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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27
LATEST SOCIETY FAD.
The French Smart Set Insists That
Dogs Shall BE Married.

DOGS Shn1I BE Married
There is a brand new fad in SWELL
dom. 1t is the dog marriage. To be
thoroughly fashionable nowadays one
must own two dogs of opposite sex, and
they must have been duly married by
the staid and respectable canine select
ed by the fashionable community to act
as the representative of the cloth.
OF course, says the New York Herald.
it is from France that this new fad has
come. When it is necessary to discover
something particularly eccentric
French genius always comes 20 the res
cue. The fashionable to whom fell the
honor of introducing this new and
rather remarkable step for the advance
ment of canine creation was none other
than Nine. Ephrussi, daughter of Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild, the wife Of
Maurice Ephrussi.
The initial wedding of dogs in nShigh
society is so novel as to be well worth
description. In the first place Nine.
Ephrussi sent out formally engraved in%
vitations to several hundred of her
friends, announcing the approaching
nuptials of Diane, her favorite poodle.
and lie Petit Major, a handsome poodle
the property of Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild. Not only were the reclp-
tents of these invitations asked to come
themselves, but requested to also bring
their dogs.
Not the least odd and attractive fea-
ture of the whole affair was the fact
that many of these visiting dogs-in
truth, the majority of them--were in
full evening dress. Not evening blank
cts but, If the dog was a male, in the
swallow tail and trousers of the human,
together with the standing collar,
dress shirt and unspeakablc tie.
With all this gorgeousness on the part
of the guests, what must have been the
worldly splendor that surrounded the
bride and groom! Diane, who is de-
scribed as a poodle of rare grace and
beauty, wore a white satin dress,
trimmed with beautiful lace, long
tulle veil, decorated with orange blos-
SONS, and white kid shoes. Major, the
bridegroom, wore full evening dress.
On the buttonhole of NJ. Majors very
swell coat was dainty orchid.
Presently all the guests had arrived,
human and canine, the latter, of course,
being given the preference. Mme.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON.
Aquatic Poachers XIII Fish with
Stolen Dynamite.
Tho Treatment OF PersonH Having
-'rivntc Claims Against Uncle sam
Reflects No Credit on Com
EresH.
Especial washington Letter.l

There is enough dynamite stored
within stones throw of Georgetown
to blow up half n dozen cities. This
dangerous explosive is used in the blast
ing operations at the stone quarries
which line the Virginia shore of the Po-
tomac from near the Aqueduct bridge
and also for blasting into the solid
masses Of rock which form the site of
the new union depot. The residents
OF the quiet west end are being treated
to n series of decorating reports, much
like the discharge of heavy artillery.
The dynamite used in the operations
is stored in number of squatty, one
story frame structures, which dot the
picturesque shore below the precipitous
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27
Trust.

Harold" she said, almost in whis-
per. "am the first girl you ever
kissed?"
"You are" he answered. with eager
earnestness.
II believe you," she replied. looking
him full in the face.
sincerity must command conf
dence."
"Yes," she went on, with far-away
look in her eyes. sincerity must ever
show for itself with those who think.
And the amateur is always sincere.
You are the most inexperienced leisser
ever encountered" - Detroit Free
Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27
WOMAN AND HOME.
AN OUTLINE QUILT.
New Design That II Sure to lie Adj
mircd When Ncntly Made.

New Design That II Sure to lie Adj
mircd When Ncntly Made.
A particularly handsome quilt was
recently made by the women of lead
ing church society in one of our large
cities, and met with so hearty an ap-
proval, and was so greatly admired,
that large number were finished and
sold at $12 each. The blocks were of
Lonsdale cambric. In some of the
quilts nine blocks were used, and in
others 25. The blocks were longer than
wide, and their size was calculated ac-
cording to the size of the bed, whether
single, double or three-quarters size.
For double Jed of ordinary width,
In which nine blocks are used, each
book should be stamped with a de-
sign to be outlined. Some may be of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27
KEEPER OF CRAGIE'S CUT.

AXTER, the new
inspector of the
Evansburg g. Sauk
Cent er railroad,
was not the only
person who h a d
been astonished at
the first sight of
the keeper of Cra-
gie's bridge andthe
rock cut beyond.
"L, G.. Dolby, Sec
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13

sides were armed men peering fearfully
at the frightened people in the cars.
You can't stop here said their lead
er. Just you run through as fast as
steam viii let you. Nobody gets of.
ia that you, Hank said a man, joy |
fully, as he stepped to the platform and |
was about 10 descend to the ground. |
Glad it's you. l want TO come TO your |
house. The wife and children are WIN
me-"
say nobody alights. Don't care IL you are
my brother. Stay on that train or Ill
fill you with buekshOt." was the grim
reply. as the man covered his shrinking
brother with his ready rifle.
Then on again rushed the train, the oe-
cupants filed with an even greater ter
ror. Where could they go? Who would
receive them? All the country was
aroused On all sides CLEANED the guns
which held them at bay. Death might be
on the train. 1t was certainly out of it.
! On the rear platform a distracted girl
\ struggled to a sitting posture as the train
resumed its rapid flight. Two men stand
! ing hudd.ed with the crowd near by saw
her. She was i'll. She might be suffering
with the dread scourge. Must others
suffer? No.
With II common impulse they rushed TO
where Mamie Butler lay half-extended GU
the platform. lifted her suddenly in their
arms and shot the fragile form out into
the wilderness. rocking little Of the almost
certain death their cowardly and brutal
act would entail.
II ha
first wild cry as the girl felt herself lifted
in the arms of those brutes. She fell
limp and helpless into a friendly elump
of wayside bushes. Her fall was broken
so that little injury resulted. But she
was left in the swamp regions. miles from
any human habitation, the prey of the
elements, barred from intercourse with
her kind by the rigid law OF the shotgun
patrol" now fully organized all over the
State. Slowly her senses returned. Slow
ly her desperate situation dawned upon
her. Out in the wilderness without food
poorly clad in the hurry of the flight from
Magnolia. and reared in home OF luxury
she was little fitted for any kind of fight
Her situation was such as to appall the
, most determined and stoical man. What
, could frail girl dol
/ Slowly and painfully with badly bruis
, ed ankle she took UP her way on the
tracks. Where should she go? Home
: of course. Her father was OF the lines
2 | He would admit his child, even IL TO thu
2 dangers OF infection and death. Dealt
: from the plague at home with her lovet
9 ones was preferable and not more certain
e than ont IN that swamp. Home she woult
9 go. Bravely-for the girl had her father
[ rugged. f0rceful nature-she started t.
b walk back to home and safety.
$ How that frightful journey was accom-
o plshed the half-delirious girl never knew
e Three days and nights she wandered
r driven away from every camp she AZ
h preached by the same iron rule. Food sh
n had none but wild berries and acaci
|. buds. But on she struggled under tn
t blistering heat or the cooler shades o
/ night until at last she saw the tall towe
of the city hall in the distance. Grateful
e she sank in the sand and thanked heave
Z for her deiverance, Home was near an
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edge and how to overcome the dangers
that threaten them.
There is no need of our describing
the experiences Of such women here
they are too well known by those who
have suffered; but we will impress
upon every one that these are the
never-failing symptoms of serious
womb trouble, and unless relieved at
once life will be forfeited.
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound never fails to relieve the dis
tressing troubles above referred to; it
has held the faith of the women of
America for twenty years.
1t gives tone to the womb, strength
ems the muscl,s, banishes backache
and relieves all pains incident to
women's diseases. All Druggists sell
IL and recommend it.
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midnight and if you were the deity him
self, stay you must"
Reluctantly the young man joined the
stampede. He took the maiden's other
arm and with her father made rapid
strides to the hall There they stood on
the doorstep and watched the hurrying
mob of battling, terrorized human beings,
almost devoid now of all semblsnee to hui
mainly Buffers influence made 1t posi-
Bile for them TO hope TO wait until the last
train should leave. Then he determined
that his child and her lover should race
with death to a more northern city, where
relatives would receive the girl and she
and Kendrick might be safe from the cpl
demic.
/ All day long and until nearly the hour
for the establishment of the quarantine
the people rushed madly to the depot or
out into the gulf. Every conveyance was
/ impressed into service to remove loved
ones from under the dreadful shadow.
Calmly the natives waited the inevitable.
Theirs was a nature to wait and pray and
keep strict watch and ward that the how
ering pestilence might be limited to their
own town and not rush unchallenged into
the interior or even invade the States
north OF Dixie Up to this time yellow
jack had been an affection of Dixieland.
1t was soon to show its horrid front north
Of the Ohio and in cities where its pres
ence was never thought possible.
As the mob grew in numbers with ev-
cry train, men, long. lank but sinewy,
types of the coast SOuthron, dropped
from the incoming train. Rifles and shot
guns were in their hands. Silently and
steadily they strobe over to the city hall
where they conferred with the Mayor
They were joined by others OF the city
itself They would keep all within who
| remained and bar all out who were ou
after the big bell in the clock chimed tbs
midnight hour.
At midnight now not far off the shot
J gun would rule. That was the law mad,
= by these stern men, IT would place tn,
? little city under q martial law more terri
; bile than any framed or enforced by thl
Yankee conqueror. Death might be III
, portion of all who were left behind Tn
| gaunt ghost of pestilence stalked abou
$ the streets sparing none. But the dealt
t inside was not so swift nor so sure Il
i that which awaited him who essayed t
i break that rigid line extending in u wild
q semi-eireular sweep back from the waite
: front around the city to the other beac
from each to west On the docks and i
= the railroad yards the guards stalkeC
A Their tense faces and steely eyes were sc
? with determination which nothing hu
: man would shake,
o As the time drew nigh when escap
\. would be barred George kendrick nlunl
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CYCLING AND ASTHMA.
A London Physician says the Former Wn
Cure the Latter.

A London Physician says the Former WIN
Cure the Latter.
DR.. Marcel of London recommends
bicycle riding as a remedy for asthma.
Here is what he says about it in a let
ter to The Medical Record: "If asthma
is form OF mountain sickness and if
that distressing affection of high alti-
tudes can be cured by training for the
exercise of climbing, why should not
asthma also yield to the training of the
respiration carried out by practicing the
respiratory movements needed to carry
the tidal air through the lungs? OF all
means of training respiration | think
cycling is the best. When person first
takes Il cycling exercise, il will be-
found, especially on going up hill, that
the breath is wanting. the heart beats
uncomfortably and the legs tire, but
after training these discomforts disap-
pear, nothing will be thought of ascend
ing hills, the heart has become perfectly
comfortable, all breathlessness has dis
appeared and the legs will no longer
feel any fatigue.
Cycling exercise, first of all, in
creases the depth of breathing. and that
without fatigue, as the respiratory
movements are automatic. At the same
time it will accustom the rider instinct
lively to take in at each respiration the
volume of air required to aerate the
blood. Persons who do not care for cy-
cling out of doors can take the same
kind of exercise at home by means Of a
dummy cycle, consisting of an iron
wheel driven by pedals, the resistance
of the wheel being SO contrived as tC
simulate bicycle riding A strap carried
partly around the rim of the wheel car
be frightened at will by the rider, thus
increasing the labor and recalling tbs
effort Of riding up hill My experience
of the results of this treatment is unfor
tunately limited to only one person. Ii
this case it has proved eminently sue
cessful. This person took to bicycle rid
ing three years ago for pleasure and il
very great moderation for the first tw'
years. He observed that the attacks o
asthma to which he was subject becam
fewer. The tightness and wheeling
which occurred every night have nov
entirely disappeared. "
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13
WOMEN WORKED LIKE MEN.
Present Day Millionaires Tell OF
Money Made by Their Wives.

Freseut Day MtlltOnaires Tell OF |
Money Made by Their Wives.
In the early days Of the Republic I
most of the women worked as steadily I
as the men.
1t is true that they did 'home work
mostly. but 1t was hard work none the
less, and it helped support the families
and earn the slowly accommodating sur
plus
In those days the women did the
work that Is now performed by half a
dozen different kinds Of factories They
spun the yarn for the stockings that
were worn by every member of the
family, and knitted them, too, and they
did most of the weaving.
Nowadays even the knitting is done
chiefly by machines. Not only was the
cloth for the garments Of every mem
Der of the family manufactured at
home by the dlllgent housewife, but
she and her deep-chested, strong-arm-
ed daughter wove the carpets besides
All this factory work was done in
addition to the 'housework," now so
generally done by servants; every bit
of 1t was then held to be distinctively
''woman's work" and had been SO re-
garded since work first began.
Although this labor was mostly done
In doors, the woman never hesitated TO
help In the harder, outdoor work of
| the men when called upon. and by all
accounts this was pretty often. Farm
ers' wives and daughters We're fire.
quently seen in the fields, They plant
ed and husked the yellow corn, they
made hay. they helped in the harvest
and they drove teams.
Some of the vast fortunes on which
the famous families Of to-day-whose
women marry dukes and princes, and
would be scandalized at the thought of
any kind of work-are founded were
built up by the help Of woman's work.
1t Is said that the wife of the first Van
derbilt tolled as hard as he did.
When he was a young man he was a
ferryman between New York and Eliz
abethport At first he used schooner
In his business, lie commanded the
craft, and his wife did the cooking
Sometimes she had her hands full
feeding the passengers and crew; for
although when the wind and the It'd,
We're right the trip was easily anC
quickly made, when they We're advers,
the passage sometimes occupied days
Mrs. Vanderbilt was good cook ant
, frugal woman, and 1t was due quit
! as much to her industry and thrift a
e her husbands that he was able TO dis
$ card his sailing vessel when steamboat
came in.
But for years after that the passer
/ gers were often fed ON the BOAT. an
she remained the cook until the Var
derbilt surplus had attained to consit
h cradle proportions.
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hand. 1t always 6IEDLE OF VENUS
shows its possessor to have great love
and affectlln for the opposite sex
Those individuals in whose hands the
girdle of Venus is clearly marked
should guard themselves carefully to
avoid trouble. Adyenturesses usually
have this line well developed. and DO
doubt Cleopatra's hand would have
shown such line even to the casual
observer. Accompanied by good
thumb. strong line of the head and a
good life line, the glrdle of Venus and
its characteristics are desirable But
when the hand is weak the girdle is
dangerous. When it Is absent It indi.
Gates person who has little feeling
especially if the line of the heart be
weak.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS,

We are asserting in the courts right TO the
exclusive use of the word - CASrORlA," and
"PIrcHER'S CASToRIA," as our Trade Marx.
[, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHER 5 CASroRIA,"
abe same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of cHAS. II. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
she hind yon haze al1gays bought, and has the
signature of CIIAS. II. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
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COULDN'T MAKE 1T.

The bull that tried to butt down bridge,
and the goat that tackled an anvil, couldnt
make il. and we're knocked out, bruised
and bleeding. From such bruises down TO
pin-head blue spots they are culable, easily
and surely. The men who get the worst
bruises always get the best cure, They
make it every time There are right ways
and wrong ways of doing things, as the bull
and the goat found out. The best cure for
a bruise is ST. Jacobs Oil. The right way 10
cure is TO use it and find out.
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The Minister'S salary.

Deacon Skinfiint-We've failed again
this year. Mr.. Dominic. Can't raise half
your salary.
Good minister-No matter. have
had myself appointed missionary TO
the heather, and will soon be in the
pay of the Board Of Missions.
Deacon Skinfllnt-Air We goin' to
Africal
Good minister-No; shall stay right
here.-New York Weekly
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13
Nheat An Olden mime.

From the time of Alexander the
Great down to the time of Columbus.
the average price of wheat was $6.T2
a ton: from 1851 to 1900 the price aver
aged four times as much.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13
WHALING FLEET IN DANGER.

1t 10 predicted that the vessels of the whal-
ing fleet most of whose underwriters are in
san Francisco, have been caught in the ice
and some may not last through the siege.
Danger also threatens those who neglect what
are called "trifing" ailments, for they may
not last through the crisis. Resort to Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters at once for incipisnt
rheumatism, malaria, constipation, nervous
ness and kidney complaint.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13

tween the first and
second fingers to a
point between the
third and last I'M
gers. 1t curves
downward toward
the wrist, often
crossing the line of
the heart or being
united herewith.
The girdle of We
nus Is "A good sign
In a good hand and
a bad sign in a bad
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13
IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE.

It's the quality that's high in TEA GARDES
DRIPs, ToBoGGAN MAPLE SYRUP ana PELICAN
InuisIANk MoIAssEs. For sale by frst-class
grocers in cans only. Money refunded II goods
are not satisfactory. Don't accept an IMITATION
See that the manufacturers name Is ntho-
Rraphed on every can. ,, ,>
THE PACIFIC COAST SYRUP co.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13

A boy who goes to private school
has great contempt for a boy who
goes to the public"
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short Lesson i'm Palm str,

The girdle Of Venus, indicated by a
heavy line in the accompanying sketch
Of a hand, extends from a point he
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13

Miss Courtright-What do you think of a man
who will marry a woman for her money! Mr.
spooner-All can say is that such fellow
annst he hard up.
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AFTER being swindled by all others, SEND
ms stamp for particulars of King solomon
Treasure, the ONLY remover OF manly strength
MASON CHEMICAL CO., p. o. BOX 7F
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-13

An ignorance of whist these days Ia
regarded as an evidence of very
worthy woman.
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I never used so quick cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. y. p. rainier,
ROY iii. Seattle, Wash, Nov. IS, 1895.
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STATE OF ONO, Cry OF ToLEDo,l

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of f. j.. CHE.
NEY K Co., doing business in the City OF
Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE,
FRANK j. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day of December, AD.lSs5.
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ed into that seething, boiling mass Of bat
Ting humanity. He held his sweetheart's
arm closely and fought with the skill and
desperation learned on many hotly con
tested field. He needed all his great
strength for ties made by him were rude
L. broken in that fierce scramble for ad-
vantage. He rushed into the yards still
holding the painting and almost exhausted
girl in firm grasp. lie fought his way
blindly to the platform of the last car of
the last train and by main strength land
ed his love thereon. As he was about to
follow he was attacked from the flank and
pushed momentariY from his position by
a wild desperate fellow, who sprang to
the ear, leaving wailing and deserted
wife behind.
Kendrick saw the woman's peril. He
lifted her in his brawny arms, swung her
around and made her the means of clear
/ ing a space. Then he sprang forward and
deposited her on the platform Just as the
bell tplled and the train slowly started to
move, He rushed forward and was halt
ed by a stalwart guard, who ordered him
back. He demonstrated and struggled
telling the man that an unprotected girl
was in that train and he must go to hel
aid.
Cant help that. You don't go. No
| body leaves this place until the quaran
tine is lifted. Damn you, Yank, III breal
your head If you don't let up
TRY it OH, Johnnie yelled Kendrick
Infatuated by the resistance. He rnshet
on his foe aud gamely struggled with hin
while the train was still In the yards. III,
/ - IL 81 10 aud tnK.
pied him over with hard punch as h.
was falling. Then he rushed like a star
tied deer along that platform to rejoii
the girl whose white face appealed to hin
from the platform. As he made that DIES
perate rush another guard sprang forwar
in the mass and struck him with elubbe'
rifle He fell like log as the train wit
increasing speed pulled out of the yard:
: On the rear platform lay the white, rigi
form of the girl in deadly swoon as sh
saw her lover struck down,
; Out into the night rushed the trail
0 Headed for the North, the people on boar
4 glanced fearfully behind them and hop,
. fully to the front, Miles were eaten u
S before another town WAS neared, As th
v engine was rushing and shrieklng alon
o there was sudden grinding OF II
n wheels. few painting snorts and the Ion
Il train came to a standstill. All along Il