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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
AFTERNOON REST.
No Period of Sleep Is Quite ms Re-
freshinE or Gives More Rest to
Brain and Brawn,

The necessity of rest hour for a
busy mother and housekeeper cannot
be too strongly insisted upon. All
other women are apt to take this rest
except the woman whose work is never
DONE" and who needs it the most of all.
1t is not necessary to take full hours
rest, but as much time as this should
be allowed in the early afternoon after
the work of the dinner is over, for the
simple object of resting. The habit
should be acquired of going to ones
room and of shutting out the outside
world as much as it is possible, to-
gether with all worldly care and worry.
Bathe the temples, loosen the dress,
and, if possible, put on loose wrapper
and lie down. Sleep may not come at
once, but the habit is soon acquired,
and in a short time the tired woman
who adopts this remedy will fall asleep
almost as soon as she touches the pill
low. Even if her enforced nap does
not last over half an hour, no period
of sleep in the "a hours covering the
same amount of time will be so refresh
ing or give so much rest to tired brain
and muscle.-N. Y. Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
FLOWERS IN A BOWL.
tic Display of Plants and
Vines of All Kinds.

"I IKE flowers in a bowl" said q
woman of an inventive turn of mind
and an artistic taste; they have such
generous effect, as if they had been
picked in great hanGfuls-but l do
not like them packed in solid mass
so l have taken malleable copper
wire (No. 20) and made frames to go
over all my bowls and wide-mouthed
vases, and now l can arrange my flow
ers with great ease and artistic effect,
The wire frame is very easily con-
trived. With a pair of pinchers bend
a ring of wire the size of the edge of
the bowl, hooking the ends of the cir
Gle together. Then across this
stretch lengths of wire, allowing about
half an inch over the diameter, the
circle to bend down and fit over the
edge of the bowl Twist the wires to-
gether where they cross each other,
and give firm twist around the circle
of wire, and that is all. Where the
wires bend over the edge of the bowl
they are entirely hidden by the leaves
and flowers, and the whole thing can
be removed for cleaning.
when arranging howers with this
frame l first make a light foundation
with sprays of green to conceal the
frame. Common garden asparagus is
delightful when filling jars with sweet
peas and many other blossoms. Mas
turtiums use with their own foliage,
often sticking the flower stems right
through the leaves. On this founda-
tion flowers throw themselves into
the most fascinating attitudes with.
out any constraint or unnatural
heavy massing, and you can hardly
avoid making them look light and
graceful. Anyone who has once
utilized this simple device will never be
willing to struggle with the arrange
ment of flowers in the old way
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
A HANDY GATE.

through mortise on top board and fas.
ten with a one-fourth-inch bolt d is
square, and goes through the post with
burr on end. The reason for having it
square is so that it will not turn in the
post. The short post which sits level
with top of ground wants hole bored
and piece of gas pipe inserted for the
lower hinge, which is made on strap
and bolted to A for a stay.
used galvanized twisted wire, using
two strands and twisting after putting
on. This makes the gate strong, light
and durable.
F is wire running through gate. I
use for a fastener a slide with a slot; it
works on bolt running through at G,
so when the gate is closed it will drop
into the slot and cannot get away. L
also use cap on the gate.-Ohio
Farmer,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
HOUSE FOR LAYING HENS.
II Is So Convenient That Fowls Cnn-
not Help But Do quite Sntis-
factOrily in 1t.

In order to make hens produce eggs
when most desired, they must not only
have extra care, but be provided with
proper quarters. At the same time,
however, it is hardly advisable for all
poulterers to erect elaborate struc-
lures for this purpose, and especially
when we take into consideration the
desperate competition of the present
day and oftentime low prices of eggs.
Accordingly, we advance the idea that
ordinary persons who make practice
of keeping from so to 100 fowls should
indulge in poultry house something
like the one shown herewith in the il
lustration.
AS can be seen, If situated by bank,
1t affords very suitable habitation for
laying hens. Indeed, in early spring
and fall, when the chilly days and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

1t should not be necessary to state
that feed imparts flavor to meats.
Good meat cannot be made from bad
feed.
Confine the pruning of goose seberries
principally to thinning out main
branches and cutting out weak and
exhausted parts.
Plants will starve in any soil, how
ever fertile, unless water is present to
dissolve the food elements and pre-
pare them for the plants use.
We almost murder our lands by pas
turing them too closely. How many
pastures there are that are about as
smooth and as even as a skating rink
floor.
The first business of every young
farmer should be to secure a spot
upon which he can stand and proclaim
to the world that these acres more or
less broad are his.
AS much care should be taken to
keep water away from W, Icon
structed road as is taken to keep it
out of the cellars of houses or from
leaking through the roof.
The present system of paying high
way taxes, figuratively designated as
working them out" is admittedly
bad and can be easily remedied, but
an attempt to make change in this
direction would undoubtedly meet
with Observation-Disclosures Plowman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
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DOING UP CURTAINS.
Those OF Lace Must he Carefully
Washed and Handled or They
VIII Not Last Long.

There are many and bitter complaints
of the poor wearing qualities of lace
curtains as compared with those that
blasted for years in the times of our
grandmothers." Complainants often
insist that the quality has deteriorated,
and that there are no such goods made
as those bearing date of 40 years ago,
many of which are even yet in a more
presentable condition than our own,
that have passed through perhaps two
or three cleanings in as many years.
The reason for this is, more than
any other one thing, the difference in
the process of cleaning. In localities,
where the modern professional curtain
cleaner is unknown, it is altogether
probable that the curtains last as long
as ever. They are carefully washed
under the personal supervision of the
housekeeper or by her own hands, and
are put upon the grass to bleach, and
when sufficiently clear nre rinsed and
starched, not too stiff, fer that might
cause them to break, but just enough
to make them look new. They are
then neatly and regularly pinned down
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with locked doors, to keep out in
truders, and open windows to let in
the air.
When taken up they are almost If not
altogether as good-looking as new, and
have suffered little if any injury during
the process. Treated in this way tam
boured lace curtains will last until the
owners are wearied with seeing them
around and get new ones for variety.
The modern process is very different.
The curtain is put into large caul-
dron, with scarcely water enough to
cover 1t, and boiled in the strongest
bleaching chemicals. 1t is slightly
rinsed and stiffiy starched. If it is
torn or the threads are broken, a sec
ton of net lace is dipped in thick
starch or paste and laid over the
broken spot. which has been partly
closed by being drawn together with
very fine thread. The net is then
pressed upon the curtain with such
force as 10 unite them like one fabric.
The curtains are then dried, folded
and sent home to be put up. There is
sufficient strength in the starch and
threads to hold the material together
while the starch remains, but when
next it is necessary to clean them they
will be likely to drop apart by their
own weight as soon as they are thor
oughly wet. Very few curtains will
bear the third cleaning of this sort.
1t has, therefore, become one of the
breads of the housekeeper's life to have
the curtain-cleaning season come
around 1t is much better to have this
done at home if possible, as a really
good set of curtains ought to last at
least until they are hopelessly out of
fnshion.-Decorator and Furnisher.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
wINTERING THE BEES.
Unless 1t Is Done Successfully tho
Apinrist Cannot Make the
Business Pay.

At an Indiana convention some years
ago l.. r. jackson said: 81 have made
wintering of bees special study,
knowing that unless we can be more
successful in wintering we can never
make beekeeping profitable busi-
ness. Several things are essential to
safe wintering, and preparations
should begin early in the season. One
of the most essential things is plenty
of good honey as free from pollen as
possible. Honey contains sugar in
two forms, cane and grape sugar.
Cane sugar is the most easily digested.
Glover honey contains more cane
sugar than the fall honey, and should
be used for winter store. / always
have frames in the upper story filed
with clover honey for winter. These
frames are set away until pack my
bees for winter. All preparations for
winter should be made by the last of
October. Bees should always be kept
perfectly dry. Ice should never be
found inside the hive. Bees should be
kept from rearing broods in the win
ter. Much of the dysentery and near
ly all the spring dwindling is caused
by too early brood rearing At least
two old bees are, lost for every young
bee reared during the winter. l pre-
fer wintering in single wall hive on
the summer stands. l know that a
large majority of the beekeepers diff
fer with me in this. Experience has
taught me that there is more danger
in bees becoming too warm than there
is from cold. When the hive becomes S
too warm the bees become uneasy
and consume large amount of honey,
start brood rearing, and unless they
can have good fly in few days dys-
entery will follow. Cellar wintering
has never been success, neither has
| double wall chaff hives. If the hive
is kept dry and well ventilated bees in
single wall hive will stand any cold
we ever have in Indiana, and there
will be but little brood raised before
the 1st of April"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
HOW TO MAKE AND ARRANGE
FkILLs.

especially fowers-be sure to have
every figure running the same way;
that is, unless they run up and down
in the weave of the goods. Nothing
looks so careless and clumsy as ruff
fes that are made with the figures
running in all directions. After the
strips for the frills are sewed together,
If you do not care to head them with
lace, hem the top and bottom, making
the top hem much the narrower, and
gather. Gather them with the fingers
and stroke every stitch. This makes
them much daintier than being gath
cred by machine. Divide the frills into
four parts sticking pin at each quar-
ter, and treat the skirt or waist in the
same way. Sew n quarter of the frill
on to a quarter of the skirt or waist
and you will find that when completed
the gathers will be evenly distributed
and will set gracefully upon their
foundation.
Frills put on in fancy design can be
treated in the same way and, aftNS this
method is once tried, you will never
vary from it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24

nights retard the inclination of all
hens and pullets to lay as steadily and
early as they will with warm, nice
quarters in which to reside, it is just
the thing. Really, it is so roomy, con-
venient and well ventilated that fowls
cannot help but do satisfactorily in it.
For 100 hens it should be not less than
so feet long, 25 feet wide, 12 feet at the
highest point and eight feet where the
windows are shown.
The pens should be ten by eighteen or
more feet square, with nests for layers
extending the entire length of the
building under its lowest part, it being
here dark and obscure-just the place
in which to deposit eggs which, with
up-to-date nests, can easily be collected
by the poulterer at night and not Que
found broken.
AS to the floor of such building 1t
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
The Road to success.

You ought to be found at your place
of business every working day of the
year, as nearly as possible, and if you
succeed you will find something that
ought to be attended to. You must
study to make every acre-yea, every
square rod-of land as productive as
you can. 1t will not pay TO have one
half of the farm ir paying crops and
the other half neglected and allowed
to grow noXious weeds, sprouts and
briars, or even half stand of grass,
Every acre should be made TO bring
in its share of profit.-Dakota Field
and Farm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
Live stock and Fertility.

Long and painstaking efforts IN any
one direction make men experts. Not
until farmers rightly appreciate the
value and necessity of the live stock
business in relation to the preserva-
tion of fertility will they become ex.
pert in this line or capable of getting
out of it all there is in it. 1t has well
been said that the policy which the
farmers of Illinois must adopt if they
ever expect to attain their former
prosperity is to provide home mar
ket for their own product. BY home
market we mean market on the
farm, without any cost of transpor-
tation except that which the farmer
pays to himself for the use Of his own
teams and wagons. Nothing except
live stock can provide this kind of a
market.-A. p. Grout, in Farmers Re-
view.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT.

should be raised three or four inches
from the ground to shut out dampness,
and dry earth and coarse sand spread
over it regularly after the old has been
removed, for this gives the hens exer-
else and grit, both of which are highly
essential to their welfare. Wire net
ting, of course, should be employed to
divide the pens, and in the upright part
of the building should be arranged the
roosts. Here, also, should be arranged
the ventilators, which at their best
ought to be left open during the mid
die of the day, when the hens are down
on the floor or out of the house, and
closed at night, or partially SO, to keep
out the cold.
Concerning the stove Qook at plan),
this comes available for cooking food
In its caldron or boiler before feeding
the same to focks in the morning, and
also for keeping the building free from
dampness-a thing highly important
where large number of hens are kept.
Have the stove inclosed in n small
apartment by itself, and then when you
wish to warm the rest of the house
open the door and let the heat pass out.
Thus you keep the stove neat and clean,
while if the apartment is mouse-proof,
as it ought to be, a supply of grain and
meal may be stored therein for the
fowls, which economies much in time
and labor.
The windows, which in their sloping
position should face directly to the
south, afford the inmates a large
amount of light and sunshine-all that
are obtainable-and no matter how Sc
we're the weather may be, fowls thus
provided for are always contented and
happy, compensating their owner with
an agreeable amount of eggs. When
a hard snowstorm is in progress, how
ever, it is policy to cover the windows
with straw mating or the like, for
then when it clears up the mats may
be removed, and with them all the
snow, leaving the glass perfectly clean
and the hens to enjoy regular para
dise.-Frederick o. Sibley, in N. Y.
Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
THREE PRETTY SLEEVES.
Here Are the Very Latest Models from
Which to Select the One You
Like Rest.

The goods which enjoy the most pop.
ularity this summer are so light both
in weight and color, that the designs
for sleeves are necessarily dainty and
airy to keep pace with the delicacy
of the material. Puffs and ripples fin.
ish the shoulders while the body of the
sleeves is very tight.
If the body of the sleeve is made OF
figured goods the ripple or puff is made
of plain goods trimmed with velvet
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24

Brahmas need but little range.
While they like the open air they are
Sontented in small space.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
TALK ABOUT FRILLS.
Just How to Make and Arrange Th EN-
in Such n Way That They VIII
Lay Gracefully.

She is indeed an indifferent woman
who dares to make up her trousseau
without using frills as the chief deco
ration upon her gowns. Frills are
used upon costumes for every occa-
sion, even outing suits, for where braid
is used as the skirt trimming the waist
is almost covered with frills.
In making frills out of goods that
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
To BrIghten a copper Kettle.

Fill the kettle completely with boil
ing water, to which has been added a
small quantity of soda, and while the
water is in the kettle rub the outside
over briskly with flannel dipped in
quite sour milk AS final measure
wipe the metal dry and polish 1t with
q wash-leather.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-09-24
HANDY FARM GATE.
1t Is Strong and Light. Easily Uon-
structed and Not Apt to Get
-. Out of Order.

I present a plan for making light
and handy farm gate. 1t is made of
one by three-inch strips dressed 10
seven-eighths of an inch in thickness.
I use hemlock. The gate post (A) is
three by five inches. I mortise the
three long boards, the middle one being
marked B, and run strap to the hinge
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-19
IN THE HOUSE.

Representative Pogue, for the FL
nance Committee, reported on House
Bill No. 8, income tax. A few slight
amendments were submitted with
which it was recommended that the
bill pass. The committee also presen-
ted joint resolution instructing the
President to appoint commission of
three persons to devise means during
the coming biennial period for the
improvement and adjustment of the
tax system. 1t is recommended that
the sum of $1,000 be appropriated for
the expenses of said commission.
Printing Committee.
The same member also reported on
House Bill No. so, to amend the act
creating the Auditor Generals depart
ment, recommending that the same
pass.
Representative Wilder asked to be
excused from the Commerce Commit
tee on the consideration of House Bill
No. 76, carrying of mails by coasting
vessels, as he was an interested par
ty. On motion of Representative
Pogue the member was excused. Rep
resentative Gear was appointed in his
stead
Representative Robertson presented
a petition from Hotfschlaeger & Co.,
and Lovejoy g. Co., for relief on ac-
count of disputed wine duties on the
shipments early in 1896. Amounts
prayed for are $667.65 and S4i3.7s re-
spectively. Finance Committee.
Representative Pogue, for the Elec-
trio Committee, reported on the Rap
id Transit's Companv's bill, recon-
mending certain slight amendments.
with which the bin is favored, Print
in" Committee
For the same committee Rrpresen-
tative Pogue asked for thirty davs
time from instruction for the consid-
Grafton of the Hilo electric franchise
bill. Granted
Adjourned.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-19
IN THE EVENT OF WAR.

Captain Mahan said five years ago
that too much stress could not be laid
upon the immense disadvantage to us
OF any maritime enemy having a coal
ing station well within $500 miles of
every point on our Pacific Coast
There is but one such possible station
and that is on the Sandwich Islands
An enemy shut out from them as II
base for fuel supplies would be then
thrown back $500 or 1000 miles, OF
between 1000 or 5000 miles going and
coming, a distance so great that it is
practically prohibtive. 1T is rarely
says this able naval officer, that so
important factor in the attack or
defense of coast line--of n sea from
tier-is concentrated in single po-
sition, and the circumstances render
it doubly imperative upon us to Sc
cure il if we righteously can
The islands are known among mil
itary men as the Key to the Pacific
If we possess them they will be worth
scores of battle ships to us in the
event of trouble in the western oce-
an. Readiness for war is the surest
guarantee of peace. The joint reso-
luton, anneXing these Islands, should
be in the hands of the President with
in a month.-Brookly nEagle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-19
IBUNkERS ABLAZE At SEA WHAT ARM|SI|CE MEANS
THE II. NJ. S. MIOWERA HAS
CLOSE CALL.
Was Hove To While the Fire Brigade
Worked Desperately - Passengers
Kept in Ignorance.

According to the story told by a
coal passer on the r. NJ. S. Miowera.
the Australian-Canad liner had a
narrow escape from destruction by
fire on her down trip this time. Only
the discipline of the crew and the
hardest work prevented the catastro-
phe.
OF course it was not possible to
learn anything from the officers con-
cerning the blaze. AS such things are
never mentioned aboard well regu-
lated ship. But her log will show that
she was hove to in pleasant weather
about day or two out of Victoria for
several hours. while "undergoing re-
pairs" so the word was passed But
down in the bunkerS a fierce and stub
born fire was making things red hot.
and tiremen, coal passers and all the
available hands were working at high
tension to keep the hungry flames
within the iron walls of the bunker
And all the time the big steamer Law
rolling sleepily in the swell. and the
passengers, unconscious of the i'm
pending danger, promenaded the deck
and en- nioved the situation.
1t was the discipline aboard the Mi
owera that won the day. Not only
did the crew succeed in putting our
the fire. but did the work in such n
manner as not to arouse the slightest
suspicion among the passengers. They
did not even know it when the vessel
arrived in port here.