 1896-06-28
MISS GRACE WILSON.
The Young Lady Who is to Wed Cor
neIiuS Vanderbilt, Jr.

The wedding of Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr., and Miss Grace Wilson, which was
postponed on account of the illness Of
Mr.. Vanderbilt, it is announced will
take place in the near future.
The record-union., 1896-06-28

1T cannot be that we must nart,"
He walled in agony:
ana theh delivered, with a groan.
His dinner to the sea.
The record-union., 1896-06-28
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