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AFTERTHOUGHTs.

Not only liz Chicago sim for Dewey, but
the whole United States Is still for Dewey
with more enthusiasm than ever. Also
fer Mrs. Dewey.
go 90 %
The English press censor at Cape Town
Is past master of the art. He has IT ar
ranged now SO that no two London papers
print the same story.
Ten thousand plum buildings have been
sent 10 the British troops in South Africa,
possibly with the hope that the Beers may
capture and eat them.
90 30 %
1t looks "a IL Gel Bryan had turned the
custody OF the Declaration OF independence
over to Land Commissioner Bridges. for
the purpose Of converting Col, Lewis.
80 80 ess
IL Is a great deal more shan an even bet
that Col Lewis response 20 bob Bridges
moving appeal to Join the Aguinaldo move
n,ent will be a very graceful but enectual
dodge
80 oos e.
The kaiser stiu continues his pursuit CT
game ia the Windsor preserves, a pastlne
almost as exciting "a running down
chicken and cutting of its head With
Ratchet.
An Eastern correspondent predicts that
the coming session OF congress Will be the
longest on record. 1t will he longer than
that If the Hon. BIZ Allen gets back ,oI
the sanate.
% =, e.
Was Il not sorne wh hat superflueus for he
correspondent who described Asuinaldo as
headed for the mountains hatIsss. ragged
aud covered with mud 20 add THAI hls'
face seemed 20 seAr an anxious look7
- "a "a
1t ssems that AguinalGo really does ,iif-
fer from George Washington in ore or
two miner partieularS lie has been cir
culsi stories amcug the FINplnios that
thc American eelored regulars are canni-
halls
with the iasurgent army scattered -
the four winds and Axaina,to anxiously
hooking for an opportunity t. escape from
Iuson, Col. Lewis nav conclude - cltma
dawn On Committeeman Wits and Judge
Kuhn's side - the fsnee
sss - &c
The reply 70 Col Brysns congratala-
items &c the Maryland Democrats IS
statement from ex-senator German that
the Maryland delegation IN the next Den
ocfatlc rational convention will Sc against
nTYan. No ~oni.r the matches header
anncSnces II 80 be hts Intention 90 ~
sense missionary work ia the fsas, next
winter
- IS -
tsen. Funston viii ind he time fsfylY &C.
eup3e1 X BE attempts % answer a.. the
attacks made uI~on hius by tse aen.v
press aa3 by 5lxgFuasis3 ana Jealous sol
H}ers ans3 of.s-ers who @egvea with him IN
TEE Philippines Ills E@seFt as brave ana
onscssni e~scsr Is saes ;sst tAefe Is 20
need for etns ~ sxpfHfs tbs sngurux %
taese sFsai5cl1ss attacks
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SEATTLE. SATURDAY. NOV. Is.
JUSTICE TO ADMIRAL DEWEY.

1t Il not strange that Admiral Dewey
feels deeply hurt at the violent and un-
just criticisms being heaped upon him
by the Eastern press by reason Of the
misapprehension concerning the transfer
Of the Dewey residence by the admiral
to his wife. There In something To say
on both sides. but II the public VIII bear
In mind that Admiral Dewey Is sailor.
with sailors blunt and direct manner
OF reasoning. and withal very modest
sailor. who. having done his duty as 1t
lay before him with no thought other
stand fully how much of hero he is in
the eyes OF his fellow countrymen, 1t
viii make his side Of the case better
understood.
without taking the public into his
confidence. but with the intention OF
keeping the home presented him In the
name Of the people. In his own family as
a perpetual reminder that republics are
grateful. he decided the house to naval
friend who In turn decided IL 10 Mrs.
Dewey. who decided IL TO George Good
win Dewey. the admiral's only son. thus
conveying To- the son clear and abso-
lutte title 10 the home free from any flu
turc claims arising from the second
marriage. Unfortunately, these trans
fers were not made and recorded stimuli
taneousiy. and the transfer to the wife
having become public without explana-
ton. the natural inference was that
Admiral Dewey had presented his wife
the home given him BY the people.
or course there was storm of pro-
test. 1t was natural there should he.
When we devote ourselves To hero wor-
ship We put our whole soul Into II. and
VIII not admit that Our IDIOT possesses
n single flaw. Before we were through
throwing up our hats and cheering cur
hero. he stole away and quietly took
unto himself wife. This WAS a
shock. We were not ready to di-
vide our affections. We wanted TO keep
him before the footlights until some
thing else attracted our attention.
Had some good friend suggested 10
Admiral Dewey that he postpone his
wedding couple ~ months and thai
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An Editor ON q Stump.
ReyatSfoka Harald

The stump In the sidewalk between
Bourne Bros. and c. B. Hume Co.'S
stores is still imperiling the limbs and
endangering the souls of the ratepayers.
The editor of this great. moral semi
weekly family educator has already been
up against 1t, with results totally unfit
for publication. on no less than three
distinct and separate occasions since the
nights began to draw In. Is there par
ticular necessity for the board OF works
to leave it there until somebody Is badly
hurt over It?
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II - thfs sentiment that gives Mr.. Rob-
erss his courage. II win require q two
thirds vote Of congress to expei him. and
as the Republicans have but fourteen ma
torfty tn that body. II wisi Require tho
assistance Of . great many Democratic
votes to GUST him. II IL probable that Mr..
Roberts VIII retain his seat.
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A little boy was told by his father, on
the departure Of the latter for a length
ened absence. to take care of mamma
Il leave mamma" said the confiding
parent, in your charge That night.
when the young hopeful knelt, as was his
custom. by his mothers knee. he prayed
Please. Lord. bless grandmamma and
take care of her: bless father and take
care OF him. but you needn't trouble about
mother, because I am going to take care
of her."-New York Tribune.
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II will now said the orator. quote a
few words from Mr. Mr. his name
escapes me for a moment-sounds a little
like Dewey-prcminent New York railroad
misunderstanding of an orator"
do YOU mean Depew?" asked an auditor
in the rear part OF the hall.
That's 4: Depew. In speech In Octo-
Der. 1886, Mr.. Depew said." etc.--Chicago
Tribune.
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The very ragged man stopped the very
well-dressed man and told him he was
hungry.
What Tis your regular meal hour?''
asked the very well-dressed man.
Right now" answered the other
Raitfynpre News
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Careful housekeeper-Bridget, you may
get all the preserves We canned last year
and boil them up again. I am afraid they
have begun to work.
Brfdget-Iike enough. mum. Like enough
Everythin' round this house has to-
Brooklyn Life.
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You ought 10 take time by the fore
lock-" urged his friends.
II try to do it." replied the man who
was down on his luck but I generally
find that somebody else has got hold OF
N'-Brooklyn Life
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A Precedent.

Mrs. Bowers-Here's an outrageous
thing. A colored poker club that always
opens its meetings with prayer,
Mr.. Bowers-It may be outrageous but
not unusual. The state legislature always
opens its meetings with prayer too-Puck
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story OF - Disappearance.

Arlington Times
Tss ssSEy iaAt be ~ss aaesaser.Essl - the
tsssz pele u scarcely egxasass.
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The Pss-TnssliiseBesr does not oaes psymsnt fof
voluntary contributions. snsl viii net uadesszks 10
return unsolicited manuscript.
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Not only liz Chicago sim for Dewey. but
the whole United States Is still for Dewey
with more enthusiasm than ever. Also
for Mrs Dewey.
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Address all communications aud rsmittsnees u the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PUBLISHING Co, Sc
at,le, Waxh.
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"CoL " = HaskeIf-pear ssx. I was
TIE time o: the publication &c tie much dis
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THIRD AVENUE THEATER-"Fogs'
Ferry
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An6 state
Remit By eIpress money order. dnst or ia regis
tered letter, a. oEs slsk.
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Features in most beveraS0
are purity. wholesomens.
and good flavor in Iedi''v
combination. These are nv
essary---you get them IN W
right proportion IN
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29
SQUIRRELS IN WINTER.
Some Popular Notions Have Been Dis
PEELED by Close Observers of
the Little Creatures.

If one asks hundred school chill
dren in Chicago-apd grown people as
well, for that matter, how squirrels
subsist in winter, nine out of ten will
reply that they eat the nuts they gather
in the summer and fall. This is part
ly, but not wholly, true. Their food is
widely varied in the course of year,
especially in the spring and summer.
Indian corn in the milk suffers more
from squirrels than from raccoons or
muskrats, which are proverbially so
fond of it. In places on the western
frontier an expensive system of watch
ing has had to be maintained at times
against this pest. One dainty in late
summer is the mushroom, of several
varieties of which they are fond, and
this reminds me of bit of unexpected
sagacity in one of the western chip
munks lately spoken of in my hear
ing by the artist and author, Ernest
Seton Thompson. 1t appears that this
chipmunk depends for its ordinary fall
and winter fare upon the seeds of the
pinon pine, which it preserves by stor-
age in its holes in decayed stumps or
underground. 1t happened lately, how
ever, that in certain area of the north
west the pinon crop was a complete
failure, and the ground squirrels were
compelled to find something else for
their subsistence and winter stores.
In this extremity they turned to the
mushrooms. everywhere abundant, and
were busy during all the late autumn
in gathering them. They were too wise,
however, to store them underground,
where they would soon have rotted, but
instead deposited them in notches and
crotches of the lower branches of the
forest trees, where they dried in the
open air and so kept in good condition
to be eaten. Their shriveling up and
the shaking of the branches by the
winds caused many to fall, and these
the squirrels industriously picked up
and tried to fasten more securely to the
branches.
This method of providing themselves
with winter food implied the necessity
of their coming forth from their under
ground retreats, no matter how cold
and snowy the weather, whenever they
wanted something to eat, instead of
having their larders indoors, as is usual
with them, and it would be interesting
to know whether they actually did SO
or whether they failed to profit, after
all, by their seemingly sagacious pru-
dence.-Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29
WAS 1T AN ACCIDENT7
Or Was 1t an Act of Bird Justice the
Like of Which Has Never Yet
Been Recorded:

The English sparrow is the most uni
versally unpopular of all birds. Be
cause of it's ceaseless war upon other
birds, they are always ready to show
their hatred of it. Whether it feeds
on the eggs of other birds or not is
question, but that it destroys them
and the nest that contains them is
well established fact. 1t seems to do
this from a spirit of mischief, often
destroying a half built nest that in
no way interfered with it. 1t is cow
ard, too, doing its mischief while the
owners of the nest are away from home.
1 can certify to the following incident
of what L have no doubt was justice
meted out to one of these little sneak
thieves:
One morning on entering the barn
noticed broken egg on the manger be-
meath mud swallows nest which l had
permitted to be built there. had no.
ticed previously that the sparrows were
bothering the swallows, and rightly
judged that they were endeavoring to
steal the eggs or destroy the nest.
When 1 saw the broken egg 1 sup
posed that they had succeeded. l
glanced up at the nest and saw sus-
pended beneath it one of the sparrows
dead. Upon closer examination it was
found that the bird was hung by the
neck at the end of horse hair about a
foot long.
twas carefully taken down for closer
examination. There was a moose at the
end of the hair, the knot being perfect,
the free end slipped far enough
through, and bent in such way that
the knot could not be united. 1t could
not have been an accident-or if possi-
BILE it was very improbable, to say the
least. The moose was preserved and
carefully laid away, as a relic of bird
justice.
The swallows must have grown tired
of the persecution of the tormentors,
and set snare; or coming upon it in
the act of robbing them, held it a pris-
oner in their nest until a moose was
slipped over its head and it was allowed
to fly out only to tighten the fatal knot
as it attempted to fly away.-Ohio
Farmer.
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zation was given July Is, and two weeks
later there were concentrated on the
Rhine three armies, numbering 900
men. On August Is the effective total
of men under arms was 1,1s3,3S9, OF
whom 65O,oOO were at the front, 230, 900
in the depots and 100000 on home serv-
ice. The French armies were outnum-
bered, defeated and captured in bulk.
In 1877 the Russian field army num-
bered 507,500 men and was capable of
expansion to 1,3s0,000. Only two-thirds
of the field army was mobilized, and
this furnished during the winter of
1s77-7S force of about 90O,0 900 men, of
whom $4,000 were at the front and
the rest on the communication or gar
rison service. The Turkish armies were
outnumbered and defeated and three
fourths of them were captured.
Mobilization is effected through what
is known as the general staff-a body
composed of the best officers in the
land. The general staff not only keeps
records of the army and its various
grand divisions as to the active and
furlough or reserve men, but is in
formed on all matters pertaining to
the armies of other nations, so far as
they are obtainable. Anticipating
wars, there are plans of campaigns
with all nations, even with those from
whom there never was any sign of trou-
BILE. These plans are not of super
fetal nature, but thorough in every de-
tail. In the German general staff in
particular they are kept up to date
in every respect. All railroads and
post roads are kept under rigid observa-
ton, and all improvements are noted.
1t is known how many employees every
railroad has, and every item pertaining
to its rolling stock, road bed, bridges
and depots is as familiar to the general
staff as to the railroad officials. Every
detail us to transportation of troops,
horses, artillery and wagons to any
point is filed away for use at Il moments
notice; the officers who are to command
at various points have been agreed
upon, and in case OF death another is
Immediately substituted.
AT regular intervals the entire mobili-
zation machinery is set in motion so
as TO avoid accidents in case of necessity
and to prevent the system from being
rendered Ineffective by inexperlence or
red tape. Fortunately, our system of
government renders the establishments
of mobilization bureau unnecessary.
Yet ii is comfortable to know that our
army leaders are thoroughly familiar
win It's secrets. C. w. WEIPPIERT,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29
When Liquor Was Plenty.

Suffers played rather queer part
in retrograde movements, said the cap
tain. When an army was ordered to
retreat, the beer, ale and whisky which
suffers had in stock and which were
not sold to private soldiers under or
dinary rules were disposed of reckless
ly. l know of one case in which one
of the important gaps to the east of
Chattanooga, guarded by one of the best
companies in the service, was endan-
gered by sutler opening up his stock
of liquors in anticipation of an order
to move to the rear, because of the for
ward movement of the army to Resaca
and Atlanta. Men unused to such prod
igality drank more than they would
have done under ordinary circum-
stances, and1or five or six hours were un-
fit for duty. Fortunately they had the
fighting instinct all through their
spree, but if an attack had been made
no one could have foretold the result
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29

Gen. Scharnhorst took advantage of the
omission and invented system by
which a certain number of men could
go home on furloughs, after four weeks
service, and other would be conscripted
to take their places, and these would be
allowed TO go on furloughs, and by this
system of enlisting men and keeping
them in the service, whether on actual
duty or on furlough, a large army soon
grew up, so that in 1913, when Prussia
struck back at Napoleon, it had 25O, 900
trained men and brought 100000 into
the field.
The fundamental principle of the sys-
tenn is the universal liability TO military
service during a certain period, begin
ming with 20 years of age. Men are Sc
lec:ed by lot every year to fill up the
ranks, and all must serve ~ years. The
time is divided so that man has two
years service in the ranks, five years in
the reserve and five years in the land
wehr, or second reserve. That is in
Germany, but it is the same in the other
military countries except as to detail.
Depots are established from which
depleted bodies may receive reinforce
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29
Swan ATTACKS a Constable.

That swan will fight fiercely was
shown by an exciting struggle between
swan and park constable on the up
per lake in Waterloo park, England.
Some india rubber balls had rolled into
the water and to get them the constable
padded out in punt. This drew the
notice of the male swan, which deserted
his consort and the brood of cygnet and
went for the constable with great
fury. Once or twice he almost upset the
punt by causing the constable to over
balance it in saving his legs from the
birds bealk. 1t was only with difficulty
and risk that the balls were recovered.
The swan fhen followed the punt to the
bank, making vicious darts at the con-
stable.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29
PLAYMATES.

Two little puppies, full of play,
With bone to worry and toss
Were sporting together the livelong day,
And they never seemed vexed or cross.
Three little squirrels, gray and wee,
And spry and light as bird,
Played all day long in the old oak tree,
And they never said one sharp word.
Four little pussies, the little dears,
Climbed up on the garden wall,
They played with each others tails and
ears.
And never quarreled at all.
Five little birds, such a very tight fit,
In one little tiny nest,
Never crowded nor showed nor pushed one
bit
For the place that each liked best.
Six little chicks in the grass so green,
Seven little ducks in the brook,
Never gave one another, as have seen,
One angry or unkind look
Eight little lambs went to frolic and feed
In the meadows, broad and bright,
And the dear little things never once dis
agreed
From the dawn of day till night.
Nine little boys were playing ball,
But they made such fuss oh dear!
And wrangled and scolded and screamed
and all,
That it tired my ears to hear.
And that is the way, 1 am sorry to say,
For wasn't 1t just too bad?
They have lost, on this pleasant summer
day,
All the fun that they might have had.
e. II. Thomas, in Youths Companion.
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ments and be kept up to their normal
strength. The real advantages of the
system were shown by Germany in the
war of 1866 and again in 1870, and it's
adoption by France after the reoHgani-
zation of the army showed that it had
impressed favorably the nation which
it had ruined. The men in the reserve
class are liable to be called at any mo-
ment; they are enrolled and part of
certain regiments, the depots or assem-
bling points for which are known to
every man. Mobilization consists in
calling in this reserve force, furnishing
the men the necessary equipments and
dispatching them with the officers who
are kept in reserve for this purpose to
the regiments where they belong. Most
of the officers are with the colors or in
active service, but the great mass of
privates is in the reserve, ready at
few hours notice to increase the reg
iments to their war footing proportions.
When the reserve goes to the front
a certain number of officers is left be-
hind to serve as recruiting and organ
ization force in case the landYehr
should be needed, and when that body
is called upon to go to the front it is
brought together as readily as the
younger and more numerous first re-
serve.
The great purpose accomplished by
this system of expansive armies is to
enable nation to put into the field
in the short space of two weeks vast
| array of trained soldiers, while in time
of peace it maintains only compara-
lively small portion of them under pay
| and unproductive. 1t was only two
weeks after the declaration of war in
1870 when nearly 100000 German sol
| diers advanced in a body across the
| French border, and that is the measure
| of time that the continental powers
can count upon to be ready for defense.
To demonstrate the rapidity with
which n great army may be mobiliZed,
Col. Greene cites that at the outbreak
of the war between Prussia and Aus
| tria, in 1866, the Prussian army in ac-
tive service numbered 100000 men.
Mobilization was ordered on May 3,
and six weeks later the active army
had been increased to $4,000 men, in
addition to depot and garrison troops
| whose numbers, it is stated, carried the
| total to 100000 men under arms. OF
these not less than 10000 were brought
to the field of Sadowa on July 3, and
these inflicted such an Overwhelming
defeat on the Austrians as to cause
them to sue for peace at once. The
war lasted less than three months, only
six weeks of which were devoted to
active operations.
In 1870 the armies of the states COM
posing the present German empire
numbered in all 3s2,56s men present
With the colors. The order for mobili-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-09-29
FUN FOR CHILDREN.
How to Make All Sorts of Jewels for
Chnrndes or Simple Anna
teur Theatricn1s.

A very pretty and amusing way OF
making jewelry to be used in the pro-
duction of charades or in juvenile anna
teur theatricals is here Shown. Dissolve
pound of alum in quart of hot wa
ter and suspend in the saturated solu-
ton crown or some other shaped form
made of wire and covered with strips
of flannel or wound with wooden
threads. In order to obtain the very
best results it is necessary to select
vessel of glass with an even, high
ly polished inside surface, which must
remain undisturbed for "a hours in a
quiet place after the solution of alum
has been poured in and the article to