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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
ParIOr and SI"cplME Gars-GIUve
H.cuf WTaiu> 5 and ..

In addition TO reclining chair car
(sea,s free) and coaches with ScarrItt
nigh back seals, combination parlor
and sleeping cars have beeu added 10
Glover Leaf traius 8 and A. Traips3, 4,
5 ana 6 are daily. 9. @. Jenkins, Genl
Pass. agent, Toledo, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
Toledo, vt. L0uss * Kansas CITY It, "a
huIcS.

EACutolOu w OlllundI NGDs aug ~ anu
Is.
Account of Y, =. G. U. the Glover
Leaf will issue one fare cXcus sion tick-
cts from all stations on aboye dates.
Call on nearest agent or address g. g.
jenkins, Gen'I P,ls5, Agent, Toledo, O,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08

W,s,,us pnopIc,s e. ~. UP. Church
SEssetai Eacursl"r TO Omaha August
fG-l4.
TIE Glover Leaf Route will Issue one
fsCgs excursion tickets from all stations.
Sas~scarast n1ent or address,, G. G.. len
kIIlt. G,n'I Pass. Agent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-08
IF YOU ARE
...RUPTURED...
and cannot get I suitable
TRTJSG

held any rupture. We have tho largest stock in
the west and manufacture to order Every truss
guaranteed to be sntiaf&ctory or will be taken
back. we cure all children auG about one out
of every six adults. WERuI B4OS;,,
EC5 Adams 90, Toledo, o.
Manufacturer of Tre5ass, Supp9rtsFs, Elastic
Stockings, Braces RUBBER Goods, 3yyiHgos, Clutches
&c.. de-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

to illustrate, illumine, point out and in
terest. the same as the comic journal.
The old comic, often scurrilous, inyarla-
blv offensive, has been abandoned.
There are about ten millions Of these
comics manufactured every year and
sold for a penny. They find a ready
sale. A personal trait is selected. Rob-
ert Bonner and his beloved Maud ).
are a target for goOd-natured horse
rhyme.
An important branch of the valentine
trade is the making of the envelopes.
A valentine envelope sells better than
the valentine itself. Without the rails
ed. figured. hohday-appearing envelope
the valentine trade would languish and
expire.
An odd example of this occurred last
wear. A certain California firm sent
East for 100000 valentines, adding the
order not to send any envelopes. Plain
envelopes would DO for California young
people
But the young people did not think
so Without the envelope they did not
want the valentine, and this year that
same firm has sent for envelopes alone
TO use with last years stock, which
they will sell very cheap, putting the
new ones of this season in the more
conspicuous places. SO much for the
brain that despises the thing the eye
Graves.
The reason that so many more en-
velopes are sold than valentines is solv-
ed i'm the thought that each valentine
wears out two or more envelopes. You
Get a valentine this year. Next season
YOU send it along TO friend. The
third wear the friend sends it with COM
pliments. love hope, expectation. etc.
to another friend; and so on until the
lace gets ragged and the sentiments
upon the face blurred.
WASHINGTON TOKENS.
Valentines are seldom sent anony-
mously now. Many people make gifts
of them as of Easter offerings. In
Washington this is particularly the
case. There is a valentine named for
Mrs Cleveland. and which was origin
ally designed by her for some young
married friend 1t is like the Madonna
sent 10 Mrs. Leitzer-CurzOn for Christ
mas by Mrs. Cleveland.
The proper way of sending a valen-
tine is by post. when You can. If the
valentine is tucked inside a rosebud,
q messenger boy carries the bouquet,
and on the same route distributes can
dies AID sweets.
The day after New Years Day the
valentine force is trebied in the fac'o-
ries. and from that time on until the
13,h of February there is an order to
"Rushr The most of the sales are
made the very day before ST. Nalen-
tine takes his annual celebration.
It is not generally known that Val
entines Day is named for good Old
priest of tho Roman Empire who was
beheaded by Emperor Claudius be-
because the young people we're so very
fond of him. He made love affairs run
smoothly and smootned over quarrels.
After his death the young people met
secretly every year to pay homage to
his memory, and they save each other
li-tle gifts which they called s.. Nalen-
tine offerings. And thence came val
enunes. LOUIS r. GARDNER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

boy. he gets five. one for each of the
family; and ia girl. She gets twenty
five. one Tor each o, her friends and an
extra one Tor her doll
The five ana ten cent valentines sell
the best The poorest sellers are the
Medium priced ones. while the very. "a
pensiye. The S. and $50 ones. sell very
Wei. indeed The former are bought by
children and The last by children of an
older growth. YET very childish i'm one
thing their wish TO express their re-
gard for each other I'm the plainest wav.
The high-priced valentine is as much
expected by am enEaged young woman
as the ring itself. both in their own sea-
son.
The manufacture Of the comic valen-
tine is conducted separately from the
others. Yer The comic is a branch not
without lbs merits. In these later DAYS
the cOu.c ve srtiDo has taken as muc1
a jump as the comic papers. 1t is used
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09
HOW MEN PROPOSE.
one Examples From Recent Magazine
Fiction.

ONE Exa NIPPLES From Recent Magazine
Fiction.
It is said that there are as many
ideals of beauty as there are men.
This truism also applies to other things,
which is well, otherwise we should be
bored. Suppose every lover proposed
in precisely the same way! One effect
would be the demOlishing of the bust
ness of the story writer. December
authors CALAMITY vary the interesting
moment in their tales, says the Chi
cago News. Here is the way they get
around the difficulty:
Mr.. Howells' young lady in Harper's
after l2dy telling the young man tina,
she guesses she doesn't care for him,
and ne can so away, says: Thank
you. | only wished TO know the worst.
And you're mo- going away hating
me?"
No: loving you more than ever"
She turns her face and averts her
eyes. "Why-what are you-going
for?'
"Phiuippa. He throws his arms
about her and clasps her to him.
Mr.. Howel!s offers no explanation
for her turnabout propensities. His
silence adds weight to his well known
scom for v2cillating women.
Kate Douglass Wiggin strings out
the proposal in her story to a column,
which is bad-at least for the article
But the lovers are forty and thirty-six,
so il does not much matter. And they
had been engaged before.
In truth Madge Robertson has a
pretty story OF a wealthy young medi
cal STUDENT, who so piJies deformed
little child at clinic that he finally al
lows her to keen the coveted exquisite
silver box of bonbcls that he was
about to carry as a birthday gift TO the
girl of his heart. he explains 10 the
young lady the absence of any gift
from him. When he had finished
there were tears in the girls eyes, and
she extended her hands. You will 90
and see the little thing again" she said
softly. and II should like to go with
you"
Always" ventured the young fell
low. his heart beating painfully.
He kissed her hand. Then he kissed
her arm. Then he looked up into her
eyes. and then-he kissed her lips. All
this goes TO prove that the way to win
a girl is to find an object of charity
and bestow on it something intended
for her.
Robert Bars hero is frightfully prosaic
in THE Understudy" in the Cosmopoli-
tan.
"Oh," answered the girl, 'I have no pa
thence with you"
'T am sorry for that Mary" said Or
mond, for If 1 could have made living
I intended to ask you to be my wife"
on" cried the girl breathlessly. turn
ing her head away. After .the usual de-
murrer. she says "Yes."
Further search reveals the amazing fact
that the proposal-in literature at least
is becoming obsolete. Stories there are Of
d plenty but in the English publications
they mostly relate TO the mysterious dis
appearance of diamonds or are ta.es of
conspiracy or intrigue, and in the Ameri-
can product the proposal is all done be-
hind the scenes-the reader is introduced
TO the engaged couple or to the married
pair The sentimental age is passing. evil
IDENTIFY. and We contemptuously hurry
over the romantic episode to reach those
dramatic crises In life which seem to oc-
cupy the attention of both writers and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

r,ret be fresh every season. E.ach lac
i i1-, teeps upwards of e.eht designers
~ soi eetting mp new things
Tine way the landscape artists work
.~+bv the attention OF people Who
Us +te, can paint and paint rapidly.
S ., s,sr Girl at The table is sky artist.
I. ne her her BUSINESS 20 put the background
n the picture win ,, 5he s%ii 5,,.5
to,'.i, i. -,oI-e a clear sky. and adds liz
PAM ~, y daubs in the distance for clouds
AN horizon.
7-,is s3e does with twenty strokes Of
inch. and vita swift glance 90
, -.7 tie work is upon Che eellulc.d
,+ She lays &c down fer tae u=Nt
g.-l to pick up
Tho next g,rl IS the Zee ana snow
sas with touches as quick as
ne last one. places @ little lake in the
'.'e 49, with surface OF suoc.aes. .rc.
~, ~ ZEE meets yae sky in Gle far d.s-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09
Copyright, 1896, by Ryman Interview
Syndcate)

Copyright, 1896, by Ryman Interviaw
Syndcate)
"a statesman is a successful politician
who 5 dead" drawled Thomas b. Reed
upon the floor of the Senate N answer
to the fiery question of an opponent, as
TO what he considered the necessary
qualifications CT salesman.
"Th3. was the best thing | ever said,
SAID Reed afterwards, thinking it over.
1T was tttter than | meant It to be.
wasn't waning to waste such good am
munit,0n on small game. That is the
nan wSo said he'd rather be right than
be President"
And what did you tell him." asked
yhe l:stene-.
Il .old him ne would never be either"
replied Reed, letting his face relax INTO
Ire beat:ic smile which he called the
apc;neos.s CT gen,ality fit to waken
smiles IN dumb trules.
REEDS "CRUSHER."
"Buc I've said ba,ter things than that,
l think Not such sharp th!ngs, but
things that VII make me live after I'm
goAe-3fter I'm dead enough to be
called a statesman"
Friends OF Nj Reed point to a certain
speech made in The House as his crush
err Reed considers it the best effort
ne has ever made to down a bill. 1t
was de.-ysrsd in Reeds characteristic
genial attitude, the enc which ne ADOPTS
when he sees III has a sure thing.
HIS cleye,ness N debate is shown b.
his opening arguments:
Cent men. n this debate. which has
extended over many weeks, Cce remark
abb result has been reached. That result
IS Jh2. the bill is Od.ous to beth sides
Of the House. On this side we believe
THAI, Will Il prs,eIds to be for prCtec-
ton, Z does not afford Il. And on the
ether side they believe that while it
Looks towards free trade It doss not ac-
complish IT,"
That is my ps; way of downing a
thing said Mr. Reed, SHOW that It
.sn't any good, no matter how you look
at it. Speak in a clear, confident tone
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

COMPROMISE candidate who promises TO
make Mr.. Plat Secretary of the Treas
ury. and his Chairman, Lauterbach,
Collector of the Port. Moreover, l VIII
predict for you Democrats at chicago.
Your ticket will be Morrison and Nor
gan. soldiers of the Civil War, who
fought in it on opposite sides. The IL
linois galleries will name that ticket.
But'-and for the second, but the veter-
an added, neither that ticket nor any
other Chicago ticket will carry one
Northern State"
Then 1 thought of Poe's Raven to
which was addressed the exclamation:
prophet, thing of evil; prophet still if
bird or devil: is there balm in Gilead?"
quote the Raven, Never more" And |
mentioned the thought to the prOphe-
sying veteran, who himself, no mean
scholar, capped the verse with para
phrase of another line: Il leave
black plume as a token that no lie, It's
l have spoken"
SO the prophecies can go into the
pigeon hole of desks, marked "Presi-
Dental year." or else among whom the
catechism of the Established Church
calls our betters." For there are
large numbers of wagers already made
regarding the prospective nominations.
THE COMING ST. VALENTINES
DAY.
New York has not surrendered its
interest in Valentines day, to judge
from the look of the stationers win
dOWs far and wide. The anniversary
of the lovers saint occurs next week.
There is an evident lessening of the
caricature and personal of course val
entines; but the dainty ones are on the
increase. One valentine | noticed was
of spun glass OF finnish texture, with
the sentiment painted upon the glass
mat of the centre. Thus it read:
Tho fragile this, not so the kiss,
| send dear sweetheart mine;
Because | am your valentine.
EX-PRESIDENT EIARRISON'S VAL
ENTINE.
The avidious and envious reporters
are hoping to get a copy of Bennys
them suggest this as prospective
If Cupid's antics | could mimic,
I'd play them all for thee, oh Dimmick;
And lose my hoped denomination,
II that would win thy appreciation;
When Easter dawns III call thee mine,
But now I'm but thy valentine.
The best doggrel valentine extent,
however, is the un2pproachabie one Of
Sam Weller to his Mary 10 be read in
the Pickwick papers.
A NEW FAISTAFF PLAY.
They are rehearsing at Days Thea
tire. version of Shakespeare Fail
5,alian pianks in the Two parts Of
Henry ~. arranged by the practiced
hand of Manager Augustine, and as it
is likely to be taken ON the road ere
long l refer TO it. Lewis, the cacchin-
ajor is 10 enact FalsJaff, with an India
rubber stomach. wonderful transfer
nation Of his usual personality it viii
be. Ada Rehan is, Of course, to be Hal
the Prince OF Wales. and to repeat her
Rosalind uiumphs. George Clark.
with youth renewed for the twentieth
time is 10 do Percy.
Mrs. Gilbert. who | predict will give
the hit o. the piece, Dame Quickly;
and Maxine Elliott, the champion
beauty of the American stage, will
essay Lady Percy. What a relief a
Shakespeareian play viii be to our city
theatregcers who at present only have
on Palmer's stage Chimmie Faden, for
their delectation.
A. Oakley HALL.
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600 girls and women busy all the year
rorgi They - ready from February
bruarv "a are called upon for
hni7 a4zuan-UctS only once a year.
arhe valentine trade is uuieter than a
vault from February until the next
january. Then it does q rushing busi-
ness Tor q month. enough 90 pay back
its money 90 the trade and more, too.
VALENTINE TOWNS.
In the towns where the valentines are
manufactured there is q large building
known as the valentine factory. and
carrying it still further the town itself
is known as a valentine town. The
work of making the lacey things sup
ports most of the inhabitants Such
towns are for the most par, I'm New
England. although there are others OUT
side it's confines
The way valentines are made is quite
as systematic and methOlical as the
work OF amy other factory or mill but
being q cleaner and prertier kind of
V0rE iJs subdivisions are more inter-
eslns
For instance I'm one room in q valen-
tine factory YOU viii see q long table.
down each side of which sit girls with
tablets before them. and paints and
brushes spread ont upon the tables.
They are The landscape artists. and
their work is to put the pretty winter
Scenes upon the valentines.
Valentines treated with paint put ON
bv hand are called novelties. and are
more expensive than che others They
are made OF cellul0id which is the ideal
valentine material. and OF SILK, satin,
velvet and stiff card board. Every year
there are new designs. and each design
calls for new materials Valentines
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

While England tremblingly awaits
J Sne euort OF its Laureate Poet upon
heAry OF Battenberg. the valentine
poets are doing excellent work.
One hundred millions of valentines
were turned out this year TO satisfy
%he Cevotees Of st. Valentine.
VI tnis number. four millions went TO
New York City alone. SIX other large
cues took three millions each. and
twenty towns took a million while oJh-
ers ordered from a hundred thousand
upward
mis- unprecedented sale of valen-
unes means several things to- the man
ulacturers. 1t means that times are
better that the population of the cOun-
lty is greater, and that the number of
cllloren increases prOpOrtiOnately with
lhe larger population I'm q country
that brings many of it's inhabitants to
town tul grown. from other nations.
TINS ract is worthy of note.
ne valentine industry of this cOun-
Try keeps 10000 men and boys and 20
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09
MY BRIGHTEST SPEECH
AND HOW | SAID IT."
81 Am Democrat Was Uttered by Fill with 50 rrn
Pride that He Turned His Head to Hide His Emotion
MORTON thinks HIS DIPLOMATIC SPEECH Brr
Likened Himself, When Minister to France to Warrior D
tie, So Hard Hit Was He by Genial Faces
REEDS JOLLY ATTITUDE IN THE HOUSE
"A Statesman Is Successful Politician Who Is Dead lie c
Brightest Sudden Effort.
SOUTHERN DoH NOT WHICH SURPRISED CRISP urar

talking, and he f. M. q 'a.-r
to in,rude himself.
"If'-he bagan dimd,1f. r--.
isn't against the laws o..
States to help the Son
A laugh interrupted him.
grew louder and broke into
Ever since then yOu see s,s.l a.- ST.,
and Dixon's line the pa-
mencing, If it isn't again
of the United States TO have
ern man for President of
States - Everybody takes
joke. But the friends OF Crisp
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09
CLEVER CRISP

When Crisp, of Georgia, speaks, he r.
rs upon his looks for ms arSumnt. The
Crisp face is an open one. The Crisp
clothes are of the newest and finest. He
is what you call a well-grocmed man.
though he doesn't keep a valet, and
brushes himself.
When Crisp speaks, he puts one hand
behind him in a deprecatC.y way. He
holds it there as long as he has some
thing up his sleeve. When his final ar
g1tment is brought forth he brings out
ais other hand. Like It's mate, it is
White and saapely and moulds the air
10 make a fine point upon an argumen..
A politician Of Geo.g.a who : very
close to Crisp says that the Georgia rep
ressntative regards his bast effat one
which he condensed in a single sentence.
Il was in the gallery that day re-
lates the Georgia gentleman, "wh n
Cr.sp 90. up TO speak FIe lad some
thing uDon his mind which he wanted
for the South, bGt witch the NcrtA
might regard with indifference. Crisp
hesitated. He is q ocls.1ers.e man
He opened mis- mouth to speak and hes
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

From Our Regular Correspondent
New York, February 5-Febru9ry Z.
After weeks Of extraordinary Septem-
berisl wea.ac, King Zol5, attended by
his Prime Minis er, Joha,-s Fraus.
came to town in his wa.,a chariot 10
hold court: and mucA to che disgust @,
the lee Fraust. bu. 10 the delight Of
hcuseholdcrs, who. as January faded
away, began 10 despair Of supplying
next summer rcuigerators and mixing
cooling inks. Blu. really. he com
pany chat manufactures zee furnishes a
better Article than nature. and puts
consumers beyond the fear Of microbes.
or polluted sources: because the arti-
fetal ice company blocks from distilled
water, and the price IS no g eater. \
quaint explanation of the earlier mild
season was Y9uchs3lcd in my hearing
the 0-1er day by w7g who declared
that Police Comm le- Roosevelt in
his war against liquor saloons kept the
thermometer at temperate.
DICKENS BIRTHDAY KEPT AND
LINCOLN'S.
Two days ago the guild ofauthc-s cell
ebra,ed the b.r Ad2y OF Dickens; and in
few days hence. the CITY celebrates
the birthday of Lincoln. eleven DAYS id
advance of concentrating that of
Washington. The former, for the frs,
time. becomes a statutory holiday; and
it IS pleasant know that the Southern
Club. Of this ely. viii join in the COM
memor1c.0n by dinner. The two
birthdays of The English novels. and
the American statesman, coming so
nearly with celebrations, reminds me
mat while I was in London. Charles
Dickens. Jr., mentioned to me Of
charming article that his father furn-
ished to "AH the Year Round"
upon Lincoln at the time of the
deep damuation of his taking
on. IJold the son that perhaps
Dickens. p5re d.d net know how fond
President Lincoln was Cf -Ga novels.
ana / narrated how that Henry !. Ray
mond- visiting the WhJe House late
one evening on business for his neWsDa-
per, The Tn es-W3S admE-ed TO Ola
Abe's s9nctum, and found him reading
and laughing over Pickwick. Fer LIN
coin kept MS worries from weary:ng his
brain by rubbing fun into the gray
mn 2r Of IT.. The Lincoln Club is TO
have an grafton before it. But the ereaJ
crater has Yet to come who can do full
and eloquent justice TO thar grand
American VINO. IN cur National Pantne-
en- links arms with washington as
they s,ands-Cge,her IN one niche 10 the
gaze Of each growing generation. There
is fine bus. of the novelist in the reaiA
Ing p3rlor Of the L0tCs Club. and on ia
birthday e. was laurel crowned: and
next Tuesday he statue Of Lincoln at
Union Square VIII find en- the PEDESTAL
KS need Of flowers.
The metropolis has just entered upon
IT'S charity Season-tha- which is the
preface Of Lent. All the balls and
many concerts are given IN the name Of
,15 virtue whose mantle covers S.ns.
The season was fcrn.gnt ago ushered
I'm by the Charity Bail tina half-can-
-ury-c,d fashionable Institution, and
rh.cl YVES once q wid-.y-kn0wn soc
tE surc-.cD. ~. tbs year, socially
considered g. proved sorry failure.
Several notable cEuueS headed nv +I9
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09
N TIE Workshop OF CUPID.
Z Hunired Million Valentines Made in
valentine Towns"

a years Work for a Days Sale.
Copids and Twin Hearts Put on
separately by Artists Who "Do q
opsolalty' - Moral Elevation of
'no Comic Verss-Valertins De-
signed by Mrs. Cleveland, and
ono with Robert Bonner for Tar
get.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09
05AII HALL'S 8J1IET.
Commissioner R0oSeyelt'S Temperate
Weather.

Birthdays of Dickens and Lincoln
Observed-The Charity Season.
PhilanthrOpic Dances-White the
Color Of Ball Observation-Disclosures
Charity Upbraided Presidential
Observation-Disclosures Day and
Bennys Valentine to Mrs. D.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

and ridicule it a little as you go along.
The bill that lives through that kind OF
treatment is a germ disease warranted
to run its course"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

Der it as the best thing
dropped from the Fps o
isn't vain glorious and
want any more than r.
MORTON'S DIPLHN.
Levi p. Morton has .
things. He regards .
his most polished one
thinks diplomacy man
cOmplishment and, tl11f
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lance. Already the picture begins to
CUpIDs PHOTOGRAPHERS.

The next gicl puts IN few bare
trunks Of trees and frozen shrubbery
along the borders Of lhe lake; and waen