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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29

Grafton. Any stiff, white paper will
serve, but regular water-color paper
is best 1t can be bought by the yard.
A yard and half will make a good
sized shade. Ordinarily they are made
about IL inches wide and Is inches in
diameter. The edges should be curved
and the ends slanted, so as to make the
upper edge slightly smaller than the
lower. The paper is decorated, of
course, before the ends are fastened to-
gether. The fastening is little wire
clasp something like those used to fas-
ten together sheets of manuscript, but
without the brass head. The point of
junction may be covered with a ribbon
band, ending in a bow at the top and
bottom.
Those who cannot paint sometimes
paste gilt or silver paper over the white
in decorative designs, and the result
Is pretty enough for common use.
These pretty shades have the great
advantage that, while they veil the OBJ
jectionable glare of the light, they do
not subdue it so unpleasantly as the
tinted or fancy paper shades. They
are also more in keeping with the new
styles in lamps and bric-a-brac in gen.
eral. Wire frames made purposely for
them sell at so cents and 81; but it is
easy to make wire frame to fit tub.
The small candle shades are very
easily made, and number of them
perched about candelabra give pret-
ty effect. They need not be more than
a. l. I
three inches wide. These may be stuck
together with liquid glue, and the dec
grafton conceals the point of junction.
Any kind of fancy paper may be used
for any of the shades described, but
when one begins to use dark tints there
is danger of hiding ones light, which
is open to objection unless subdued
light is preferred-as in studio or
Turkish room.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
Queen Louisa of Prussia and the Rose.

queen LOulsh OF GrusslA ana the Rose
Before parting, Napoleon spent a
few moments at her side, and at the
end, turning, pulled from a bunch a
beautiful rose, which he offered with
gestures of gallantry and homage. Hes.
itating moment, the queen at last
put out her hand, and said as she ac-
cepted it: ''At least with Magdeburg."
Madame" came the frigid reply, lit
is mine to give and yours to accept"
But he gave his arm to conduct her to
the carriage, and os they descended the
stair together the disappointed guest
said, in sentimental and emotional
voice: rs it possible that, having had
the happiness to see so near the man of
the century and of all history, he will
not afford me the possibility and the
satisfaction of being able to assure MIN
that he has put me under obligations
for life?" With solemn tones, Napoleon
replied: Madame, 1 am to be pitied; /;
it is fault of my unlucky star" Queen
Louisa's own lady in waiting related
that her sovereign's bitterness overcame
her at the last, and as she stepped into
the carriage she said: 'Sire, you have
cruelty deceived me."-Prof. Sloane, in
Century.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
Paris Has a Baby Life Saver.

The other day, at the Trocadero, in
Paris, n life-saving medal was awarded
to Eugene Poiret, boy three years old.
One day, when the boy was playing with
his brother, aged two, in the yard of his
home, the latter fell into tub of water.
Eugene ran TO the rescue, but succeeded
only in keeping the baby's head above
water. His loud cries of Mammal"
were not heard, and the little hands
were getting weak. Then he hit upon
the idea of calling Juliet the name Icy
which his father called his mother.
This brought the mother upon the
scene, and in another moment she had
both children in her arms.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
The BsbbIer,s Stone.

On the side front of the Mulhouse
town hall there is hung up stone called
the "klapperstein" or "Babblers
Stone" 1t bears an inscription in Ger
man. of which the following is a trans-
lation:
i am called the stone of babblers,
Well known to evil tongues;
Anyone who is of quarrelsome or Sian.
darous turn
VIII be compelled to carry me through the
town.
This stone, which was brought into
requisition for the last time in 1917
served as penalty for excessive use
of the tungue.. Its services were often "
quired, and never a week passed with
out some man or woman being con
demned to carry it through the streets
of Mulhouse.-Tribune de Gneve.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29

so as to stand firmly Then take a
strip of wood, about the length of an
ordinary lead pencil, half an inch wide
;apering to point at one end. About
one-third of the way from this end
you wedge two ordinary table-knives
into the strip. Now balance the
tongue" of the strip carefully upon
the edge of the tumbler, moving it
slightly backward or forward to make
the equilibrium perfect. When you
have found the center of gravity
which may occasion you little trouble
at tirst-you will be rewarded by seeing
the frail contrivance delicately poised
in an exquisite balance, which at first
sight seems almost miraculous.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
TAME WILD ANIMALS.
Down in Maine Deer Sometimes BvcosNN
Quite Ncighborly.

| OutIo NeiRnDOriys
Some of the people who live on the
edge of the Maine woods have beer
betwixt the devil and the deep sea-
as the phrase is, with the game law on
one side of them and the dispositi n
of the protected animals to be neigh.
borly on the other. Said n woman in
the Piscataquis backwoods:
"a deer can be tanned as easily as ary
other animal, and sometimes they arf
bound to be tanned whether you want
them or not. A few years ago young
deer came out with our cattle and
grazed round with them and came UP
to the barnyard at night. He didn't
seem bit frightened, and l gave it
some milk. 1t drank readily, and next
day wanted some more. l could pat il
and fondle it as we'll as could cossct
lamb. 1t stayed around with our cattle
for several weeks, when one day game
warden came and said was liable IL
penalty for keeping the deer and
feeding it. Then l tried to drive IL
away, and the way he would come up
i'll spite of my threats and attempts
to scare it, and coax for milk was pitiful
to see. l had the hardest work to
make him go away, and for long time
he'd keep coming back to our place."
A similar case occurred in Portland
last summer, where a seal came to q
fsherman's boat and followed it for
Al number of days and wouldn't drive
off.
These instances of tame wild" ami.
mails remind Maine gentleman of what
he saw in Mayfield few years ago. He
was driving through that town, and
at place where he stopped his hostess,
handsome young woman, asked him
il he wanted to see a deer. Taking Il
dish with some grain in it, or some
thing of that sort, she went down the
lane to the edge of the woods and
stopped, calling in low tone some
name. Presently a fine large buck
came out of the woods and trotted up
10 her as tame as any colt could be.
He stuck his nose in the dish and
munched the food, while she patted
his neck and talked to him. When
she left him to come back to the house
he followed her to the fence and seemed
really anxious TO go to the house, too.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
a Future Convenience.

Diggles had been working hard for a
long time with refractory heating APP
paratus. He came out of the basement
with blue fingers and a red nose, and
an expression of repressed emotion on
his face.
Maria" he said, there's one comfort
about it,"
"What is it?"
"We needn't worry about ice next
summer. l think L have struck plan
that's entirely reliable. If we want to
get anything good and cold We'll take
it down and put it into that heating
apparatus. Only we must be careful
not to leave it too long, or it'll freeze."-
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
KILLED HER OFFSPRING.
Rather Than See Them Captives an oriole
Poisons Her Young.

Rather Than See Them Captives an Oriole
Poisons Her Young.
1t has been claimed by observers of
birds that some of the feathered tribe
will feed their young if they are Gagged,
and if they fail after a certain time
10 release them they will bring them a
poisoned weed to eat, that death may
end their captivity, says the Carson
Appeal.
About n week ago at the Holstein
ranch the children captured n nest of
three young orioles, and they were
Immediately Gagged and hung in tree.
The mother was soon about calling her
young, and in little while brought
them some worms. She continued feed
ing them regularly for several days,
without seeming to pay much atten-
ton to persons about.
But on Sunday came the tragic end
ing that demonstrated the theory rela-
tive to birds. She brought them n
sprig of green on Sunday morning and
disappeared. In less than an hour they
all died. The sprig was examined and
proved to be the deadly larkspur,
weed that will kill full-grown cattle.
The little creatures lay dead in the
cage and slightly foaming at the
mouth, victims of their mothers stern
resolve that her offspring should die
by her own act rather than live in cap
tiyity
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
our STOCK of MoNEY.
The Amount of Currency and Gold n
Circulation.

Aho amount OF currency anu GOlu N
Circulation.
According to the February statement
of money and currency in the country,
the amount in circulation February
was $1,5S9, 720,G07, against $1,613,657,-
515 at the same time last year, a de-
crease of nearly $24,n0C 900. The cir
culation per head of population Is
stated at $22.47, or about two dollars
less than it was July 1, 1902. Yet there
is no complaint of n scarcity of circula-
tion.
The amount of gold coin in circula-
tion is stated at $4oo, ,262, $3.50, or about
$7,0O0,000 less than it was year ago.
While there is decrease as compared
with last year, there Is an increase
as compared with previous years, the
largest total at any former time hav-
ing been $405,o76,730, July 1, 1904.
There has been an increase, interrupted
at times but fairly continuous, ever
since the resumption of specie pay
ments in 1879, when the amount brought
into circulation was about $110, ,500,0 ,00o,
according to the treasury department.
estimate.
During the period of suspension be-
ginning in 1862 and ending January l..
1870, there was no gold in active circula-i
tion in this country except on the Pa
cific coast. The amount in circulation
there, including subsidiary silver, ia
estimated at S25,OoOOO0, without
change for the entire period. 1t is OBJ
vious that this unchanging estimates
for region continually growing in
population and wealth is not to be ac-i
oepted implicitly.
The total estimated amount of gold
coin in the country plus bullion in the
treasury on the 1st inst, was $613,30s,-
400. Comparing with table showing
the estimated stock at the beginning Of
each fiscal year since 1878, this is the
smallest total since 1886, excepting in
1893, when the total stock was reduced
to $597, ,697,6s5. The stock of gold
reached the maximum of $705, ,S55.
July /, 1888. The total July 1. 1879, six
months after resumption, was S245,741,
S37. The increase in nine years, there
| fore, was S460,077,01S, or nearly $51, ,120,-
900 year on the average. Since 1888
we have lost 500, ,435, or over $14,-
100000 year on the average.
We had no difficulty in obtaining gold
to meet our increasing currency re-
! qnirements until after we had choked
the channels of circulation with great
mass of cheap silver. Then the supply
! of gold inN our circulation not only
ceased TO grow, but began 10
diminish with intermissions ever since.
We have heaped up inferior money only
to lose the best money and to inflict
enormous losses upon the people of the
country. We have been paying dearly
for the folly and cowardice of our leg
islators.-Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
THE ART OF DARNlNG.
1t Should BE Taught an Essential Part
of Home Training.


The proper darning of 4 rent in cloth
is an art that cannot be easily picked
up and should be taught to girls as an
essential part of their practical home
training. The expert darner of woolen
cloth will make rent practically in
visible by weaving together the torn
edges, matching them as carefully as
possible and afterward pressing the
rent. A fine sewing silk is used to darn
wooden cloth in preference to any wool,
which would not be strong enough un-
less the thread or raveling was too
coarse. Where the cloth is thick enough,
endeavor to conceal the silk thread be-
tween the face and back of the cloth.
Begin about half an inch from the
edge of one side of the tear, and run tho
needle the same distance from the other
edge, concealing the thread carefully
and drawing the edges closely together,
but not so they overlap. If there is
any nap on the cloth, brush it back
while you are darning, and then brush
it down again. Lay n damp cotton
cloth on the wrong side of the cloth,
over the darn, and press it down once;
then remove the cotton cloth and press
next the wooden surface, being careful
that you do not press it perfectly dry,
but that very little steam arises after
the iron is removed. T. the cloth is
pressed perfectly dry, the work OF the
iron will be shown on the right side.
A piece of cloth is usually darned with
vertical and diagonal stitches running
with the threads of the cloth. The up
and-down' thread is usually the strong
est way of mending bias darn. Use
no piece of cloth under the darning un-
less the cloth is thin. In that case, a
piece of silk of the same color is less
clumsy as backing TO the darn than
wool, unless the wool is sheer.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE NEW LAMP SHADES.
Thoy Arc Called Empire" But Look More
Like Tubs.

They Arc Called "Empiro," hut Look Moro
Like Tubs.
The newest lamp shades look like in
terted tubs. They are imported from
France, along with other things Napo-
leonic which have deluged the markets
for two years, and are called Empire"
shades.
Those which come from Paris are
hand-painted, and range from one dol.
lar to twenty in price, according to the
Aize and the elaborateness of decora-
tion. The largest shade is about as big
as II large dishpan-or, to speak more
accurately, about "a inches in di-
ameter at itg lower edge. It's width
is Is inches, and If it were not trans
lucent we should have n literal repre-
sentation of "the light under bushel.'
The material, however, is white paper,
decorated in light colors, and in pat
terms to suit the fancy of the artist.
One of the prettiest is representa-
tion of Apollo driving the chariot of the
sun over masses of fleecy clouds, with
three maidens in his wake, who look as
if they might represent Morning, Noon
and Night. 1t is n pretty idea for a
lamp, with the suggestion of turning
night into day.
The very large shades are intended
for piano lamps and the like. There
are, of course, smaller sizes for the tiny
Dresden ornaments that are supposed
to illuminate q lady's boudoir. These
are very daintily decorated with cupids
and blossoms, and are very small-not
more than six inches across. The same
style is used for candle shades, and
they look like tiny illuminated drums
standing on stills on the mantel piece
or dining table.
Small Dresden lamps are the correct
thing for the dinner table-one, two
or three, according to the length of the
table. These are trimmed with little
decorated tubs and give the table quite
the air of being ready for Mime. de
Somebody-or-other's feast of hundred
years ago.
Low lamps to stand in a corner on
the floor are another fad. They are
about 2h feet high, chimney,
shade and ali, and are made of some
heavy, dark porcelain such as large
plant jars are made of.
Amateur artists can take the oppor-
tunity offered by these shades for dec
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
A Strange Nest.

There was nest found recently in
Switzerland that has been presented to
the Museum of Natural History. 1t
was picked up in the woods under a
tree. The nest was made of the finest
wire used in the springs of watches
1t In supposed that the birds who built
the nest picked up the discarded springs
of watches that had been thrown on To
the ground and found the wire good
material 10 work with and used it The
nest is said to be very pretty. m
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29

games, and will undoubtedly achieve
still higher distinction in this particu-
iar field. Mrs. Showalter is n southern
belle, with a petite figure and most
charming manner. She is at present
in Kentucky, but expects to come east
in a few weeks for the purpose of talk
ing part in the international chess
match by cable which will be contested
in April between the women of Eng
land and America.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
Science and ErixnIitx

Old Prof. Starrs-What wonder and
blessing to us all is the change of the
seasons!
Miss Giddy--Yes, indeed. About the
time one gets tired of icecream oysters
come inn. Y. World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ON GUARD.

You have little prisoner,
He's nimble, sharp and clever,
He's sure to get away from you,
Unless you watch him ever.
And when he once gets out he makes
More trouble in an hour,
Than you can stop In many day,
Working with all your power.
He sets your playmates by the ears,
He says what isn't so,
And uses many ugly words
Not good for you know.
Quick, fasten tight the ivory gates,
And chain him while he's youngl
For this same dangerous prisoner
Is just-your little tongue!
Priscilla Leonard, in United Presby-
terlan
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
A Confusing Tongue.

Mrs. anderslang-Now, tell me,
count, how do you like America?
Count Parleyvoo-Ah! chere madame,
your guntry ant your LADIES' are charm
ant--but your langweedge-your 'di-
oms-I gan not at all comprehend. You
say, When your butter is goot eet ees
yresh, ant dat your leedle poy ees vrcsh
when heels spoiled.-Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
WOMAN CHESS PLAYER.
Mrs. Showalter VIII Take Part In the
Coming International Match.

Mrs. Nellie Marshall Showalter, whose
portrait is given herewith, is perhaps
the most accomplished woman chess
player in the world. She was born,
says Ladies' Weekly, at Donerail, Fay
ette county, Ky, in 1879, and is direct
ly descended from Chief Justice Mar
shall, of the United States supreme
court. She was educated in her native
state, and in 1877 married Jackson w.
showalter, who taught her to play
chess. She has played many brilliant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29

Bruder-Do you think the govern
ment should own the railways?
Burrows-Well, think it would be
better than the present plan of having
the railways owning the government.
Truth.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
MIRACULOUS BALANCING.

Amusing Experiment Which Would Seem
Almost Impossible.
The harder a thing seems, the more
interesting it is. Here is little eX;
pertinent, very simple, too, which seems
almost impossible on the face of it
il seems to defy the law of gravita,
ton.
You take a tumbler, says the Popular
Science News, filled partly with water,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
e FREE sILVER's WATERLOO.
A Sharp Rebuke to the Advocates OF
Cheap Money.


The overwhelming majority by which
the house rejected the senate's free-sil-
YER substitute for the house bond billi is
q significant and decisive manifestation
of popular sentiment on the silver
question. 1t is as deserved, too, us it is
striking. In obedience to the appeals of
the president and the secretary of the
treasury for relief for the government
in this crisis, the house promptly passed
bond and revenue bill, presuming,
probably, that the eXigencies of the sit
uation might impel the senate to give
them it's Endorsement. Each, however,
was changed in the senate to free-sli-
yer bill. The measure acted on earliest
was the bond bill. That measure, which
provided for the issue of three per cent.
short-time bonds and the issue of treas
ury certificates to meet deficits in the
revenue, was, so far as regards its bond
provision, drawn on lines repeatedly
favored by Secretary Carlisle. The sill
YER substitute for this bill passed the
senate by seven majority.
But the rejection of this silver SUBJ
stitute by the house by majority of
1-O Is dL ODCt IL ItOllNC W lhC SSi1apS tOA
it's blind and factional obstructiyeness
and II warning that the silver party will
receive no quarter from the representa-
tives of the people. The majority is
much larger than anybody looked for,
and it is 10 to so per cent. greater than
the silgcrites expected.
This vote tells the fate that is in store
for the senate's silver substitute for the
revenue bill when the house gets its
hands on that measure. 1t has been re-
ported, on the authority of some of the
silverites, that every measure passed by
the house with the object of relieving
the treasury will, in the senate, eithe1:
be loaded down with a silver rider, or
will be effaced by silver substitute as
in the case of the bond and tariff bills.
The vigor with which the house has
acted in dealing with the bond substi-
tute shows how this conspiracy will be
treated. The perversity and stupidity
of the silyerites will hurt rather than
help their cause. Many persons who
have been disposed to look on silvcrism
as delusion of sincere but misguided
men will see in this wanton obrtruc-
tiveness strong mixture of mnievo-
lence with the ignorance. The house,
which stands much closer to the people
than the senate does, shows by its votes
what it thinks of the sixteen to one
policy. The folly OF the silverites Iuay
tempt the people in electing the next
house TO administer a still more em-
phatic rebuke to that iniquity.-St.
Tnuis Gloha- namo1Tat
This should be the end of folly
which has long endangered and in.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
Gold is flowing this way from Eu,

-. Gold is flowing this way from Eu-
rope once more, the cause, of course,
being the big bond issue by the United
States government. II the silver intla'
tion agitation were not in the way there
would be greater and far more lasting
movement of money to America from
the old world, not to buy bonds, but to
develop mines, build factories and
profit by other sources of wealth which
are still far less extensive than they
might well become.-Cleveland Leader.
1.-THE silverites think that there
Is not enough gold in this country to
transact business, but recent develop
ments indicate that there is even a con-
siderable amount to lay away.-Indian-
9polis News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-02-29
SENATORS AND FREE SILVER.
Representatives Who Are Betraying the
Working People.


The following senators from states
east of the Missouri river are support
ing desperately the sixteen to one so.
cent dollar scheme:
d. Cameron (R), Pa. Daniel Cd, Va.
d. Voorhees, CD, Ind. Vest Cd, Mo.
D. Turpie Cd. Ind. Cockrell CD, Mo.
Blackburn (D), Ky.
All of these senator's represent states
which have no silver-mining interests
within their limits, and are grossly
betraying the rights of the working
classes in their several states. All the
other senators from states which are
north of the line of SO degrees 30 min
utes and east of the Missouri river are
ranged on the side of honest money.
The following is the list of those sena-
tors who voted or paired against the
free-silver substitute for the bond bill: