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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08

The Delta Veneer and Box company
plant was burned at Friar's Point, Miss.
the loss being 100000.
Abram Tinkey, postmaster, ana Rob-
ert Stark, merchant, died at Sequoin,
WASH, from the effects of drinking al.
cohol made from wood.
Later advices from the railway col
lision near Atlantic City, N. j., say that
AZ persons were killed and 43 injured.
Godfrey Gould (colored) was lynched
by mob at Clarendon, Ark, for as
saulting Florence Wright, white
woman.
The Staver & Abbott Manufacturing
company, makers of wagons in Chicago,
failed for 100000.
Chairman Jones has sent out call
for meeting of the national democratic
committee at the Fifth avenue hotel,
New York city, on August IL.
The Columbus Buggy company at Co
lumbus, o., failed for $500,0OO.
The Emerson & Fisher company, man
ufacturers of buggies and carriages in
Cincinnati, failed for $45O,o0o.
Henry Hendrickson, Anna Amsrud
and Lizzie oldstad, three young people,
were drowned in the Mississippi river
near La Crosse, Wis, by the capsizing
of a boat.
Trains collided at Birkbeck, ILL.,, and
William Baker and Charles Birchnaugh
were killed and ten other persons were
injured.
Forty strikers at the Brown hosting
works in Cleveland have organized
military company and armed them
selves with revolvers and say they will
fight the police and militia and shoot
non-union employees of the company.
AT Galveston, Tex, viii Gruber,
fisherman, shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself. No cause is known.
The percentage of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the I'd is as follows: Cincin-
natl, .6s1; Baltimore, .675; Cleveland,
GA; Chicago, .576; Pittsburgh, .541;
Boston, .536; Philadelphia, .459; Brook
lyn, 45o; Washington, .42O; New York,
.405; st. Louis, .31s; Louisville, 265.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st showed that the debt increased
SlO,S57,35S during the month of July.
The cash balance in the treasury was
$3.50, ,16S,472. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 1856, 154,512.
At Edinburgh, Ind, bolt of lightning
killed 10 head of horses belonging to j.
A. Bradley
The large canning factory of ]. T.
Polk, at Greenwood, Ind, failed for
100000.
Willard Mastick and his wife and
granddaughter were killed by the cars
at a. crossing near Plattsburg, n. Y.
All records of kite flying were broken
at the Blue Hill observatory in Boston,
kite being sent 1888 feet into the air
Frank Davis killed Robert Pickett
and May Rivers at Cripple Creek, Col,
nd then cut his own throat. Jealousy
was the cause.
David H. Ramey, colored Pullman
porter, shot and instantly killed Matte
Clark, also colored, at Denver, Col, and
then killed himself. No cause is known.
The two negroes who attempted to
assassinate Col. C. D. Hunter near Sell
ma. Ala, were lynched by mob.
Mr.. Macgrane Coke, of New York, has
been appointed by the president to be
United States minister to Guatemal2
and Honduras.
Samuel G. NJ. Gates. n lumbcrman at
Bay City, Mich, failed for S64t.00o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. JR.
broad black stripes, straw hat, pretti
ly trimmed with pink flowers. She car
ried in her hand bunch of ferns and
small flowers.
Saratoga, n. Y, Aug. 4.-There was
no demonstration attending the arrival
here at 5:55 o'clock Monday afternoon
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and his
bride. Apartments at the United States
hotel had been engaged for them under
another name and the proprietors were
not positive OF their coming until noti-
fled by the press representatives. The
evening was spent quietly in their par
lors.
The Vanderbilt Wilson engagement was
announced last May, and June was the
day set for the marriage. Society was
startled to learn that the contemplated
union had not the approval of the Wander
bilt family, and that the young man had
been threatened with disnheritance IL he
contracted the alliance. On June 2 Mr..
Vanderbilt, Jr., was taken i'll with rheuma
tism, which resulted in postponing the
wedding. Then came the news that the
elder Vanderbilt had been stricken with
paralysis. brought on. 1t is said by worry
over his sons persistent determination to
wed Miss Wilson. There were many
between father and son, which eliminated
in the young man notifying the father that
he would marry the girl of his choice at any
cost. Mr.. Vanderbilts objection to the
marriage was on account of the youthful
ness of his son, who is but 20 years old,
while Miss Wilson is six or seven years his
senior.
The attachment between Mr. Vanderbilt.
Jr., and Miss Wilson began last summer at
Newport, where they spent much time In
each others company. The father sent
the son to Europe at once to cure him of his
love, but he was not many weeks abroad
before he was joined by Miss Wilson and
her married sister Young Vanderbilt and
Miss Wilson were much together while In
Europe, which resulted in their love be-
coming deep-rooted eliminating in Mon
days marriage. Miss Wilson has been
noted for her beauty. She is a tall blonde.
with blue eyes and a peach-like complex
ion.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, is the eldest
Eon of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
He was graduated from Yale in the class of
80, and he is said to possess much of his
fathers cleverness and business sagacity
He Is tall and slender, with dark hair and
gray eyes Unless the father persists in his
threat to disinherit him, the son will event
ually come into possession of an immense
fortune, as Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr., is es-
timated to be worth 500 100000 Young
Cornelius is in good favor with the wealthy
members of the family, and he will likely.
under any circumstances, receive large
Rum from this source.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
Homer on Papyrus.

Among the fragments of Egyptian
papyri at Dublin, 80 lines or parts of
lines of Homer's "Iliad" have been
identified-from books 4, 8, 81, 90 and
25-out of manuscript of the third
century before Christ, before Homer
had been put into shape by the critics
of Alexandria. In the so lines Is do
not exist in the "Iliad as we have It,
Prof. Mahaffy asserts that the Alex
andrians took great liberties with the
text, and that if an early edition of the
''Iliad" turns up in Egypt there will be
an addition of Is per cent to what we
have Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
MICHIGAN FOREST FIRES.
Town of Giadis Destroy ed II Residents Flee
for Their Lives.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Aug. IL
Much damage is feing done by forest
fires in this vicinity. Gladis, station
eight miles from here on the South
Shore road, was wiped out Monday
afternoon and its residents he'd to flee
for their lives. The regular South Shore
passenger train was compelled to return
Monday afternoon owing h, the in
tense heat and smoke. Several of tho
passengers tainted before the train got
out of the fire belt,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08

TOMMY (at hotel) )-"Why, mamma, see
what those people are to have for dinner
It's spring bonnet" Mother-"No, 1t
isn't, my son. That's an English pheasant"
-Harper's Bazaar
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
MILK COOLER.

1t does not matter how much or how
little water is pumped into the vat at
once, as it holds itself with the top of
the hose all the time. There is no
danger of OVERLOOKING or drowning the
cans. Of course, there should be
enough cold water pumped into the
vat to keep the milk cool. l find that
when my milk is at the same tempera-
ture as the water coming from the
we'll, it is about right to raise all of
the cream. used piece of two-inch
hose, and bored two inch hole in the
box and inserted the hose. Then in
order to make the hose and box water
tight, bored hole through stick,
which ! drove inside of the hose where
it passes through the tank. | had
good sweet milk and good buttermilk
aud fine, hard butter all summer.
shipped my butter to Omaha, and re-
ceived for it at the depot four and five
cents per pound more than we could
get at the store at home. also grew
in my garden after July 8, 1894 lat
which time | was hailed out and lost
my entire crop, one pail tomatoes, one
bushel of turnips, eleven cabbages,
four bushels of radishes, one-half PEEK
of beans, lots of lettuce and few
onions, by irrigation from our tank.
.Teoroe Hallock, in Farm and Fireside.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Plant of an Editor Whose Town Suffered
from Dirty Streets.

Plant of an Editor Whose Town Suffered
from Dirty Streets.
This is the season of the year when
conventions, reunions, race meets and
summer assemblages of all kinds are
most frequent. Everybody is on his
or her vacation, and the. disposition of
everyone is to follow the crowd" The
wisely managed cities are sure to offer
somt attraction to people looking for
amusement or entertainment.
AS matter of course there Is no sea-
son of the year when valid excuse
can be offered for permitting the
streets of town or city to present an
untidy appearance. This is doubly
true of the summer season, when every
place will be visited by a greater or
less number of strangers or non-resi-
dents
The proper sort of a housekeeper al
ways has everything in the best con-
dition possible, but even the halfway
prudent one will sort of tidy things up
when she knows company is coming.
She will dust the furniture, sweep the
front stoop and, possibly, rake the
front yard. 1t is simply good policy.
She doesn't wish folks to go home and
say uncomplimentary things about
her.
The poorest kind of advertising
town can offer is dirty, badly-made
streets. Visitors to such a place are
impressed With the thought that the
citizens have not enough regard for
the good wishes of guests to care to
favorably impress them. Poor, I'M
slightly streets are blight that will
kill or retard the growth of any town,
and the place that permits them to so
remain is guilty of trying, at least, to
commit municipal suicide.
In the following clipping from one OF
cur exchanges, the name of the city is
omitted for the reason that enough of
such advertising would kill the place
if it is not already dead:
If the authorities had hustled around q
week ago and cleaned the streets the thou
sands OF visitors who have been In - the
past ten days would have received far better
impression OF the city. The average pedes-
trian would about as soon go to jail as to be ON
- business street on windy day.
And there are others, many others
l.. A. W. Bulletin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
A M,,lionaire,s Watch Dogs.

James Dobson, the millionaire car
pet manufacturer, is a lover of fine
dogs, and has probably dozen prowl-
ing about his mansion overlooking the
great plant operated by the Dobsons at
the falls of Schuylkill Among them
are fine bloodhound and handsome
st. Bernard. The latter has taken
possession of the coach-house and sur
roundings, while the bloodhound
prowls as master around the house.
Each watches his respective district
during the daytime, and when one
dog trespasses upon the territory OF
the other bitter struggle, sometimes
accompanied by bloodshed, is sure to
occur. But as soon as darkness sets in
the two dogs hobnob together In the
most friendly manner, travelling over
the premises at will. The cause of the
daytime enmity and the after-dark
friendship can not be accounted for by
the owner.-Philadelph Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
THIS is PLAIN ENOUGH.
Practical Advantages of Good Roads
Strikingly Set Forth.

Practical Advantages of Good Roads
StrikingIy Set Forth.
The practical advantages of good
roads are strikingly set forth by a
writer in Lippincott's Magazine, the
vicinity of Moorestown in New Jersey,
being selected as an illustration. This
is in Burlington county, ten miles from
Philadelphia. Radiating from Moores-
town are twenty-four miles of good
macadamized roads, built by an issue
of town bonds and by means of the
state aid law of 1891. Before these
roads were constructed real estate in
the neigh borhood of Moorestown was
absolutely dead: since they were built
It is much in request, and near the
town almost city prices have been paid
for land. The contrast in this respect
between Moorestown and other towns
possessing equal natural advantages is
great. Furthermore, instead OF four
horse wagons built to carry so e
bushel baskets, farmers thereabouto
now use two-horse wagons carrying
1875 baskets of the same size. Argu-
ments of this kind cannot fail to make
an impression on the minds of people
in all farming communities. just the
same results as at MooreOtown might
not follow everywhere, but something
approximating to them surely would,
if good roads were provided. The long
and short of the matter is that good
roads pay. This is now matter OF abb
solute demonstration Y. Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
SAW SOMETHING HOMELIKE.
Way Mayor Strong Chewed and Spit Helped
Farmer to Like New York.

Way Mayor Strong Chewed and Spit Helped
Farmer to Like New York.
The man from the unpublished south
west had been knocking around New
York for several days, but his environ
ments didn't fit him, and the conse-
quence was he was going slightly
lame. The clerk at the hotel where
he stopped noticed his condition, and
once or twice the guest used rather
disrespectful language concerning the
metropolis and it's ways as compared
with his own home. Yesterday after
noon, hover, a change appeared to come
over the scene, and when he entered
the hotel Office and leaned up against
the counter while the clerk got his key
he was radiant.
''Well." inquired the clerk, show do
you like New York by this timer"
"'Taint so dern bad" responded the
visitor.
'That's what 1 told you." was the
clerks comment. You have got to
get used to us before you like u.s."
''That amt it. could stay here a
million years and not get used to yer
metropolitan f1ub dubs. amt built
fer that thing, and it wouldn't set
right on me any more'n a No. 6 shoe
will set right on No. foot"
''Then what has happened?"
ST seen Mayor Strong this after
noon"
"Where?"
sin his Office"
"What did be do? Ask you out to
take drink?"
swell, no, amt expectin' the
earth"
What was it then?"
'Why, by cripes, it was the way he
done in his Office. He jest set up there
chawin' terbacker and hittin' the spit
toon plumb center every time, in a
way that eckchally made me home
SIGH. 1 jest set there watchin' him
and feelin' better satisfied with New
York every minute. Dern me if there's
only been a knot-hole in the floor in
std of that chany spittoon, I'd a. felt
so good that 1 could a. whooped. 1
reckon I'll stay in town another day or
two New York amt SO bad when
you strike her jist right" and the
guest from Buckskin Bottom went up
stairs whistling.-N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
CALvE PRAISES AMERICA.
Says She Would Prefer 1t to ANY Coun
try But Her Own.

Says She Would Prefer 1t to ANY Coun-
try But Her Own.
Nine. Calve is as loyal to the Ameri-
cans when she is in Paris as they are to
her when she is in New York, says Har-
per's Weekly. She has been talking to a
Partisan reporter about L'Amerique,
and assures him that it is an enchanted
and dreamlike country, to which, if she
were not French, she would wish to be-
long. She brags handsomely to her
ccuntrymen about our villes mag
nifiques, with avenues as wide as the
Champs Elysees, bordered with struc-
lures two or three times as high as the
buildings in Paris, and brilliant with
electric lights. Even more warmly she
praises the remarkable development of
our artistic instincts, which encourages
artists to give full swing to their true
temperaments and to interpret the mas
tiers according to their own ideals Mel
ba, 1t seems, has told q Partisan inter-
viewer that after singing in opera in
America she hardly dares risk herself
on a Partisan stage. Calve says she
sympathizes with her, and, fond as she
Is of the Partisan public, looks for
ward with trepidation to appearing be-
fore it again.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
THE Champion Century Rider.

"And after all your talk" said the
man who still drives horse, Father
Time with his cycles has reeled off more
centuries than the best of you riders."--
Photographic Flying Insects.
The French artists appear to have
gotten the art of photography down to
a much finer basis than those of Amer
lea and England. They were first to
photograph flying bullets, race horses
in motion and other rapidly moving OBJ
jects. The latest triumph reported
from Paris is photograph of flying
dragon-fy by M. Marcy, in which the
exposure was the $4,000 part of Sec
ond. By the aid of a small electric
lamp inside the mouth of an assistant,
Marcy also claims to have photographed
the moving globules of blood circulat-
ing in the veins, and to have detected
difference in the motion of the colored
and colorless corpuscles.
Not Far Wrong.
Johnny--Say, what's philosopher
anyhow?
Tommy-A philosophers a man thai
don't care a durn.-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
FORGOT HIS NECKTIE.
Embarrassing Situation of Young Man
Out West,

Embarrassing Situation of a Young Man
Out West.
In these days of cheap neckwear a
man is poor indeed who cannot afford a
large collection of ties. There is one
young man in this city, however, says
the Denver Times, who would have
willingly paid five times the cost of
cravat, if necessary, few days ago
He is genius in his way, and, like most
of his tribe, requires a guardian. 1t
was on a bright, warm morning, not
long since, that he sauntered from his
home, Just about shopping time, and
in his absent-minded way wandered
downtown. AS he walked along Siy-
teenth street people gazed at<him Curl
ously, and some were ill-bred enough
to laugh. Their curiosity was lost upon
him, however, for he was far away in
reveries of the bright, happy times
when editors accept everything that is
offered without even asking ambitious
young authors to ruthlessly cut manu-
script ito satisfy our readers" He
wandered into crowded drug store
and, elbowing his way through the
throngs of well-dressed women, asked
for his favorite phosphate, and then
continued his stroll until he reached
the office of the Times. Then some one
asked him why he did not dress before
coming on the street. He looked up in
mild amazement, sought a mirror, and
then made rush for the nearest hab'
erdashery Since then he has become
possessor of a complete collection OF
ties, and when he sees his sister wearing
the choicest specimens, his hand IN
variably seeks his collar band to see II
he has again been neglectful.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
TO WASH A ~OOLru SWEATER
since These Garments Are Favorites 1t Ia
Wel to Understand Thnir 6,la..,i..s-

SAnce THESE Garments Are Favoritas If Ia
wen to Understand Their Cleaning.
Eli pail two-thirdS or three-ouar-
tiers full of cold water, In extremely
cold weather the water may be tenn
pered a little, but let it be cold and not
warm. Take a cake of good laundry
soap-any good soap that hasn't an
excess of alkali will answer the pur-
Pose-and rub between the hands in
the water Tor a moment. Put in tea
spoonful of ammonia and stir well.
Soak the garment in this liquid for Is
minutes or half an hour, and then
squeeze out the dirt, but not vigorously
enough to impair the garments shape.
Turn inside out and repeat the process.
Pour off the water, which now contains
all the dirt that was in the garment,
and rinse very thoroughly in several
| Waters-cold water, of course-usiny
the same motions as before. Lift the
garment from the rinsing water and
lay it over a line or wooden frame to
drip and dry. When dry turn right side
out and the job is done.
Observe the following cautions: If
the garment is one you care anything
about wash it yourself. You cannot
trust Tom, Dick and Harry, Bridget and
Jane. 1t will take but few minutes
Ind you will be amply repaid for the
trouble. Put the soap in the water,
not in the garment. Use good soap
and not very great deal of it. Use
cold water. Don't wiring or squeeze
or pull. Dry wrong side out. Don't dry
in the sun or wind or by the fire. A
shed or basement with tub to catch
the water is usually better than out
doors Don't leave where it is cold
enough to freeze. Don't iron. In case
the garment is extremely dirty use
more ammonia and soak longer. If
there are grease spots, after soaking re-
move the spots with ammonia, benzine,
or some cleansing compound, and Their
proceed as before.-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
NEW JERSEYS ROADS.
Many Miles Were Macadamized Under
the Township Bonding Act.

Many Miles Were Macadamized Under
the Township Bonding Act.
Before state or county aid was ex-
tended for the construction of stone
roads in New Jersey the farmers OF
Chester, Burlington county, got the
notion they would bankrupt them
selves if they put down macadam roads.
Two citizens knew differently and Of
fered to build the roads for So, 400 per
mile. Farmers believed stone roads
would cost $1,000 or $1,000 per mile.
Finally the town was bonded for $40,-
600 for 10 miles Of roads. To carry
the election in favor of bonding, out
living roads were included, making
I1L miles. The two citizens brought
the stone by rail many miles, carted 1t
overland in wagons, took as salary
81, 900 for the four months job, returned
1925 to the town treasury and built
the 11% miles of road. The cost was
So, AGO per mile, and all the stone hauled
long distances, the biggest item of
cost. These roads were built 8
years ago and have not been repaired
since except to be rolled each spring
by a ton horse roller. The bonds
are paid at the rate of 81, 900 per year
and the burden of taxation Is insignif-
cant. Nearly all the farmers use mar
row tire wagons, although engineers
say they should use wide tires. A load
or tons, including weight of wagon,
is common. The builder recommended
an expenditure of $50 per year on each
mile, but to-day with narrow tires and
heavy loads there is no perceptible
evidence of wear.-Bulletin 9, Office of
Road Inquiry
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
10 encourage NIatrimony.

Belgium proposes to facilitate mar
rage by reducing the legal age for
both sexes to 81 years, instead of rs
for the man and 21 for the woman, as
the law is now, and by making the
consent of the father alone necessary.
instead of that of both parents.
never USED . HaIr Brush.
A charming English woman, whose
hair always looked like FURNISHED gold,
announced one day that she never used
a brush on it. However, she had sub
stitute. With large silk handkerchief,
such as good houselSeepers covet for
Frightening their silver, she stroked IL
firmly and briskly 100 times, night and
morning. She said this method pos
sessed all the good qualities of brush
ing, without ever running the danger
Of breaking a fine hair or firing the
h~sd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
Baked Annie Cake.

Mix together two cupfuls of flour,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half
teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Beat
one egg and mix it with one scant cup
full of milk. Rub one-fourth cupful of
butter into the dry materials, add the
milk and egg. Spread it one-half inch
thick over buttered biscuit tin. Have
ready four sour apples, pared, cored and
cut into eighths. Lay them in rows on
top of the dough, with the sharp edge
down, press them in lightly. Sprinkle
two tablespoonfuls of sugar and a lit
tlS cinnamon over the apples, bake 20
or 30 minutes and serve with cream
Boston Globe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
When Nearing am Iceperg.

The captain of an ocean steamer i'll
most cases finds out when his ship ia
nearing an iceberg from the men in the
engine-room. When steamship enters
water considerably colder than that
through which it has been going it's
propeller runs faster. Such water sur
rounds the vicinage of bergs for many
miles. When the propeller's action.
therefore, is accelerated greatly, with.
oyA the steam power being increased,
word Ia sent up to the officer on the
bridge that icebergs fnay be expected,
ana q close lookout is established.