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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

g, water tank f, and the hot water pipes
h h are so laid AS to allow of outflow
and return of water. The hot water
pipes are directly below the sawdust-
covered top (e). Dimensions are 4 feet in
rear, feet in front and 12 feet for
length of roof, including caves, while
the full length of the floor space is 12
feet. The windows d open out for ven.
tilation and are feet long; the win
dows are feet long and open in. The
covers of the coops consist of light
frames with ~ inch netting. A door
closes off either coop during cold
weather, to keep the heat in either one
coop. The tops of the brooders (e) over
the hot water pipes, are covered with a
good coat of sawdust to keep in the
heat. Besides the door at the sides OF
the brooder, there is heavy fringe to
keep in the heat.-0range Judd Farmer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE RIDE TO DREAMTowN.


Listen, my darlingl Low and clear
The sound of the Sleepland bell 1 hear.
1t is calling, calling, from far away,
Through the twilight falling still and gray.
Fsiry music its sweet voice seems,
A. u bids you away to the land of dreams.
There's a good steed waiting, my dear, to
bear
Ny little one where the dream elves are.
Mount 1t, my darling, and ride away
Through the starry twilight, still and gray;
1t will carry you safely DER hill and lea.
This trusty charger of mammals knee!
Mount and away, with a goodnight kiss.
Was ever so gentle steed as this?
1t ambles softly where roads are rough;
A touch of your unspurred foot's enough
To set 1t galloping fast and free.
Was ever a steed like a mothers knee?
We are halfway over the road my dear.
The stars are out and the way is clear,
And galloping, galloping, on we go,
TIL the drowsy plains we have crossed,
and lol
The CLEAN of the Dreamtown lights we see.
What steed so swift as n mothers knee?
The gates swing open and we ride through.
What n host of children ahead of you!
Big ones and little ones, dark and fair
They have come to Dreamtown from every.
where!
wonder darling-hnd out for mel
II they all rode over on mothers knee.
-Eben IG. ReXford, in Youths Companion
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

1t is not accidental that oats, the grain
which, next to whole wheat, is best for
furnishing growth to the muscles,
should have always been the favorite
food for horses. They are better than
wheat for all animals except man, and
as good also for man, if properly pre-
pared. 1t is the large proportion OF
hull which makes oats superior for
horse feed. as the hull distepls the nu.
triment and prevents it fropl compact.
ing and heating in the stomach. Oat
grain not only contains a large amount
of nitrogenous nutriment, bntit has be,
sides certain stimulative substance
which is peculiar to the oat.-Rural
World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
story of Wise Ont.

There is in the treasury department
at Washington a cat that understands
English perfectly. His name is Tom,
and when addressed he will quickly re-
spond, even waking out of sound
sleep to go toward the speaker. Some
times, to confuse him, the clerks will
sing out some word or words in which
the syllable Tom is emphasized, and to
that he pays no attention. But let any
one call: "Tom, it's dinner time!" and
forthwith he walks across the room,
reaches up with his paws to tin pail,
claws it down and comes bringing it
in his mouth. Tom is passionately fond
OF music. At the cry of "Hand organ!"
he climbs to high window seat, but at
the words "Here's dog!" he sinks un-
der a desk.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
Grnin FOR snr,nr Fe.ainr

At present low prices for grain it is
cheaper, so far as nutritive value is
concerned, than any other kind of for
age. Part of this cheapness consists in
the greater ease with which grain, if
fed in moderation, can be digested,
This is especially true of spring feeding.
AS the time approaches for turning
stock out to grass they should have
some kind of succulent food given with
the grain ration. After winters freez-
ing and thawing, dry feed, whether hay
or cornstallIs, becomes dry and woody
instead of having some of the juices il
had when put up the previous fall
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
NERVOUS PROSTRATION.
On the Verge of a Total Collapse.
The Wear and Tear Incident to the
Life of n Travelling SRleHmnn
Very often Results Seriously.
From the Press, Cleveland, ohio.

From the Press, Cleveland, ohio.
j. ii. Whann, who lives in suite No. 20 in
the Body block, corner of Payne ana Wilson
Avenues, Cleveland, Ohio, had suffered for
months from nervous prostration and ex-
treme nervousness. His nervous system
bad become undermined by irregular hab.
its, and he was reduced to the verge of total
prostraton. Mr.. Whann is no longer a
travelling salesman, that occupation was
fraught with too much danger to his health,
and he abandoned it. AT present he is con.
nected with the Mahoning Coal Company,
and has charge of mine three miles distant
from Alliance, Ohio, and there he spends
most of his time.
Travelling statesmen have to put up with
| a great many inconvenience when they are
on the road" said Mr.. Whann, Meals,
| sleep and rest, are often irregular, and these
causes unsettle ones nerves, | was rapidly
| approaching point where L would become
| nervous wreck unless | employed extreme
measures. / found it almost impossible to
read or write for a period longer than few
minutes. would pick up newspaper with
| the intention OF glancing over the news of
the day. In five or ten minutes l would
have to lay the paper aside and get up and
walk around to quiet my nerves. 1t was the
same thing when did any writing. l could
| write for few minutes and then have to
| give IL up, as my uanuS WOulu become Slaky
and my whole body and mind in quiver.
This nervousness brought on severe
headaches; it also brought loss of sleep,
all of which combined to gradually break
down my health. l became run down and
lost my appetite and performed my duties
with no heart whatever. My friends rec.
commended one medicine or another, and
one of them suggested DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. l bought few boxes
and followed the directions regarding theiI
use. They restored my nerves to their nor
NAL and natural condition; they drove
away the violent headaches and insomnia
and made me feel like man who enjoyed
life. L am now at times troubled with q
headache while experimenting the work al
the mine, but the pills quickly and effective
ly dissipate it."
Mrs. Whann, too, is very enthusiastic il
her praise of the pills. She has used then
for headache and nervousness, and has rec
commended them to many of her friends.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements necessar.
to give new life and richness to the BLOOD
and restored shattered nerves. They are al
unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataXia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv
Gus headache, the after affect of la grippe
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallov
compleXions, all forms of weakness either il
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by al
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receip
of price, 30 cents a box or six boxes for 50. sc
by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine Com
Lany, Schenectady, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

the science which treats of these things
so she fills it up with the first thing at
Land. In this case it is the water,
which is forced up into the space by
the pressure of the outside air.
The remaining illustrations show a
trick that is also of a scientific nature.
The fish shown at Fig. is to be
cut from cardboard or very heavy pa
per. Perhaps mamma will lend you a
dish which you can fill with water to
make pond for your fish to swim in.
Lay the fish down upon the water so
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
FIGURE NO. 8.

that he will float upon its surface, talk
ing care not to let his upper side get
wet. The trick is to make him move on
the water without blowing upon or
touching him. You can let your friends
puzzle about how to do this, and then
show your superior wisdom by drop
ping one drop of oil into the round
opening at the center of the fish, upon
which he will move forward, for oil
spreads, and in doing so in this case it
will have to spread down the groove
running toward the tail of the fish and
so will pnsh him forward by itself push
ing the other way.-Butterick's Deli
neator.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
BALLlNe OF QUEENS.
How to Release the Captive Insects
without IniurinE Them.


without Injuring Them.
When queen is balled you'll find a
bunch of bees as big as q hickory nut
or larger that seem to cling together in
q very solid manner. You can't pull
the bees apart, and you may roll the
ball over and over, says Texas Farm
and Ranch.
If strange queen is thrown into
hive she is usually balled, and, as near
ly as we can make out, the process is
something like this: The bees seize
the queen at various points till she is
entirely surrounded; then other bees
seize the ones that have hold of the
queen, and in this position they remain
fixed for hours, until the queen is dead.
If strange worker is thrown into the
hive she isn't treated the same as a
queen, and nothing but a queen is ever
balled. The worker may be bitten or
stung, but never balled.
The balling bees generally make a
kissing sound, unlike the noise they
make at any other time. Whether that
proceeds from anger, or what, we do
not know. Sometimes bees will ball
their own queen, usually for the sake
of protecting her. In the middle of a
ball of her own bees it certainly seems
she ought to be safe from foes. You
cannot pull the bees apart so as to free
the queen, and if you should succeed
in getting some of the bees away OF
should manage to get the queen loose
the bees will Immediately seize he1
again. Perhaps the quickest way to
get the queen free is to throw the ball
into cold water. The little miscreant;
will scramble to get out of the water
as lively as they can, and at once seem
to forget all about the queen, leaving
her to her own fate. Water is not al
ways at hand, and you can blow smoke
upon the ball. If you blow hot smok,
upon them, as usually you will if yor
hold the nozzle close enough, you will
at once seal the queens doom, for the
bees will promptly sting her; but i
you hold the smoke at a distance anc
keep up a strong stream of cool smoke
the bees will soon conclude they wan
to find some place with purer at
mosphere.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
A PINNETTA.

singer has a perfectly true voice you
had better nse some instrument to tune
your pinnetta by. Use new, straight
pins, and pound them in until they
sound exactly like the singing, just as
violin is tuned with n piano. The
deeper the pins are driven the higher
the sound. If a very high note is de-
sired, small black pins are best and for
bass notes large needles are best, but
common pins can be used for all. Avery
little difference in the depth of the
driving makes a great difference in the
sound. Suppose you want to play 1.-Two
word, "an," and drive the first pin in
until it keys exactly with it, then the
second word "old" and tune with the
second pin, and so on to the end, plac-
ing the pins about quarter of an inch
apart or closer.
Holding the box firmly in your left
hand, or better, placing it on table,
you take long pin in your right hand
and run the point along the middle of
the pins in the box as they stand up
right. You should run the pih in your
hand according to the time the piece is
written in.
The pinnetta can be made in perfect
tune, played in perfect time and has a
clear, sweet sound like water running
over stones. If you possess any musical
talent you can make the accompaniment
of chords on another box and have q
very pretty duet.
Anyone can make and play a pin
netta.-Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
FUNNY MOUSE TRAP.
Clever Girl Clutches Seven Rodents in
Sewing Machine.

Sewing Machine.
This is story of how II sewing ma
chine became n mouse trap. Miss
Boutcher, of Federal street, below
Seventh, is particularly fond of cake,
and has got into the habit of eating
it While running her sewing machine.
Every night she would leave some under
the lid. For the past few mornings
she has been missing much of her cake,
and naturally blamed her little brother
for taking it. Her brother, however,
always resented the charge and de-
clared his innocence. The other night
Miss Boutcher left quite large quanti-
ty of cake on the machine and concealed
herself to watch the thief. When every
thing was quiet she heard a scratching
noise and then saw very smaAl mouse
climbing up the strap of the machine,
which connects the lower wheel with
the upper one. The first mouse had
hardly disappeared through the small
hole through which the strap is run
when another appeared and followed
it's predecessor. This performance was
repeated six times by as many mice
Miss Boutcher hastily plugged up the
hole through which the little thieves
had entered, and with the assistance OF
her brother carried the machine into
the kitchen. Five cats were quickly OBJ
tanned from willing neighbors and the
lid was lifted. Only one mouse escaped
-Ph;ladelphia Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
NEW STREET SPRINKLER.
Brussels Streets Wet with Dilute Disin.
fectant of Carbolic Acid.

Brussels Streets Wet with a Dilute Disin-
fectant of Carbolic Acid.
Brussels has inaugurated after much
experiment system of sprinkling it's
streets with diluted disinfectant, the
efficacy of which has been promptly
made apparent by the prevention of
such another epidemic of upthous
stomatitis as occurred in Belgium Il
few years ago. Consul Roosevelt, who
reports on the matter to the state de-
partment, says that while few sporadic
cases of this disease, an Inflammation
of the mouth, are now reported in Bel
gium, an epidemic exists in Holland.
During January it was reported in $50
cattle stables distributed over 110 COM
munes, the number of cattle infected
aggregated over 1000. 1t is believed
that the disinfection system adopted in
Brussels has prevented the spread of
the disease to Belgium. 1t is simple
affair, cylindrical reservoir of car
bolic compound being attached to the
ordinary watering apparatus. 1t was
devised by the director of the munich
pal slaughter house and used for the
past four years around the market,
courts and yards of that establishment
with such success that it has been eX-
tended to the city at large.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
HOW to unite swnrmn.

DIR. C. C. Miller in Gleanings in Bee
Culture says what is to be done to unite
swarms is to hive swarm in a hive
in which another swarm has been hived
If you have any choice as to queens, kill
the poorer, but if you have no choice
the bees will settle the matter to theiI
own satisfaction. If the swarms are
small there will be decided gain In
uniting; but if the swarms are large il
is not so advisable to unite. Unite two
large swarms and by the next spring
you will have no more bees in the hiv,
than each would have had if you hao
hiyed them separately.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
A REMARKABLE Cal.
1t Picks the Strings of n Banjo and
Plays the Piano.

P1ckb une SIE1hEb OI u
Plays the Piano.
Randolph B!anel, of Mount Vernon,
was seated in his library one evening
several weeks ago when he heard GU
rious sound in the parlor below. The
rest of the family had gone to bed.
The sound was rather musical, being
humming in various notes, broken by
little twangs. Mr.. Blanel went down
stairs softly and peered into the parlor.
There in the moonlight which shone
on the piano top he saw the house cat,
big black tom, called Steal.
Steal was sitting on his launches be-
side the banjo which Mr.. Blanel's boy
Rob usually plays. Steal had learned
that by touching the strings with his
paws he could make them sound. 1t
was remembered afterward that the
cat always came into the room when
Rob played, but that was supposed to
have been because the boy made a great
pet of him.
Blanel watched the cat, and says he
saw Steal pick the strings, first touch
ing the fourth, then the third, the sec
ond and the first. Blanel tip-toed his
way back upstairs and listened to the
cats playing for over an hour, when
it ceased. Soon afterward Steal came
running upstairs, lay down before the
CRATE fire, and went to sleep.
Since that night the cat has gone reg
ularly to the banjo every night at about
IL or 1880 O'Clock and picked away
at the strings, manifesting his delight
by purring loudly. The cat has been
seen also picking at a guitars strings,
the instrument having been left in the
banjo's place purposely. The cat does
what many other cats do, running
up and down the keys of the piano,
Rob Blanel says, however, that Steal
has more delicate piano touch than
other cats.-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

BY reason of its mileage and location, the
Texas & Pacific Railway is the most impor-
tant of all railway lines in Texas. It trav-
erses the Lone Star State from East to
West, through the most progressive towns,
great forests of pine, and the broad prairies
and well-kept farms, affording the most
beautiful scenery all along the line. No
other line affords such opportunities for the
home seeker or investor to see and enjoy
Texas. Cheap lands for all Low rate Home
Seekers Excursion Tickets on sale at all
points in Texas and Louisiana February
10th, March End and 10Th, April 9th and
Goth, May 4th and 18th.
For handsomely illustrated book fully
describing the wonderful State of Texas
conceded to be the finest publication ISSUED
CASTOR Meslier, Gen'l Pass'r & Tkt. Agt.
Dallas, Tex
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN.

How to Conduct Two Very IntereHt-
ing and Amusing Experiments.
The air you breathe seems to be a
very simple thing, but you may learn
something new about it in the first cx-
pertinent we will try. Procure plate,
tumbler and good-sized piece of
tissue or other thin paper. After set
ting the plate on the table, pour water
into it until it is full up to the first rim.
Crumple the paper into a loose ball,
place it in the middle of the plate of wa
ter and set it's top on fire. Then quick
ly cover it with the tumbler, as shown
ut Fig. No. 1 and you will see the wa
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
FIGURE NO. 1.

ter rush up into it from the plate. Here
is the explanation of this curious effect:
You all know that there is something
called oxygen in the air. Fire changes
this oxygen into carbonic acid gas,
which does not take up nearly as much
space as does the oxygen, so, if there is
no opening through; which more air can
get into the tumbler, there is left a
vacuum. Now, nature abhors a
vacuum-of this you will find many
proofs when you grow older and study
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
YnIue of the Swallow.

The food of the swallow is composed
of insects alone, and the number these
birds destroy in a single summer is in
calculable. They are in summer on the
wing for fully 16 hours during the day,
and the greater part of the time making
havoc among the millions of insects
which infest the air.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
HOMEMADE BRooDER.

Good Thing to Have Where Chicks
Are Raised by Wholesale.
One of the principal things in keep
ing chicks alive in brooders is the heat
ing, and keeping of them clean. The
brooder portrayed below has been sue
cessfully used several years, is heated
with an oil gas stove and has hot wa
ter circulation. The OH gas stove is at
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
PIANO MADE oE PINS.
Any Boy or Girl Can Make and Play a
Pinnettn,

AhhhGNNaAs
Have you cigar box, bit of tissue
paper, a paper of pins and tack ham
mer? Well, that's all you need to
make pinnetta, and I'm sure the pleas
ure and amusement it will afford you
and your friends will amply repay you
for the trouble.
First you take the box and nail down
the lid, then cover the whole box with
bright colored paper SO that it will look
pretty. Then tack the pins along the
edges of the bottom of the box. You
must be very careful in the pounding
of the pins, for this is the difficult part
of the work.
Have your sister or somebody sing
the soprano part of any song you like,
note by note. Perhaps, unless the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
Fortune Seeking NmiErants.

Many poor family that seeks the western
wilds in the hope of winning a fortune, is
preserved from that insidious foe of the
emigrant and frontiersman-chills and fever
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. So
effectually does that incompatible medicinal
defense fortify the system against the COM
bined influence of a malarious atmosphere
and miasma- tainted water, that protected
by it the pioneer, the miner or the tourist
provided with it, may safely encounter the
DANGER.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
HomeHeelkers, Excursion Tickets.

On February 18th and 10th, March lst, I'd
18th and 10th, April 9th, 9th, 10Th and goth,
May 3rd, 4th, 18th, and 18th, 1897, Home.
seekers excursion tickets will be sold by the
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus R'y., to near:
" every point in the West, North and
Northwest, South and Southwest at rates Of
about one fare for the round trip.
Parties contemplating trip will do well tc
see or write to any G. A. & G. R'y. agent fol
rates of fare, limits of tickets and full in
formation, or, to the undersigned. G. +
DAILY, General Passenger Agent, Cleveland, o
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

The B. & o. S.-W. Ry., commencing Sun
day, January oath, will inaugurate on trains
No. and 5, through Pullman Buffet Sleep
ing Car line between Baltimore and Chi
cago, via Cincinnati and indianapolis.
O. S-W. Ry. to make ptbtOi the above ~ ''n named m
points without the inconvenience of chang
ing cars.
For time of trains and further informa,
ton call on agents B. & o. S-W. Ry.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10
The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs,
ArISnnsns. Opened MRrch I, 1SO7.

1t is a modern, stone, freproof hotel,
located in heart of Ozark Mountains,
Northwest Arkansas; climate mild and
bracing; scenery wild and beautiful; wa.
tiers unequalled for purity and medicinal
qualities. Rates reasonable. Excursion
tickets on sale. Through sleepers via ST..
L. & S. L. r. r.
Write Geo T. Nicholson, G.. P. A,
Frisco Line, st. Louis, Mo-, or Manager Ho-
tel Eureka Springs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

The man who falls on banana skin once
will have sympathy, but he will only make
fun for the boys the next time he lands on
his back.-Ram's Horn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

The proof of it is thousands say St.
Jacobs Oil cured us of neuralgia.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

Birds are supposed to have, in common
faculties, and yet they are the most fighty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

He-"Why are you so sad, darling?" She.
'I was Just thinking, dearest, that this is
the last evening we can be together till to-
morrow."-Comic Cuts.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-10

He-"I see that in making champagne the
grapes are squeezed six times or more" "
She-'Isn't that nice?"-Yonkers States.
man,