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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-27

In France there are G,OoO,O 900 smok-
ers, and of every 10 there are s who
smoke pipe, who smoke cigars and
only 2 who use cigarettes. Still, they
use more than s0o OOO 900 cigarettes
year, or enough to go around the
world 500 times If they were placed end
TO end in n limo
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-27
EinnI stnwe of ReyIsion.

Paris, May 22.-The members OF the
court of cassatioa have been summoned
to meet on May 90 for the final stage OF
The revision Of the Dreyfus trial.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-27

The major, just returned from Boston,
tells in strict confidence this story:
II had engaged my berth, and was stand
Ing on the rear platform five minutes be-
fore the train pulled out of the Park
Square depot, when a middle.aged woman.
and a handsome girl, both ladies, passed me
and entered the car, accompanied by a
gentlemanly-loolIing chap wlro carried their
baggage. A moment later this fellow pushed
up to me and said he was in most embar-
RAISING position, had his sister and mother
aboard, and had lost his mileage book. He
would introduce me to them and give me
any security for $25 / said needed neither
introduction nor security, but would give
him ten dollars-all l had to spare. He in
sisted on giving me his diamond scarfpin,
and then rushed into the station to see if
he could get more cash. AS the train pulled
out without him, he came running wildly
after it, but had to give it up.
Then the porter approached me tenta-
lively, Was that man annoying you? he
said, told him no. He insisted on carrying
the baggage of two ladies inside, sab, an
an'-did he get any money out of you?'
OF course he didn't said | but took
the first opportunity of examining that pin.
It was worth about five cents. Buffalo
News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-27
------e----
Signs of the Times.

"Chew your food with the celebrated
Dewey false teeth"
Eat at Hashems and try the surprising
Dewey sinkers.
PLAY your patriotic pieces on the unex.
celled Dewey mouth organ"
Buy Dewey pies for dinner"
"Cool your throat with Dewey ice cream
soda"
Wear Dewey waistcoats."
Take Dewey bitters for that tired feel,
ing"
ATTEND the Dewey picnic given by the
Patriotic Sons of Manila"
Spank your children with the Dewey
chastiser." - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-05-27
Cntnrrh Cannot he Cured

with Local Applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is q
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies
Hell's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is regular prescription 1t is COM
posed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting direct
ly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
ualrs FamilY Pills are the best.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23

I WAS a plain, old
fashioned Ii t t | e
room in w h i c h
Matilda Powers sat,
stitching away as
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING.
ton One Hundred and Ten
{ tS Years Ago.

Now, therefore, do recommend and
assign Thursday, the 26th day of No.
vember next, to be devoted by the peo-
pie of these. states to the service of that
great and glorious Being who is the
benefcent author of all good that was,
that is or that will be;t that we may
then all unite in rendering unto Him
our sincere and humble thanks for His
kind care and protection Of the people
Of this country previous to their be-
coming a nation, for the signal and
manifold mercies and the favorable in
Propositions of His Providence in the
course and conclusion of the late war,
for the great degree of tranquility,
union and plenty which we have since
enjoyed, for the peaceable and ra-
,tional manner in which we have been
enabled to establish. constitutions of
government for our safety and happi-
ness, and particularly the national one
lately instituted, for the civil and re-
3ligious liberty with which we are blessed
and the means we have of acquiring
and difusing useful knowledge, and
in general for all the great and va
rious favors which He hath been pleased
to confer upon us.
And also that we may then unite in
most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to the great Lord and
Ruler of nations and beseech Him to
pardon our national and other trans
gressions; to enable us all, whether in
public or private stations, to perform
our several relative duties properly and
punctually ito render our national gov
;ernment a blessing to all the people
by, constantly being a government Of
wise, just and constitutional laws, di-
rectly and faithfully executed and
obeyed; to protect and guide all SOW
5ereigns and nations, especially such as
have shown kindness to US, and to bless
them with good government, peace and
concord; to promote the knowledge and
practice Of true religion and yirtuesand
the increase of science among them and
us, and generally to grant unto all man
kind such a degree of temporal prosper
ity as He alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the city of
New York, the Sd day of October, in
the yearof our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-nine.
g. WASHINGTON.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
ury of later nap than usual, and rose
feeling light hearted as child. 81

ury of later nap than nsusua1, and rose
feeling light hearted as child.
It shan take q stitch to-day, not
one she declared, firmly, at the simple
breakfast, and 4 ain going to ready
up any more than I'm obliged to, either.
I wish you could go to church, moi ther,
but I'll go if you don't mind staying
alone. I haven't been now for two
Thanksgiyings. 5.t s s
She had just washed the dishes and
was doing what edding up seemed
indispensable when q rap sounded on
the door and there entered a merry,
rosy y-cheeked young girl, who apollo
gized for her early call and exclaimed
in effusiye schoolgirl fashion: H ns' What
do you think, Miss Matilda! We've
been expecting Uncle Dawes folks for
Thanksgiving, and made preparation
for them, and last nigh we heard that
they couldn't possibly be here. So
there we are, you see, with stuff enough
provided foriall that lot OF people and
only our family to eat it, and Tn rush
ing around this morning tryingto find
some nice and convent disengaged
folks to come and help us, and / do so
hope you and your mother are among
them. Now don't tell me you are. en-
gagged; are you %
Mrs. Powers looked up d elightedly;
Miss Matilda smiled and shook her
head. S IA
You're not! Well, then, will YOU be
good enough to save your own Thanks
giving dinner till tomorrow, and help
US with ours? Thsre'll be some good
company. I've captured the new
school-teacher, Miss Gibson, and anoth-
er nice girl already. OF course we will
send the horse for your MOTHER
9 'Thank you, Lottie,'' said Miss Ma
tilda, in a voice that quayered just a
trifle. ..ssWe shall be very happy to
come; won't we, mother?"
''Yes, indeed, we will" replied the
old lady, very emp phatically, and, with
expressions Of deep gratitude, Lottie
hurried away. Il
After helping her mother. dress for
dinner, Miss Matilda went to church,
and at the close of the service, which
perhaps no one in the church entered
into with more thankfulness than she
did, she went home with Deacon
Tripp's family. Miss Gibson also ac-
companied them, and the s'other nice
girl, ,''katstenographer who was almost a
stranger in town, and whose heart had
been made warm by the unexpected at
tention, the invitation being the, more
welcome from the fact that she board
ed herself. s s q
There were few other guests and the
company was a congenial one, all ap-
pearing to enjoy to the full both visit
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23

her ina kility to slight her work. '.I
should make more If I could do that.
but I can't. I've been tempted to some-
times, but it doesn't seem ii ght, and I
don't believe Iscould any how. 1t isn't
in me. I've got to take pains. .
IS ''rhank you, Miss Gibson said Mrs.
Garfield. q shall find Miss Powers.
and if her work proves satisfactory, I
will let her have all our dressmaking
besides other sewing and will pay her
reasonably for it. The workman is
worthy Of his hire
u was sure you would Z cried Miss
Gibson, her eyes shining !, and / know
that she can have enough OF her work at
the same rates to fill her time. / am
50 glad, Mrs. Garfield
The next day as Miss Matilda was
finishing fin Miss Pringle's dress and try
ing ito forget the state of the coal bin
while she sang: How firm a founda-
ton, ye saints Of the Lord, z she was in
terrupted by a gentle knock on the
door .s She opened it, and in a few
minutes it seemed to her that she
had at the same time opened the door
into new life.
1s Mrs. Canfeld's call did not mean af-
fuence, certainly, butt did mean abil-
ityS to pay the expenses of her little
home with comparative ease; it meant
better food, warmer Va re clot thing, plenty Of
fuel, and a little leisure for recreation.
4 It meant, too, a still frmer clasp of the
Fathers hand.
# Mrs. Denton was dismayed and some
what Wrathful when she found that
Miss Matilda would no longer: sew for
her at the old reasonable rates, but,
finding her work poorly doneat other
places, and wishing to have her clothes
made by Mrs. Canfeld's dressmaker,
her lapse of patronage was Of short
duration.
Miss Matilda still has 1.-the work
that she can do; and every day is day
Of thanksgiying.-C. A. Parker, in N.
Y. Observer.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
share Of the time anxious and worried.

share Of the time anxious and worried,
wondering whether / shall be able to
warm and clothe and feed US. I've read
somewhere that trust and worry: don't
mingle any more than oil and water,
and it stands to reason that they can't.
Now, then, I'm going to stop worry ing
and go to- trusting. Yes, I am, from
this very minute. III.
And there's another thing about it.
In the new version it says: Believe
that ye have received sowhy couldn't
begin to thank the Lord that I have
the things. I need, if they're not right
before my eyes. I really believe that
is thekright way to do. I never saw it
in that light before. I've tried. very
hard to believe I was going to be able
to get what needed, then waited till
it came, before I gave thanks for it.
Now, I'm going to begin praising the
Lord that we have received necessary
things, or the money to get them. .; i
AL the rest of that day Miss Matilda
held praise thoughts in her mind. 1t
was a very trying. day, too. Miss Bunce
called and said she had decided to let
|; her dress wait till after the holidays
and Miss Bunce always paid so prompt
ely, and sometimes even more than the
reasonable price" asked. Then Mrs.
Matthew Slawson came for her jacket,
and declared it would be simply impos-
esible to pay for the making inside Of a
month. Miss Selma Pringle next came
WI h ~, tario fo, q = drocc b,,4 IT, =,
ed it made in. a way that would take a
great deal more time than she would
/ be willing to pay for,.as Miss Matilda
knew very well, and Mrs. Crane brought
a dress of her own to be made into one
for Della with the intimation that She
should not want to pay much because
it was sonly to be made over, you
know" @
But through it all the little seam
stress praised the Lord that her mother
and herself had sufficient for their
needs, saying over and over passages
of trust, clinging to them lovingly and
tenaciously; and her faith grew. in the
midst of its trials. sE.s.
When evening came she resolutely
laid aside her work at an early hour.
1T is not necessary for me to sew night
as we'll as day." she declared. - The
Lord is able to take care of us without
my doing that
In sspite-iof the discouraging expe-
riences Of the day, Miss Matilda lay
down to rest that night feeling happier
than she had in a long time, and her
last waking thoughts were of trust and
praise. 3z ~
I'm right glad to see you so bright,
Tidy" her mother said the next day.
"You've seemed sort GLOW spirited a
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


Grace g Cholly is such fool" Nell
What! Has he proposed to you 2.
st. Louis Republic
hear Jennie is about to marry a
painter. & "Ah! By trade or by profess
sion indianapolis Journal.
docs your wife talk until she gets
the last word p Yes, and she talks
after that, too. Chicago Daily News.
III Bill ]Bill.yuns Say, can put hundred
dollars dollar in your way" Imp No;
a hundred dollars wouldn't be in my
way - Town Topics:
sRivers--'''M.y! but I'm surprised to
see you, old fellow. Why, I heard your
wife was a widow Bark -s'Wel1, she
was. when I married her. Town Top
ics.
ssThat editor said the humorist, ssis
sour and grabbed enough, 1 must say
:. ''s.A-h, zA-ht, see" remarked his friend. ''You
mean he won't take joke 2 Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
Nipped in the Bud. There is
only one story that can always
bring tears to my eyes, What's
that?', s'The story I was just getting
ready to tell myself Detroit Free
Press. Yes
Bride Throwing her, arms about the
l'.td' bridd 'egroom's neck ou are my pris-
oner for life" Bridegroom IT'S not
Imprisonment for life, love; it's capital
punishment. Sydney Town ard Coun-
try Journal.
McSwatters-s'Where is your mother
in-law now?" McSwitters-sW are
living with her. McSwatters- -ssWhat!
I thought you owned house?" Nc
Switters- II did until she came. ''-Syr-
acuse Herald.
Walton Ito fshmonger) )-"J ust throw
me half a dozen Of those trout" Fish
monger-- Throw them?'' Walton
Eyes; then I can go home aad tell my
wife I caught 'em. I may be poor
fisherman, but I'm no iar."-House-
hold Words. 5E Cs ~
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23

and dinner. The feast, however, was
not extrayagant. Deacon Tripp was
possessed of only mod means, and
he did not consider it justifable to go
beyond these, even for Thanksgiving
dinner. S.
At table the stenogra pher monopo-
lized Mrs. Powers, declaring that she
reminded her Of her dear old grand
mother, and Miss Matilda was at liber-
ty to cultivate acquaintance with the
school ol-teacher who sat beside her.
They got on together very well, indeed,
SO well, in fact, that after a little chat
with others in the parlor they gravi-
tated together again, and it somehow
came about that, without seeming to be
inquisitiye, Miss Gibson knew more
about Miss Matilda's affairs in less
than an hour than did the greater NUM-
Der of her acquaintances who had
known her more than 30 years.
The next week a new famil came to
live in B -, Garfield by name, Who
were well endowed with this world S
goods and very fine people withal.
aAAO SsSAOI II 4lSS Sdu y 1OA
them on their arrival, and, while they
were waiting, they stayed at Miss Glib
sons boarding place.
Mrs. Garfield and her daugh tiers
there were three5of them, all arrived at
young womanhoo ood were at once at
d 1tracted to the brig young teacher,
and an they were soon very good friends.
day or two after her arrival i Mrs.
Garfield inquired whether Miss Gibson
could direct her to competent dress
maker, adding, gracefully our
own dresses, if you will pardon my
freedom, fit SO nicely and are made in
such excellent taste, that L thought You
must know of one. Z z SsSs5 Il 5
s feel fattered, IS laughed Miss Glib
son, and none the less because q am
my own dressmaker, but i shal a be very
happy to refer you to one who,s am
sure, is still better = Then she toldsiof
Miss Matilda, her pains taking work,
her small ma,lll pay and the results, repeat.
ing what the seamstress had said, about
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
THICK-SOLED BOOTS.
Some with Three, Some with Five
Soles, Worn by Marl1ctmen
md Others.

The description double-soled would
doubtless convey to most minds the idea
Of the thickest-soled shoe or boot there
is, but, as a matter of fact, there are
made boots with five soles, making al
together sole an inch or more in thick
ness. Such boots are worn by market
men, as, for instance, in Fulton fish
market in this city.
There the floor in business hours is al
ways wet. Great quantities of fish are
constantly being handled. Excepting
those frozen in winter, the fishes that
come in boxes are packed in ice. They
are always packing fishes here for ship
ment to the great number of interior
points, away from the coast, that draw
their supplies of saltwater fishes, and
fresh-water fishes, too, for that mat
ter, from New York, and the fishes
shipped are packed in ice. They seem
to be forever .chopping ice here, and
there are fragments of ice scattered
around and melting, and there's con-
slant dripping, more or less, from the
many ice-packed boxes handled; and
they're always washing down some
where to keep the market clean. So that
in business hours the floor is alway 5
wet.
The marketman moves about for
hours on the wet floor, and to keep his
feet dry he wears, it may be, rubber
boots or the fve-soled marketman's
boot, whose sole is thick enough to raise
his feet clear off the floor sufficiently
to keep them dry. Into the bootleg, a
convenient place to carry it, he tucks,
when it is not in use, the handle of
the hatchet which he uses in opening
or mailing up boxes of fish.
There is three-soled boot that is
sometimes worn by bookkeepers in the
market, who might have occasion to
leave the office and go out on the mar
ket floor to look after receipts and
shipments. Five-soled and three-soled
boots are worn also more or less by
smaclmen and by men on shore in va
rious occupations besides marketmen.
They are worn by men working in big
refrigerators and in cold storage ware
houses, and in abattoirs. Truckmen
wear three-soled boots in winter, putt
ting them on in November and wearing
them till spring, to protect their feet
from rain and slush and snow.
As compared with shoes and boots of
the ordinary kinds, the number of
three-soled boots sold is small; but such
boots are, nevertheless, articles of reg
ular and steady use.-N. ". Sun.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23

good deal O the time lately. It's wor-
ried me considerable
Has it?'' smiled her daughter, kiss
ing her wrinkled cheek. "I'm sorry.
I ought not to have been anxious my
self, or to have worried you. The Lord
will provide if we trust Him truly, and
that-is what I've made up my mind to
do-no halfway work about it, any
more than I would put that sort Of
work into a dress.'' RI
Several days passed bringing nothing
especially hopeful and much that was
disheartening, to outward appearance,
but Miss Matilda held on. She still
praised and her faith did not fail, She
resolutely refrained from sewing late,
and spent part Of each evening reading,
chiefly from the Bible, in which she con-
stantly found something precious and
Strengthening from which it seemed
her eyes had hitherto been holden.
The day before Thanksgiving arrived
and the prospect for afeast in the little
dressmaker's home looked very slim. a
Ef Miss Matilda was hard at work finish
ing Della Crane's dress, for Della want
ed to wear it the next day. Mrs. Crane
usually paid quite promptly, toe, and
Miss Matilda hoped she would send the
money for the dress that evening; then
there should be a little some thing extra
for dinner the next day, anyway 8#s
Just as the finishing touches had been
given the neatly made gown, Bennie
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
I "a Strangely Caught Fish.

Not long ago 9 hawk caught fish
in Long Island sound, hut, while. flying
with its captive to the woods to devour
it, at leisure, the fish foundered from
the hawks hold and dropped into q
farmers yard, where a big mastiff was
sitting. The dog caught the fish as
it came down, and the hawk swooped
after il, but the dog turned and rushed
into the house, placing his trophy, yet
alive, at the feet of its mistress. It
proved to be 9 large bluefsh, and it
was served up at night to an apprecia-
tive family. The dog ever since has
been seen to sit in the same place at
the same time, evidently impressed
with the belief that his good fortune
mar be repeated den Days.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23

oAA
Mrs. Joseph Denton second best black
silk dress, which she was again making
over in conformity to tickle Dame
Fashions latest decree.
Miss Matilda felt, indeed, as if she
were veritably stitching for dear life,
for, though she sewed industriously all
day, save during such time as her house
hold duties absolutely demanded, and
every day, save Sunday, she still found
it difficult oftimes to meet the neces-
sary expenses in their little household
of two.
For Miss Matilda was extremely
neat and painstaking g in her work, while
her. charges cha were so very reasonable, .
as Mrs. Denton, who was one Of the
most well-to-do Of her patrons, declared
with great satisfaction. In other words,
they were very low, indeed, and her
earnings barely suficed to pay rent
and furnish meager supply of the
physical necessities of life for her moth
er and herself; to do even this she rose
early in the morning, and worked late
at night.
It may never have occurred to Mrs.
Denton that the question of reasonable
pay might be a two-sided one. In fact,
when this same second best black silk
dress had been brought for remodel
ing on the last occasion before this one,
and the hard d-working little dressmaker
ventured to hint that she thought the
work would be worth certain sum,
the same being about a dollar more
than her usual charges, Mrs. Denton
was quite indignant, and intimated
that if Miss Matilda was going to ask
such prices she should thereafter take
A her work to Mrs. Gable, who, having a
husband willing and competent to
provide the comforts of life, took in
dressmaling at low rates to obtain the
Wherewithal for superfuities.
b But Mrs. Cables work was not nearly
so well done as Miss Matilda's, as Mrs.
Denton knew by report and personal
3 experience. It is not probable, there
fore, that she would have transferred
her patronage, even IF Miss Matilda
had not, with an inaudible sigh as she
thought Of the coal bin, thrown off the
extra dollar.
Then Mrs. Denton went down town,
and seeing a dainty handkerchiefwhi
took her fancy, she bought it forth
with. She did not need it, to be sure,
but it was $50 sweet, and only dol
lar and Mrs Denton was feeling quite
rich just then.
Miss Matilda sat up until 12 o'clock
that night, and rose before DAYLIGHT
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-23
The Lost Chord.

He was industriously drawing woolen
cloth to and fro over my shoe.
'Know an thin bout coon songs?" he
asked as he breathed on the leather and pol
ished it off again.
"a little-Why?"
"Ah had de Wo's piece O. bad luck yo' ever
seen,'' he said. "Ah'd heard all these coon
songs at de theaters, an men de old lady
we got ouah heads t'gether fo' t git up a
coon song dat'd beat all dem odders half
way, roun' de track. All got tn w'uds in
ma head, ma coco was full O. w'uds, an dat
aiah was as cleah in ma head as ma name.
I, sung de fus' vehrse ovah to de OF lady, an
she said: Say, boy, but dat's swell song;
yo's boun'. t hit EN- hahd WI dat song,
honey, an no mistake Den / sez: s'Wheah's
de pen an ink?' an day wasn't none. !
takes me hat TO- t go ovah to de ayenoo
fo' t git some ink an a sheet O. papah, an
when brings it home an',sets down at de
table fo' t. write out dat song an aiah, every
bit O. both had lef my min All ain been
able t recollec' elder one O dem sence. Now,
if dat ain hahd Luck den dis niggah doan'
know what hahd luck means. Gimme yo'
othah foot. Detroit Free Press.