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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
AUTOMOBILE RULES.
In France the Drivers of Motor Car
rInEeS Are Under Very strict
Police Supervision.

Abroad the drivers of motor carriages
have to obey stricter rules than do BIZ
cyclists. The Scientific American tells
how it is in the land of the Gaul. The
following regulations for automobile
carriages have been made in France:
Every type of vehicle employed must
offer complete conditions of security as
to mechanism, steering gear and
brakes. The construction of the car
riages must be approved by the service
des mines. This certificate must be OBJ
tanned for each type of machine. The
builder is then at liberty to manufac-
ture an unlimited number of vehicles.
Each vehicle must bear the makers
name, the type of machine and the num-
ber of vehicle in that type as well as the
name and address of the owner.
No one may drive the automobile who
is not the holder of n certificate of ca
pacity, delivered by the prefect of the
department in which he resides and
granted with the consent of the serv-
ice des mines. The driver of an automo-
bile must always have the regulator of
the speed we'll in hand. In case of mar
row or crowded thoroughfares the
speed must be reduced TO a walking
pace, and in no case must it exceed 1sH
miles in the open country or 12k miles
an hour upon passing houses.
Racing is allowed, provided author
ization is obtained from the prefect and
the mayors are warned. In racing, 4
speed of 80 kilometers, or 1872 miles
country, but in passing houses the max
imum of 20 kilometers 12h miles) must
not be exceeded. The approach of the
automobile must be signaled by means
of trumpet. Each automobile must
be provided with two lamps, one white
and the other green.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

adjustable at a level with the seat in
order TO form bed for the infant while
sleeping. a foot rest at the bottom
serves as the .foot-of the bed.
The front wheels are pivotal in sep
arate forks and hold the machine up
right under. all ordinary conditions,
thus preserving the passenger from ac-
cidents from tipping over. The other
parts of the machine, frame, rear wheel,
pedals, saddle, etc., are the same as in
the ordinary bicycle.
The steering is done with the front
wheels. stability--is is maintained by the
support pftsthe machine being con-
stantly ~pon three fixed points, by
mounting tlfie=freHt wheels in separate
Pivoted frames and connecting them
with the handle-bar so as to turn them
simultaneously.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

promised to afford a permanent home
to the Industrious thousands who had
created it.
But three years later Lord Napier,
then governor of the Cape Colony, is
sued a proclamation denying the right
of the Beers to form an independent
colony anywhere in Africa. The Beers
paid very little attention to this pro-
nunciamento,. and nothing would have
come of it had not the agents of the
various chartered companies in London
discovered rich gold and diamond de-
posits in Natal. In 1912 British troops
were sent to invade the Boer strong
holds and Natal became British col
ony. The Beers then began their Sec
ono trek" or move, and crossed the
Klipp river, fighting the Zulus all the
way, with the intention of occupying
the fertile tract lying between the
Klipp and Buffalo rivers. When the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
TROUBLE IN AFRICA.
Great Britain's misunderstanding
with the Boer Government.
Events which Led Up to the strained
Relations of the Present Day
EnEInnds Part WAS Not
Noble One.
Especial corresps ndence.l

That Great Britain is preparing to
conquer the republic of South Africa,
of which the famous Paul Kruger is
president, is evident; that the task will
be a heavy one is equally apparent to
anyone familiar with the character,
warlike disposition and religious fer
vor of the Beers.
Viewed from n purely ethical stand
point the English goveI4mcnt is in the
wrong when it seeks to destroy the po-
litical independence of the Beers, who
were the original settlers in South
Africa and whose valor and industry
prepared safe landing places for the
English traders and soldiers who ar
rived years afterward.
The Boers-the Dutch name for
"peasants"-left Holland in the seven
teenth century and took possession of
what is now Cape Colony, after long
and bloody struggle with the Zulus, the
dominant tribe of natives. They were
left in undisturbed control of the coun-
try for years, until the beginning of the
present century in fact, when the dis
covery of vast gold and diamond fields
aroused the cupidity of English adven-
turers and capitalists. In 1914 the Bocr
territory, which had been existing un-
der crude form of republican govern
ment, was formally annexed to Great
Britain. Rather than become subjects
of any European prince or power, the
ignorant, yet liberty-loving, Beers
moved and wrested the Natal country
from the still powerful Zulus. BY tradi-
tion and training they were cattlemen
and farmers, and in the newly-con-
quered region they found fat pastures
for their stock and rich virgin soil for
their crops. In 1887 Natal was a Boer
state to all intents and purposes, and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

British government became aware of
this intention, it proclaimed the Buffa-
10 river as the northern boundary of
Natal.
For the third time the Beers moved
this time into the country bounded on
the east by the Drallensberg, on the
north by the Yaal, on the south by the
Orage and on the west by the Vaal-
and established the Orange Free State.
England, its eyes ever on the main
chance-anneNed the Orange Free State
in 1s4s; and the patient Beers began
their fourth move-across the Vaal
river, northward into what is now
known as the TransYaal.
The patience u the people was thor
oughly exhausted; and on June II, 1S4S,
the burghs[s stopped at Bloemfontein,
the capital of the Orange Free State,
and routed the British regulars. On
August 20, of the same year, the Beers
were defeated by their enemies at
Boomplats, but only after stubborn
fight. The exodus to the Transvaal
continued, but 10000 Beers renal, cd
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

five minutes f60 English soldiers had
been killed. \ few days later the troops
met again on the banks of the Ingogo,
where Coiley lost another 15 lnen. On
February 81 occurred the famous bait
tie of Majuba Hill, in which Colley and
the flower of his army bit the dust.
Shortly afterward England recognized
the independence of the Transvaal, was
given a resident agent at Pretoria, was
permitted to establish fictional suzer-
ainty, and in its turn granted ali the de-
mands of the Beers. Kruger has re-
manned president ever since 1881, and
nothing occurred to disturb the tran
quillity of the Boer government until
1886, when jameson made his ill
fated raid against Johannesburg, the
commercial center of the Transvaal.
The Beers were prepared for the inva-
sion and vanquished the adventurers in
one battle.
Since then the uitlanders, who pay
most of taxes collected in the Trans
vaal, have several times applied to the
English government for redress of
grievances. Among other things they
lllC III IIaHClllSc anu ~
voice in the expenditure OF the vast
sums which they are compelled to pay
into the Boer treasury. Joseph Cham
berlain, the British colonial secretary,
responded to the call of the uitlanders,
the majority of whom are Englishmen
and Americans; and not very long ago
Sir Alfred Miner, British high COM
missioner for South Africa, met Presi-
dent Kruger to discuss readjustment
of Transvaal affairs. The English offi-
cial asked for more liberal naturaliza-
ton laws and an increase of uitlander
representatives in the ''volksraad." !"
President Kruger submitted u counter
proposition that citizenship be granted
to foreigners upon the following con-
ditions: First, registration IA days
after arrival; second, six months notice
of intention; third, two years con-
tinuous registration; fourth, continu-
Gus residence; fifth, to have undergone
no dishOnoring sentence; sixth, proof
of obedience to the laws; seventh. full
title of franchiSe in the country Of
origin; eighthly, the possession of prop
erty, or yearly income; all these con-
ditional upon England's consent to the
incorporation of Swaziland into the
Transvaal
This counter proposal was, of course,
rejected by the British commissioner;
and it is quite probable that consent to
the English demands will be enforced
at the point of the bayonet. The Trans
yaal is prepared for snch an outcome
Its Notifications are in splendid con-
dition, and its army of 10000 men.
headed by Gen. Joubert, is equipped
with Mauser rifles and modern artil-
lery. Should war come, it will be a
stubborn and bloody conflict, the sue
cess of which may hang in the balances
for long time. That England will win
in the long run is almost certain, but
whether the victory will be worth the
sacrifice ii must entail is another .ques-
ton. q. w. WEIPPIERT.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

in the Orange Free State to harass the
British soldiers and miners.
In 1850 the Kaffir war broke out. The
English forces were too weak to cope
with this rebellion, and in order TO pla-
cate the Beers, who were inclined to
side with the natives, the British gov
ernmcnt acknowledged the independ-
ence of the Orange Free State. But
this did not help the settlers in the
Transvaal whose political organization
was recognized only after severe strug-
giles.
The Transvaal is a strip of territory
500 by 400 miles, with an area of 10000
square miles. IT is rich in diamond
and gold fields, coal, iron and copper
mines, and timber of great value. The
Beers have never done anything toward
the development of the mineral re-
sources of the country, preferring the
raising of cattle to digging for pre-.
cious ores. Foreigners of all national
tiles naturally gravitated toward this
new Eldorado, and powerful companies
invested fortunes in smelling plants
and mining machinery, so that the pop
ulation increased quickly to $4,000, OF
whom less than $4,000 are Beers. In or
der to prevent their absorption by new
corners, the founders of the South Af-
rican republic drilled every citizen in
military tactics and organized sys-
tenn of government which virtually dis
franchises all foreigners, or uitlanders.
In 1875 the Beers passed law, or rath-
er reaflirmed an old law, to the effect
that the people will admit of no equal
ity of persons of color with the white
inhabitants, either in state or church.
In the same year a war with rebellious
natives had emptied the Boer treasury;
and England felt called upon to inter-
vene lin the name of humanity" and
Sir Theophilus Shepstone on April IL.
1877, annexed the Transvaal. More than
three years afterward, the impov-
erished Beers began an active war for
independence. They had chosen new
provisional government, with Paul Kru-
ger, NJ. w. Pretorius and p. j. Joubert
at it's head. Sir G. Pomeroy Colley, lieu
tenant governor of Natal, refused recog-
milton to the Kruger administration
and led a punitive expedition against
the Beers. In January, 1881, his troops
came to Laing's Neck, where they met
Gen. Joubert's forces, and in less than
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
Penns md Curzonn.

William Penn, the Quaker, was son
of Sir William Penn, whose great-great-
grandfather was younger son of the
family living at Penn. There is no near
er connection with the main line. The
wife of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, daughter
and ultimate heiress of viii Penn,
of Penn, must have been daughter of
the William, son of John. The latter
died in 1911. AS Sir Nathaniel was sher-
iff of Denbigh in 1900, the dates would
tally. The estate of Penn went 20 Lord
Scarsdale, who married the sister and
heiress of Roger Penn, the last male
owner of Penn of the name of the fam
lily (died 1892. The Quaker was born
on Tower hill.-Notes and Queries.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

to project from the face or dial of the
cyclometer. Thus, when the hour and
minute hands are in position they re-
volve in front of the said face or dial,
which, in addition to having the cyclo-
meter indications, is marked with di-
visions like the dial of an ordinary
watch to indicate time.
The instrument may be attached to
any suitable part of the cycle, but
preferably to the handle-bar, so that it
can be always seen clearly by the rider.
The cyclometer is driven by flexible
and adjustable shaft from star wheel
near the hub of one of the bicycle
wheels, which star-wheel is rotated an
termittently in a well-known manner
by striking piece on one of the spokes
of the cycle wheel.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
ono More Unfortnnnte.

Mr., Bimstead-For my part, can't
understand why you permit that young
Lempley TO pay such marked atten-
tion to you. Why, that fellow couldn't
write grammatical sentence to save
his life.
Miss Wellwood-Indeedl received
my first letter from him yesterday, and
1t contains a proposition which had a
tendency to make me forget any gram
matical blunders there may have been
in it, Oh, must you be going? Well,
give my love to your sister, won't you?
Chicago E7ening News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
Not Pleasant to Look, AT.

If some women who ride wheels could
view themselves as others see them they
would cast off their bicycle raiment,
store their wheels -and, meyer essay a
mount again, Why a woman, other
wise displaying good taste in her dress,
should resemble Rsfnightmare the mo-
ment she dons aswheeling costume, is
one of those mysteries difficult of solu-
tion. In contrast with the compara-
lively few Who loolsineat and natty on
their wheels, they show to poor advan-
tage. Many Of. them would present a
better appearance If they rode more
gracefully, and as a matter OF fact half
the members of the fair sex who ride
need ii coFrseyef ipstruction and a
proper adinstment, of the. distance be-
tween their seats and pedals Chicago
Daily Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
TIME AND DISTANCE.
They Are Told by n Combined Cy=
clomctcr and watch Recently
Invented in England.

An invention for the wheelmen is the
combined cyclometer and watch, re-
Gently invented by j. Davidson, of Lon
don, England. 1t is so constructed that
time and distance are both indicated on
the same dial. For this purpose the cy-
clometer is secured to the front of the
watch or is made integral Herewith,
and the arbor of the mile-hand of the
cyclometer is made to receive the ar
bors of the hour and minute hands of
the watch, which latter arbors are
made sufficiently long to extend
through the arbor of the mile hand and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
a woMAN's Wall.

why do wear n veil?
IT'S OF no use,
'Tis always fetching loose,
A plaything of the winds. that takes de-
light
In ever being wrong and never right,
Though of my costume It's chief detail,
1t makes me fret and fume and fuss and
rail.
This veil
cannot get it of when II In on,
And once 1 doff 1t, then cannot don.
why do / wear IL? "Fis nuisance great
Beyond all words to state.
And an expense
Immensel
This wretched, flmsy veil!
II is so frail,
To-day l buy new one, and, behold.
Tomorrow II is old!
Forth to the shops then angrily HE
Another veil to buy.
on every side 1 see rare bargain sales,
But not of wells.
And so pay an awful price,
For / must have II nice;
with knots,
Or spots,
or tiny polka dots;
Or simple plain illusion. But of such
1 buy six times as much.
And so,
You know.
The cost Is Just as great.
Oh, how 1 hate
veill
Do you suppose
1 like to feel it rubbing 'gatnst my nose?
Forever catching on my eyelash tips,
Persistently adherlng to my lips,
The while the ill-dyed blackness of Its lace
Makes grimy smudges on my face.
Or II the veil be white,
Itself It smudges till it is a sight!
why do 1 wear it?
Why?
1t is a crime thus daily to enwrap
ones self in such a microbe trap!
Death and disease lurt hidden In its curves.
A pesti A bane! A blot upon our sex,
Just made to veN
A burdened woman's overburdened nerves.
Oh, Fashion, hear my wall!
OR is my plea to let me go without veil
without avail?
Carolyn Wells, in Harpers Bazaar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
NURsEMAID BICYCLE.
The Latest Invention In the wheel
Line is Certainly Unique, and
Mny BE n Success.

A nursemaid's cycle is the latest in
vention in the wheel line. Very appro-
priately, the inventor of this boon TO
maids and babies is a Brooklyn man.
Mr.. A. c. Kuster is his name.
1t is a tricycle., the two front wheels
of which are quite close together.
Above these is ajpassenger seat re-
sembling a small TecIining chair. For
use in carrying an infant out to air the
passenger seat is provided with a
hinged bottom, making the bottom part
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
mo- Ei,ll II,l.I'' the Z nIcycfe Genr.

An easy method Of 'ascertaining your
gear is to turn the crank around as
many timesas.the baelS wheel is inches
in diameterwthat is, ~, times for 2S-
inch wheel and 80 times for a 3O-inch
wheel-and whilst doing this count
the number nOf 'feyhtutions the back
wheel makes. If the. back wheel re-
wolves 20 times to 2s revolutions of the
crank the gear is 10 inches; if 66K
times, il is 6BK inches, and so on. Be
fore starting to count, it is best to re-
volve the crnnkti4 stand theyalve come
in convenient positions, say, crank par
allel'w with the chain stay, and the valve
opposite the back stays, ds II is easier to
reckon the revolutions from some def
mite points.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Pennsylvania Judge Declares That
Cyclists Are Responsible for
Damages They Cause.

Judge Mitchell, of Tioga county, Pa,
has decided that wheelman who runs
down and kills pedestrian on the side
walk is guilty of manslaughter. The
bicycle, he added, was a vehicle, and
had no more right on sidewalk than
wagon or cart. 1t might be well for
riders in rural communities to bear this
decision in mind. In cities, by dint of
frequent arrests, it has been drummed
into the heads of boys and men that
they must not ride on the sidewalks,
but as soon as they get into the coun-
try the situation is changed. The cy-
clists ride anywhere and everywhere,
and if the road is rough they take to
the footpaths without asking anyone's
leave. The rural communities are to
blame for a great deal of this sidewalk
riding, because they permit ii TO their
own residents. 1t amazes visitors to
a pretty suburban town TO see, not only
children, but adults, cycling on the
sidewalks and footpaths, and to hear
that you don't have to carry light
at night unless you want to-" The viii
lage authorities seem to think that
these regulations are only needed in
cities, although they are highly indig-
nant when city riders come out and
scorch on the village sidewalks. How
ever, under this ruling of Judge
Mitchell. the cyclist on the sidewalk is
responsible for any damage he may
cause, no matter whether or not the VIII
lage has restrictive ordinances.-G Gold
EN- Days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15
Dead GIve-A,yay.

"What are you girls talking about?"
"Nothing; afe your ears burning"-
Yonkers Statesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-07-15

why do 1 wear n veil7
IT'S OF no use,
'Tis always fetching loose,
A plaything of the winds. that takes de-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-23
Local Matters.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN the MAILS.
United States Postal Regulations Of Special
Interest at This Time.

The question has arisen so often
since the smallpox contagion started in
Wateryille relative to transmission of
disease through the mails. and what
the duties of the postal officials were
regarding the fumigation of mail mat
ter. that Health Officer Randall made
inquiry. He has received assurances
from the local postal officials that
every precaution will be taken so far
rs it is within the power of the postal
law
The postal law bearing on the subject
of infectious diseases is as follows:
UNITED STATES POSTAL LAWS
AND REGULATIONS.
Section 667. In Respect to Infectious
Diseases, Epidemics, etc.
l. A postmaster should refuse to re-
ceive into his office mail matter
brought to it by persons who are in
mates of, or messengers from houses
containing cases of contagious dis
eases. such as smallpox, yellow fever,
etc, when ordered to do SO by board
of health. or other local authority hav-
ing jurisdiction of matters affecting
the public health. If there be no such
organization or official, the postmaster
should be governed by the advice of
one or more reputable physicians.
,. Mail matter arriving at an office
addressed to the inmates Of such
houses may be sent to them by the
hands of SOME responsible person
known to the postmaster
,. When board of health serve
upon a postmaster a certified copy of
O Onla ti.,,, ,,IN l,,1,, i
maj mag, a. a,er from any other postotfice
i$.rre lAto communicate contagious
disease prevailing at the time, he
should refuse to receive such mail mat
ter from any carrier or messenger, but
will deliver to the carrier or messenger
Il copy of such order or declara ton,
and viii report the facts at once to the
first assistant postmaster general If
there be no board of health the same
action may be taken by the postmaster
upon the declaration of a regular coun-
ty or city medical society. or. if there
be none. upon the advice of a physician
reputable in his profession. The mail
so returned shall be held until the pro
hibition is removed. and shall, after
being properly fumigated under the
directions of the medical authorities,
be dispatched to it's destination.
4. If case of smallpox. yellow fever.
or other contagious disease occurs in
the family of postmaster occupyin-
a building in which the postoffice is
kept the postmaster should notify his
sureties to take possession of the office
and conduct it temporarily elsewhere
until the danger of contagon is passed
>. When blanks, books, and supplies
OF postoffice become infected. so as to
render them liable to communicate
smallpox or other contagious disease
permission will be given to burn them.
upon application being made to the
hrst assistant postmaster general 1ivi-
sion of postoffice supplies. The postage
stamps must be carefully counted in
the presence of two dsinterested wit
nesses. statement of their classified
ton and amount sworn to and for
warded. together with the letter
authorizing said destruction of sup
plies to the third assistant postmaster
general, stamp division.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-23

Public Laws of 1895, was taken from the
table, House amendment "B," offered,
Feb 81, by Mr.. Philbrook of ,Waterville,
was withdrawn by the gentleman pre-
senting it. Same gentleman offered House
amendment &C." which was adopted.
House amendment "A" offered, Feb. p,
by Mr.. Morey of Lewiston, was with
drawn.
Same gentleman presented House
amendment ID" which was adopted.
The bill then passed to be engrossed as
amended by House amendments &C.
and ID"
On motion of Mr.. Reed of Roxbury, bin
an act to amend chapter 491 of the Pri-
vate Laws of the year 1898. was taken
from the table. read the third time AMI
passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Ledyard of Bath.
Adjourned.