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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
EXHIBITION COOP.

enough for the birds to be comforta-
BILE IN; nothing is so certain to make
the birds appear at disadvantage as
too close quarters. We would make
frame Oh 11s-inch stuff-the ends, back
and top being covered with stout serv-
iceable duck, the floor being of half
inch matched boards, and the front be-
ing made of half-inch rods set into top
and bottom of frame 2h inches apart,
excepting that the two or three cen
ter rods are set into a sliding bed piece
at bottom, and pass up through the
top frame, giving access to the interior.
The bed piece of the gate should slide
upon the rods on each side. Short rods
are set in the front, upon which to
suspend cups for food and water. A
curtain for the front, to be let down at
night, and in day time be rolled up as
in the illustration, adds to the neatness
of the structure; and ornamental
brass-headed tacks to secure the duck
ends, etc. improves the appearance.
The rods in front look best if round, al
though eight square rods are very neat.
Many owners of private coops keep
them neatly painted.-Farm Poultry.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
HE GOT EVEN
His Customer Beat Him mt the START
But He Got Back mt Him
in Good shape.

There is an old retired merchant in De-
troit who delights in recalling his experi'
ences when an active man running gen.
eral store in one of the northern cities OF
the lower peninsula.
IL used to reap harvest when the men
were coming out of the woods, he ret
lates. They were not up in styles, and
about any old thing would suit them prol
vided the color was right and the fit even
passable. But there were tricksters among
them and had to have my. wits about
me in order to keep even with them.
How much is this hatY asked strap
ping six-footer who arrived from camp
one day with pocket full of money.
"'Iwo fifty / replied.
"Then he informed me that he always
had the crowns of his hats punched full
of holes in order to keep his head cool, and
his hair from coming out. l soon had this
attended to, and then he asked what the
hat was worth. Two fifty l respondedl
in surprise, but he laughed at me for asking
such price for damaged goods. He had mo
and got his hat for a dollar while the jolly
crowd with him had laugh at my expense!
He wanted to look at some 'fiddles, and
after pricing one at $40 concluded to take it,
Where's the bow? he asked, as l was
doing up the package.
"'You only bought the fiddle laughed.
The others saw the point and laughed, too.
The giant tried to bluff me, but kept good
humored and got even on the hat by charg-
ing him Sl.50 for the bow. | not only got
even, but the others were so pleased with
my Yankee trick that they spent plenty
of mo .'O With me."-Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Some Short Sentences Containing
Truths Which We All
Recognize.

Cupid has snap when he encounters an
idle brain.
Bucket shopping is about the only kind
men indulge in.
Some wives prepare for war by rifing
their husbands pockets.
Any man who will enlist to get away from
his wife's mother is a coward
Marriages may be made in Heaven, but
there will always be few doubters.
Political economy is the art of getting the
most votes for the least money.
Lots of friends are retained by not say.
ing the smart things we might have said.
Education benefits a man but little.if he is
unable to recognize an opportunity when he
meets it.
The possibilities of penitentiary sentence
are about the only thing that can add to
the dangers of football.
It's sometimes difficult for girl to find
her ideal man, but she's nearly always will.
ing to accept a substitute.
A man may be the moneyed factor during
the engagement, but after marriage the
woman always appoints herself cashier
Chicago Evening News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
Why Some Farmers Fail.

Do farmers in general appreciate tho
need of preparing the soil for crop in
time? They do theoretically, but prac-
tically farmers are disposed to display
that lack of exacting promptness that
characterizes the successful business
man. This is more frequently the line
of deniarkation between success and
failure in farming than is realized.
Farmers are usually always at work,
out being employed at the thing most
needing attention is what reqNires full
understanding of ION ime,"-Dakota
Field and Farm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
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GROWTH OF ROCKS.
some welI-Authenticn Instances
in which Real Progress Has
Been Noticed.

Is it indeed true that rocks grow in
the sea? Are there reefs in course of
rapid formation? A circular recently
issued by the minister of marine calls
attention to unknown rocks along the
seacoast and offers premiums to fisher
men who discover rocks not shown by
the charts. An inhabitant of Biarr;tz
writes to Cosmos: what is taking
place at Biarritz is probably occur
ring along other rocky shores, and may
well explain the deficiencies of our
charts. Submarine rocks grow, and
in the course of few years a reef may
be found where there was none when
the chart was prepared. When / was
child, some so years ago, the rock lying
furthest west in the belt of rocks sur
rounding our promontory hardly
showed at lowest tide. An old fisher
man told me that when he was ten
years old he was on Biarritz boat near
this rock. His master showed him the
rock then covered by several feet of
water, saying: Child, if you live to be
60 years old you will see this rock out of
water
To-day the rock which, in the child
hood of the old fisherman, was covered
with water, and in my childhood was
hardly uncovered at low water, is 200
meters above the water.
"a more recent fact. Fifteen years
ago fisherman perceived at distance
OF 200 meters from the rock just men
toned, beyond the belt that protects us,
a new rock, which was beginning to
grow To-day this rock, which was
not in existence 25 years ago, shows
itself at high tide. 1t is alta spot where
the charts indicate ten meters of water
at lowest tide, and endangers naviga-
ton"
Evidently our charts are not revised
often enough. If rocks "grow," as
claims the correspondent of Cosmos,
revision should be made every ten
years. But do they grow? There is no
doubt that the seacoast rises and sinks
There is pronounced see-saw move
ment along the Atlantic shores, but is il
sufficient to cause rocks to grow out OF
the water in half century? The ques.
tion is interesting, illusion is easy, but
Indifference would be criminal in a mat.
| ter so dangerous to navigation as sub
| marine rocks.-Current Literature.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
A CASE OE FRAUD.
War Department Discovers n Way in which
Soldiers Secure Their Discharge.

War Department Discovers n Way in which
Soldiers Secure Their Discharge.
The war department has just un-
earthed case of fraud that it is sus-
pected has many parallels. An ap-
plication for the discharge of her son
was received by a Pennsylvania rep
resentative from an old lady 81 years
of age, living in Adrain, Pa. She wrote
a pitiful appeal for the release of her
only boy, who was her sole support
and was said to be lying sick in Fort
Washington, Md. The letter was for
warded by the representatives of the
war department with a request that
the application be granted. The usual
circular letter was sent to the old
lady, reciting that discharges could be
made only upon the recommendation
of the commanding officer. Thereupon
the recipient wrote stating that she
had never written the department,
that the letter was forgery, and that
while she had two sons, the one who
was in the army had never supported
her in any measure. Evidently the
man had planned the scheme to Sc
cure his own release.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
Some Causes of insomnia.

An extended study of the phenome-
ma OF insomnia by DE Menaceine a
Russian authority in medicine, brings
him to tie conclusion that it is char
acteristi2 of persons who blush, laugh,
weep readily, and whose pulse is apt
to quicken upon the slightest prevoca-
ton. Loss of sleep, however, he adj
mits most frequently results from
overworlI of either mind or body;
overstrain of either kind will dilate
the blood vessels of the brain, and
eventually paralyze them, cxtreme
cold producing the same results. EX-
periments also show that exercise of
the emotions causes a rush of blood
to the brain, and sleeplessness, if oc-
curing near bedtime. There is COM
mon theory that sleep is required in
proportion to the scarcity of red cor
puscles in the Llood, and thus all per-
sons do net correspond in their need of
sleep, and many authorities agree that
the need of sleep depends upon the
strength of consciousness.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

"Some of us were taken sick from the
effects of this. was laid up several weeks
in a field hospital from fever. From that
time / was always afflicted more or less.
"About four years ago / became much
worse. Our family doctor seemed puzzled
over my case, and it began to look as if there
was no hope for my recovery, and that the
inevitable end was near.
"Last November l was advised to try DR..
Williams Pink Pills. The physicians said
they were an excellent medicine, but would
do no good in my case. But | tried them,
and am glad did for became better al
once. Eight boxes, taken according to direc
lions, cured me. used the last of the pills
about year ago, and have not been troubled
with my ailments since"
The power of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People in the vast number of diseases
due to impure or poisoned blood, has been
demonstrated in thousands of instances as
remarkable as the one related above.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
Tremendous RainfaIis.

A recent remarkable rainfall of 31.76
inches in "a hours, which occurred in
northern Ceylon, leads correspond
ent of Nature to recall other records
of heavy rains. The greatest annual
rainfall known occurs, it is said, in
the Khasia hills in India. 1t amounts to
600 inches, or so feet! On one occasion
az feet of rain fell in the Khasia hills
every "a hours for five successive days.
Gibraltar has been drenched with 33
inches of rain in 26 hours, and Genoa
with 30 inches in the same length of
time.-Youth's Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

The fact has recently been ascer-
tanned that male butterflies and moths
are much more given TO drinking than
the females, and that the habit is in
dulged in to the greatest extent when
the latter are away laying their eggs.
The females come to sugar, over-ripe
fruit and other food equally with the
males, but the latter alone seem to be
attracted by pure water. That the
males drink more than is necessary
has been shown beyond question, and
certain moths have been observed al
most motionless for over an hour en-
gagged in sucking up and discharging
moisture almost continuously.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
AN EXHIBITION COOP.
II Is Roomy Enough for the Birds to
Appear 10 Advantage and to
lie Comfortable.

We have several requests for direc-
tions for building coops for exhibiting
fowls at fairs and shows, and give
above an illustration of such a coop.
The illustration explains itself so well
that but little by way of explanation
is necessary. This coop is 80 inches
high, 80 inches wide, and "a inches deep
but these dimensions are by no means
obligatory as coops are built of va
rious sizes, to suit the taste and pur-
pose of the builder. We would urge,
however, that exhibitors who supply
their own coops make them roomy
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
TO MARK STEEL TOOLS.
Receipt Which VIII Do BETTER Work
Than Acid, and Costs But
Trife to FIJI.

A correspondent of one of the tech
nical monthlies says: "As there have
been some questions asked about
marking tools with acid l inclose re-
ceipt which will mark any kino of
tools, and which will not burn the
hands or spoil anything except metal,
while doing the work better than any
acid l ever used. Ii can also be made
ut about one-tenth of the cost of the
acid, l bought this receipt of chem
list:
Take 16 ounces of distilled water
and in it dissolve the following: Four
ounces sulphate copper, four ounces
chloride soda Common salD, one
dram sulphate iznc and one-half dram
sulphate alum. After it is dissolved
i; will be ready for use. Take the tool
that you wish to mark and cover the
place to be marked with a coating of
soap (any good soap will do). Then
write the name, marking with pencil
or other sharp instrument, and cover
the place with the solution, or, rather,
fill the marks made by the pencil, using
the fingers, if you want to. Let stand
for little while, and when the name
gets copper-colored wet and rub off.
The soap is simply rubbed on the tool
until there is good coating. The en-
craving solution needs to be on the
tool only about one or two minutes" !"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
IT LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY.

ordinary way, the small wick project
ing little above the round one. The
wicks can be raised or lowered indie
pendently of each other, the adjusting
screw for the little wick being placed
within the one of the larger wick. This
arrangement will be particularly well
come wnere the lamp is only used tenn
porarily cr where it is used as night
lamp. Ii is also made with lever and
chain arrangement, where it hangs
from the ceiling at height which
makes 1t difficult to reach. When The
small wick is once lighted all that is
necessary to light the larger flame is
to turn up the larger wick; this will
light without the use of a match with
in half a minute or less. When the
large flame is turned out the smaller
flame continues to burn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
IMPROVED COAL CAR.
An Entirely New Way OF supplying
Locomotive Tenders with Neces-
snry Fuel.

AT regular intervals along their
lines, the various railway companies
have established coaling stations for
their locomotives, to which stations
coal is conveyed in cars and unloaded.
When coaling an engine at these sta
tions large iron buckets are loaded by
hand, hoisted by a crane and then
lowered into the tender. The expense
and labor incurred in this process are
considerable, and the coal itself is
often wasted by this repeated ham
ding. 1t is the purpose of an invention
recently patented to overcome these
difficulties.
The invention in question consists
in dividing a car into series of
pockets having sloping bottoms dis
charging toward the outer sides of the
car. These pockets are closed by doors
or chutes which can be raised or low
cred, and used to discharge the coal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
Mary Was "A MlneraIogist.

A teacher in one of the local schools was
nstructing class of small children in min
ralogy the other day, endeavoring to make
clear to their young minds what mineral
'eally is. Standing before them, she began
her clear voice: "A mineral is an inor-
yanic, homogeneous substance of definite,
" approximately definite, chemical compo.
ne? Come now, you have all seen minerals.
And your mothers and fathers have told
you the names of them, haven't they? Of
course, they have. Now, can any one of
tou tell me the names of three minerals?"
There was no response, and she continued:
s0e o0e ta
aised her hand. Il thought so Mary will
came three minerals" Mary arose, and,
putting her hands behind her, lisped:
"Apollinaris, Vichy and seltzer. ."-Chica-
70 Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Ten weeks from shell to market ia
the time allotted chick.
Geese cannot be raised to an advan-
tage without grass and water.
Gull out the poor layers and give the
prolific hens more room to work.
Scalded sweet milk and cooked rice
will stop diarrhoea in chickens. Avoid
giving sloppy food when in this con-
dition.
A breed of fowls kept for the eggs
alone should be that one which can be
kept with the least expense for food or
support.
Early maturity is an item with poul-
try, especially chickens and turkeys
when raising them for market.-Prairie
Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
THE DUCK BUSINESS.
1t Is Profitable When Conducted with
Judgment and in the Proper
Locality.

There is an unfounded prejudice
against ducks and geese in the minds of
many farmers. The usual excuse is
that they have a habit of pudding in
every bit of water they find until they
make mudhole there.
Hogs have similar habit but no one
objects to them on that account be-
cause the hogs are kept in their places.
Mud is not necessary to the happiness
of either ducks or hogs. In fact both
are better if kept where they cannot
make mud.
Ducks should be kept out of the door
yard and they have no place in the barn
yard OF about the watering troughs OF
any kind. They are SO easily shut out
of any place that it is not a hard mat
ter TO keep them from getting into mis-
chief. They cannot crawl through a
small hole in a fence and if the fence is
three feet high they will never get over
1t. Ducks will drink more water than
other kinds of poultry. but they do not
need it for any other purpose. If they
are given their water in trough over
which Stats are nailed to prevent them
from getting into the water they will
not make any more mud than other
fowls. Whether kept for eggs or
hatched to be sold when ten or twelve
weeks old. they are more profitable
than chickens and much more comfort
able to handle, as they are domestic in
their habits, easily tanned and always
ready to eat almost anything that is
given them and turn it to good use by
growing heavier all the time.-Farm-
ers' Voice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
HARDsH1ps OF ARMY LIFE.
From the Press. Milroy. Ind.

One of the first to offer their services for the
country in the Civil War, was A. r. Seton,
of Milroy, Rush Co., Ind. He made good
one, and Mr.. Sefton's case was no exception.
"We were in Tennessee, penned in on all
sides. Our rations were very scarce" said
he, "and we had begun to go on quarter
allowance, and as the rain was not enough
to replenish the wells or streams, our can.
teens. went empty. We were hurried on,
and the only way to quench our thirst was to
go down on our hands and knees and drink
from the hoof tracks made by the horses.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
To California;.

Attention is called to the excellent serv-
ce of the Northwestern Line to Califor-
been made for single and round-trip tick
It's for this seasons travel. Best accom-
nodations in first-class or tourist sleeping
.ars, which run through every day in the
rear. Personally-conducted tourist car
parties every week to California and
Oregon. Choice of large number OF
different routes without extra charge.
Particulars cheerfully given upon appli-
,ation to agents Chicago & Northwestern
R'y, or connecting lines
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
NOVEL KEROSENE LAMP.
1t Cnn BE Kept lighted Day md
Night mt an Expense of Two
Cents for "a Hours.

A Saxon lamp manufacturing con-
cern has introduced novelty which
is interesting to the numerous house
holds where kerosene is the only meth
of lighting. A kerosene lamp has been
constructed in the center of which
there is small wick burning constant
ly at the expense of about two cents
in "a hours. The main wick is of the
round pattern and arranged in The
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

On returning recently from the
shore Mr.. ii. L. Munson had his front
tire cut nearly in two when he still
had six miles to ride. On looking about
he found some 1h-inch ships cable
and some tarred twine. After secure
ly fastening the cable to his rim by
meanp of tine twine he was able to rid a
home with nonpuncturablet tire"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
CouIdn't Fool Her.

1--WE must lay in an extra supply of fuel
man @ While talking to oh his sIes praetcsl Wfs wfe the
other evening. ''The cornhusks are un.
usually thick, and that means a long, hard
winter"
"Who told you?'
"The man we always buy coal from"
81 thought so. We will just give the
usual order. r."-Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great many
md preserbed local remedies 'opS ond by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops. to q
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address f. j. Cheney & Co., To-
edo, o. Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family T'i''T $40 the best.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
From Baby in the High Chair

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O ID good foP
she whole family. 1t is the long g-desired sub
stitute Tor coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is u food in itself Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at u the
price. Ii is u genuine and scientific article
and is come TO stay. 1t makes for health
and strength Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
All Arranged.

Mr.. Wigsby-See here, my love, there is
some mistake. The baggage delivery man
has left seven trunks on our front porch.
Mrs Wigsby (who has just returned from
derstand? He's coming back after dark for
the extra five.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

Coughing Lea"s to Consumptl0n.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough
,nce.. Go to your druggist to-day and set
Iample bottle free. Large bottles % ana o
ents. Go at once delays are dangerous.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to b.
healthy this is necessary. Acts gently OF
he liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache
Price 25 and SOC.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

"Say, pa" asked the little son of
railway conductor, 'what's an ex-
chequer?"
San ex-checker!" exclaimed the con-
ductor. "Why that must be retired
baggageman."-Cin Enquirer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

Genius is lofter quality than talent in
the sense that genius often lives in the attic,
while talent has apartments on the ground
hoor.-Town Topics.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

Professor lin medical college)-"What is
the first thing you do in case of celd?"
Bright Student-"Sneeze, sir!"-Y Yonkers
Statesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

Mr.; Ioldchap-"Are you interested in fos,
sr-this is SO sudden!"- Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

No matter how stubborn man is, he has
the same.-Washingto Qa.) Democrat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves, the
mueller. Lexington, Mo-, Feb. "a, '94.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19

to a baby crying in the next room and not
feel like breaking the furniture.-L. A. w.
p,,llatip
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-11-19
Perplexing

A doubling Thomas" full of aches uses
st. Jacobs Oil. He's cured.