davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
NATURAL FLY TRAP.
The Dionen, Little Carolina Plant,
Is Far More Reliable Than
sticky FIypaper.

Flytraps are well known in the ami
NAL kingdom to everyone who has eyes,
or, at least, who uses them.
The delicate web of the spider and
the deeply cut and broad mouth of the
swallow at once suggest themselves.
But that vegetable should have an eX-
quisitely constructed and perfect appa-
ratus of this kind is very remarkable,
when it is remembered that plants diff
fer markedly from animals in regard to
their food. For, while animals live on
organic substances-that is, on plants
or other animals-vegetables live on in
organic substances.
1t is, then, unlikely that fly could
supply plant with food, and yet
more perfect fly trap than the leaves
of the dionea cannot be imagined.
This little plant is native of the
sandy bogs in the pine barrens of Caro-
lima. 1t grows to a height of from six
to twelve inches, producing loose head
of large whitish flowers, not unlike the
flower of the lady's smock.
The flower stalk rises from rosefte
of yellowish green leaves, spreading on
the ground. Each leaf is divided by
deep incision into two portions, the
lower being a broadly winged foot
stalk, and the upper the blade or true
leaf itself.
The upper portion is the fytrap-
the most curious part of the plant
and demands a careful description.
1t is roundish and divided into two
equalparts by a strong mid-rib. The mar
gins are fringed with row of strong
spiny bristles, so that it may be likened
to two upper eyelids joined at their
bases. The leaf is little hollow on
either side of the midrib, the upper sur
face is dotted with minute reddish
gsands, and each hollow is furnished
with three slender bristles. The sensi-
tiveness of the leaf chiefly lies in these
bristles. If an insect alights on the leaf
and touches one or more of them the
sides suddenly close with a force so
great as to imprison the little creature,
Notwithstanding all it's efforts to es-
cape. The fringe of bristles on the
opposite side of the leaf interlace like
the fingers of the two hands clasped to-
gether, or like the teeth of steel trap.
The insect is not crushed or suddenly
destroyed, but is retained firmly i'm
prisoned until it ceases to move, which
would mean until it was dead, and then
the leaf suddenly expands.
The two lobes are EMBODIED at night,
but spread open in the day When the
bristles are irritated by man, the leaf
quickly closes, remains closed for n
short time, then slowly expands, ready
to close again if newly irritated.
But if it be caused to make repeated
efforts at short intervals, its move
ments become languid, or the sensibil-
ity is altogether exhausted and is re-
covered only by e period of repose.--
Philadelphia Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

sitting-room, and the hot air piped to
all the rooms on both floors. This
house is not thrown together" as is
so often the case with houses of this
class, but is well and carefully planned
and built.
The construction is shown in the fol-
lowing abstract of the specifications:
Dimensions, 33Hs by 46 feet, not in
cluding the projection of the front
porch. Height of ceilings: Cellar, Z
feet; first story, 0 feet; second story,
SEe feet. The cellar is eXcavated to a
depth of four feet and the loose earth
used to grade around the house at com
pletion, leaving two feet of the founda-
ton exposed to view on the outside.
The foundation is of good rubble stone
or brick, laid in good mortar Is inches
thick to top of ground, from which it
is laid of brick 12 inches thick to top,
neatly pointed where exposed to view.
The chimneys are of hard brick and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

part and make it nice and smooth inside
with the knife. Now you bore two
holes in the sides of the shell (you can
easily see the proper place and direc-
tion on the accompanying illustration)
and insert straw in each hole, the
straws to be about two and one-half
inches long. Then take two hazelnuts
and make two holes in each, the holes
being in right angle with each other
and reaching the center of the kernel.
Now put the straws coming out of the
walnut in the top hole of the hazelnut,
and in the side hole you introduce a
short piece of straw. Use beeswaX or
sealing wax for stopping all leaks.
Now your sprinkler is ready for use,
and all you have to do is to place the
walnut on its pointed end on the cork
of an empty bottle and pour water in
the walnut basin. The water will then
run through the straws and thereby
cause the little sprinkler to revolve
quickly.-J. Bellrope, in Chicago Daily
Record
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

will set better on an uneven place on
the floor or ground.
At the center of the board bore a
hole an inch or an inch and a quarter
in diameter. Into this set a standard
reaching six or seven inches above the
board. Make the lower end of the
standard fit closely and trim around
the upper end, as shown in the drawing.
Paint or oil all over, including the bot
tom.
Next make the ring shown by the
drawing. The easiest way is to take
piece of rope a little longer than the
distance around the ring. Cut away
some of the strands at each end so that
you can overlap the ends and make the
same thickness as elsewhere. Wrap
and tie these overlapping ends with
string. Then wrap the entire ring
with strips of cloth.
In playing, throw the ring over the
standard as horse shoes or quoits are
thrown. If two people play, use two
boards and several rings.
These soft rings make no noise and
are not apt to do harm where they hit
National Rural.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
THE HEALTHY MAN.
Qualities Which, According to
Medical journal, Constitute
Perfect Individual.

One of our medical contemporaries,
the Texas Medical News, thus sums up
the qualities which constitute a per-
fectly healthy man. He should have
strong, healthy heart; one not weak
from disuse or the excessive use of to-
bacco, alcohol or other causes; lungs
we'll developed and that expand
rhythmically with ample breathing
space for health and a surplus for work
OF disease; muscles well rounded and
elastic, made hard and strong by use
and carrying, like the camel's hump, re-
serve energy for trying journeys;
nerves, natures electric wires properly
insulated and connected, bringing all
the various organs of the body into one
perfect system, and all under the con-
troll of brain of just proportions, well
balanced and convoluted, not soft from
disuse or destroyed for the need of rest;
educated for the high duties it was in
tended to perform, not only to stand
guard over and protect the health and
life of the individual, but at the same
time to furnish feeling and thought and
pleasure for the human being. All of
these organs, when properly construct
ed and adjusted and perfect in every de-
tail, go to make up healthy individual
and one possessing within himself a
power offresistance not easily overcome
by disease producing organisms.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Trees and Plants Sleep.

Trees and plants have their regular
times for going to sleep, as well as
boys and girls, They need the same
chance to rest from the work of
growing and to repair and oil the ma
chinery of life. Some plants do all
their sleeping in the winter, when the
ground is frozen and the limbs are
bare of leaves. In hot countries, where
the snow never falls, and it is always
growing weather, the trees rest dur
ng the rainy season or during pc
-iods of drought. They always choose
the time when they cannot work the
best for doing thea sleeping, just as
mankind chooses the night, when he
cannot see to work. A Norwegian sci
enlist has made some interesting ex-
periments trying to chloroform plants,
and he has found that the fumes of this
sleep giyer make the plant sleep hard
er and grow faster when it wakes up.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

The flame of acetylene gas has been
found to furnish SCOT which is es-
pecially valuable in the color industry.
When such gas is burned with a smok-
ing flame the result is the production of
three or four times as great a quantity
of SCOT as is the case with mineral oils,
Moreover, it is very light in weight
and exhibits an absolutely black color
without tinge of brown and has none
of the tarry admiXtures or other sub
stances that Enthusiastically appear
in lampblack. The substance is like
wise noted for being very bulky and is
found to be admirably adapted for In
dia ink and the colors of fine inks for
such photographic work as requires a
positive black. 1t is now being manu-
factured in France by a patented proc
ess, almost absolute purity of color and
texture being obtained at a compare
lively small cost.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

nailed to each bearing. The outside
floors are laid in paint. All door jambs
are rabbeted plank, with 3-inch grounds
and 51a reeded casing, with foot and
head blocks. Panels are formed un-
der the windows in each story of the
house, and the base in all parts matches
the casing. The closets are shelved and
hooked in the usual manner. The doors
are seasoned pine, paneled and nodded,
the outside doors being IA inches thick,
and the inside doors 1B inches thick.
The front door is heavily nodded and
has heavy butts, lock with night latch
and bolts. All others doors have suit
able butts and mortise locks; sash fas-
Jennings to all windows.
All outside work usually painted has
two coats best paint; inside filled and
hard oiled on first floor and painted on
second floor. The house is heated by
furnace and has been erected for $4,000.
E. A. PAYNE.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

from the outside by the side porch. A
well-ftted china-closet is placed in one
corner of the dining-room. The pam
try is well fitted with all the modern
conveniences. The passage from the
kitchen to the dining-room is through
the pantry, thus forming trap against
the passage of kitchen odors into the
dining-room. A bathroom is located on
the first floor where shown and is ac-
cessible from the front hall or from
the kitchen. A cellar is placed under
the entire house, reached from the in
side from the bathroom or from the
outside at rear of the kitchen. A fur
mace is located in the cellar under the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
THIS is very desirable cottage OF

THIS is a very desirable cottage of
nine rooms, with necessary halls
and closets, and needs but little expa-
nation. 1t is well suited to the require
ments of a small family. The con-
yenience of the interior is revealed by
a cursory study of the plans. The prin-
cipal architectural feature of the hall,
whichis of goodly size, is an ornamental
staircase of neat design, open to the
first landing. The parlor on the right
is quite large for a dwelling of this
class, and is connected with the hall and
dining-room by wide sliding doors. Thus
these rooms may be thrown together
for entertainment. The sitting-room
may be entered from the front hall, or
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
New Baby Incubator.

What the French. call "couyeuse,"
or baby hatcher" ef new kind, has
been invented by DR.. Diffre, and recon-
mended by DIR. Budin, of the Academic
de Medicine, Paris. 1t is designed to
foster newborn infants, especially
those who are at all weakly, and is vir-
tually copper crsdle,closed by nov
able plate of glass, warmed by a boiler
heated by an oil lamp underneath, and
ventilated by narrow air holes. A moist
sponge inside keeps the air humid,
and Thermometer shows the tempera-
ture.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
AN AMUSING GAME.
1t Is DoublY Interesting Because the
Boys Cnn Make Each of It's
Various pnrts.

Here is a game that you can play in
the house, out on the porch, or on the
ground.
Take n piece of board or plank 10 by
12 inches. Plane it on the sides and
edges and cut away the corners all
around one side, us shown in the draw
ing. Call that side the top and the
other side the bottom. See whether the
side which you choose for the bottom
is even so that the board will set well
on the floor. If the board is warped,
turn the hollow side down, so that the
edges and not the middle will rest on
the floor. If the board seems twisted a
little, so that it will not set well, which
ever side is down, nail block to one
side of the board at each corner. This
is good way, even when the side of the
board is straight, for then the board
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
sSI-ZJ VSls5N-z- III
ART IN ARCHITECTURE.
S@'qc csssS|sss'6@1
ESPECIALLY FOR THIS PAPER.

mortar, laid with close joints and Thin
bles where required
The interior side walls and ceilings
of the two stories are hard finished on
two coats of best brown mortar and sea-
sored lath. The frame is of sound tim
bers, properly cut, raised and secured.
Studding, joists and rafters are placed
16 inches from centers. The joists are
well bridged. All windows have seven
eighth-inch stiles and timber sills of
clear pine. The sashes are 1b inches
thick, glazed as indicated on the plans
and hung to balance weights with cord.
The outside of the upright frame is
first sheathed over with shiplap sheath
ing, next covered with rosin-sized pa
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
NEAT TOY SPRINKLER.
Made from Rn English Walnut, Two
Hazel Nuts, Two Straws,
Cork and n Bottle.

Here is a toy sprinkler that any
bright boy or girl can make with the
aid of a pocketltnife and a gimiet; the
necessary materials are an English wal
nut, two hazelnuts, two straws, a cork
and a bottle. Following is descrip-
tion of how to make the sprinkler:
Remove by the aid of a small saw or
a pocketknife about one-third of a
walnut. (See illustration.) Then take
out the kernel of the remaining larger
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Wen Snenf.

Rigby-Come here, Mary; 1 want to
show you the woman Billings spends
his money on.
Mrs. Rigby-What, that person in
black lace?
Rigby-You wouldn't have believed
it, would you?
Mrs. Rigby-Why, that's his wife,
stupid!
Rigby-Of course,-Brooklyn Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
A TESTIMONIAL.

Little Boy (writing to his school
MASTERY Everybody at home is de-
lighted With the progress have made
DIT your school. Why, when L came
to you 1 knew nothing, and now, even
In. this short time, l know ten times
as much. Punch.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
why Wallpaper Is "Huns.v

Wall paper does moi hang, and yet the
person whose business it is TO paste it
up is called paper-hanger. The rea-
son is simple. Long before the intro
duction of wall papers, Arras, a town iii
France, was famous for its tapestries
called "Arras.' These were used as
wall coverings, and the men who were
employed to put them up were called
hangers"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Easily. ,Disbosed OF.

81 suppose you are not troubled with
questions of municipal ownership and
the like" said the stranger in Crimson
Gulch.
YES" answered Derringer Dan, with
n glance of suspicion. Sometimes we
do. Once in awhile some tenderfoot
comes along, and thinks he owns the
town, but he gets over it in a minute or
two."-Washingto Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Now She Ju.t Hates Him.

Mrs. Younglove (pouting)-George,
you have been treating me just as if L,
were child. Why do you do it?
Mr.. Younglove-I don't know. must
have been thinking of something else.
There surely is no reason why should
treat you that way.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Had No Terrors for Him.

First Tramp,--Do you ever think OF
death, Bill?%aft
Second Tramp-Not very often.
amt afraid to die.
First Tramp-You amt?
Second Tramp-No; death has no ter
riers for me.-Harlem Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
An Inconsistent Smile.

"He says my eyes seem like the stars
above to him." said she.
He may say that" answered Miss
Cayenne. But am willing to wager
pair of gloves that he does not stand off
in the distance and look at them through
a telescope. Washington Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

"At what period of life does female
beauty decline?" queried Flitterly.
WELL" chirped Flatterly, that de-
pends a good deal upon the girl; the
last beauty tackled declined very sud-
denly about 19."-Town Topics.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Didn't Ell the Riu-

Alice (protesting)-But, papa, you
say you want TO see me married and off
your hands.
Fairchild (grimly)-I know it. That
is why refuse to let you marry him.
Brooklyn Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

81 have come, sir" said the foreigner
of title to the American of wealth, ito
ask for the hand of your daughter"
(Which one?" asked the millionaire.
81 have three
at is immaterial," answered the no.
bleman, magnanimously. "They might
draw lots for me."-Chicago Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Denth of a Noted DOG.

Sultan, Newfoundland dog, has
Just died in France. He was noted for
having arrested thief, captured an
assassin, rescued child from drown
.ng and saved man who attempted
suicide, The Society for the Protection
of Animals presented him with DOL
lar. Recently he prevented castle be-
,ng robbed. and was poisoned, it is sup
posed, by those who attempted the rob
berry.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Advice.

Young man." said the veteran,
LEARN to say"
Il know what you are going to tell
me-" said the high-browed youth who
wore a uniform, you are going to ad-
wise me to learn to say no.
Not at all. was going to advise you
to learn to say nothing. ."-Washing
Star
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Under a Cloud.

Have you nothing you can turn your
hand to?" asked the man.
Not just at present" replied the
tramp. You see, I'm one o. them
bloated capitalists temporarily out o
capital. Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
The snmmer GirI

The summer girl. take it-and my judg-
ment no man mocks-
Is the one who works her father for the
biggest lot of frocks.
Chicago Daily Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
A NntnrnI auentIon.

Little Clarence-The funny-bone is in
the elbow, isn't it, pa?
Mr.. Callipers-Yes, my son.
Little Clarence-Well, pa, is that
what makes people laugh in their
sleeves Puck,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Matter of Identification.

Coroner-Were there any marks
about the deceased by which you would
be able to identify him?
Witness-Yis, sor. He stuttered.-
Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Annronrinte Motto.

sour motto,' said the head waiter.
as he marshalled his forces ere the
victim got away, sis to welcome the
coming and bleed the parting guest"
--Tit-Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

"Shall have to charge you rs instead
of 63 cents for this preparation, sir, on
account of the war tax"
"And how much is the war taxi"
"Two cents a bottle. Philadelphia
Cnll. Z. II
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
AInck! AIns!

There was a young man from Chicago,
Who was anxious to see a buZz-saw go;
He saw, just the same
Then the coroner came
And asked: Where did his jaw go?"
Chicago Daily News,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

The moon looked down on them calm and
clear. ,1
Life seemed more than tongues could ut
ter.
Said he: I'VE will live on love. my dear"
Said she: II prefer bread and butter"
Chicago Daily News
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

The man with the hoe is martyr, we
know,
He lives his hard life with a bravery
grim;
But the man with the lawn-mower-brother
in woe
Who ever has painted picture of him?
Chicago Morning Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Yenra of DiAcrefInn

Years of discretion surely are
Life's sweet completion
Yet willfu1 Fate delights to mar,
For when we reach them there's jar;
The years are more apparent, far,
Than the discretion!
-Pnpk
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
Another Sufferer.

They sigh for the man with the hoe,
?. Who Patieatlsvdelves in the soil:
r But WHAT'S his mild sort of woe
To that of the man with a boil?
Chicago Times-Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
IndIscriminnte.

The path of glory ever since
Time first began was rocky.
The public first salutes prince
And then salutes a jockey.
-Washington Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

$50 she is engaged?"
''Yes."
"Did she say whether the engagement
was real one or only summer resort
imitation n?"-Chicago Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12
ola9IrriendIy- Comment.

.Mudge4sI1is anaWful thing to realize
you have zmade an egregious ass of
yourself, isn't it?
97 Yabsley-~ainf- you ysed to it YETI
IndiaiapolisfJoufnaI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

Say, boss, is yer got any harrowin'
love songs?"
''No, my little man; l don't keep
EN-
We'll, then, gi'me two sticks O. red
chewin' gum instead. Harlem Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

In 1893 Russia had mercantile ma
ripe of P,S9s TSessels, OF which G94 were
propelled ibs@ steam
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

~. JPFrisopeESzsIt, was silver, sor. The
guilt w0s JAIL smy own, yer anner!-
tJewelerg WeeAy:A
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

There are 65 steamers on the Swiss
akes. The largest can transport 1890
passengers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-12

Il A Circumstance in Mitigation.
Judge-Was the stolen article gold
81. 81, I,asfaallI Iaeg.ssAsa.l aal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-29
A Lnke rhnt Tnrna Red.

The lake of Morat, in Switzerland.
has a queer habit of turning red two
or three times every ten years owing
to the presence of little aquatic plants.
The popularity of the matter is that
Lake Morat is the only lake in which
this curious growth is developed.