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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
Pain Conquered; Health Re.
stored by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
LETTER TO MRS. p1sKHAM NO. 9s,649l


81 feel it my duty to write and thank
you for what your Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. 1t is the only
medicine l have found that has done
me any good. Before taking your medi-
cine, was all run down, tired all the
time, no appetite, pains in my back and
bearing down pains and a great suf-
ferer during menstruation. After talk
ing two bottles of LYDIA e. Pinlshams
Vegetable Compound felt like new
woman. am now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. feel
better than l have felt for three years
and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering woman. hope this
letter will help others to find a cure
for their troubles - Mrs. DELLA
REncKER, RENSSELAER,, IND.
The serious ills of women develop
from neglect of carly symptoms. Every
pain and ache has a cause, and the
warning they give should not be disre-
garded.
Mrs. Pinkham understands these
troubles better than any local ply
sician and will give every woman free
advice who is puzzled about her
health. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. Don't put off writing until
health is completely broken down
Write at the first indication of trouble
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
SOAP BUBBLE MAGIC.
Bubbles with Tops Spinning inside
and bubbles Frozen to n
LoolzinR-Glnss.

Very wonderful as well as very beau
tiful possibilities lurk in the basin of
soapy water and the clay pipe, when
sl1illfully manipulated by such "a
Soap-Bubble Magician" as Meredith
Nugent writes of, with convincing il
Illustrations, in the st. Nicholas:
''See that white rose?" Philip eX-
claimed, pointing to beautiful one
resting upon lacquered tray. "Well,
am going to put it inside soap-bub-
ble;" and in very few moments the
flower was sphered over by bubble so
large and perfect that it seemed as if
made of purest glass. Following this,
Phil set the humming top to spinning,
and amazed his audience by placing
bubble over that also. While the
top still hummed under it's many-hued
canopy, Philip blew another bubble,
and called the attention of those pres
ent to the fact that an old adage said
that a bubble would burst as soon as
pricked. But here is a case" he ex-
claimed triumphantly, ''where this old
adage, like so many others, is proved
to be false" Philip dropped pen
through the film; then he dropped am
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
PRACTICAL DAIRY HINTS.
Keep the COW warm and dry

Keep the COW warm and dry.
Milk with clean, dry hands as quick
ly as possible.
Feed clean, bright food in variety to
produce good results.
Keep the COW clean by using plenty
of clean, bright bedding.
Do not allow COW to drink water
you would not drink yourself.
Own and milk good cows. If YOU
have poor cows send them to the
butcher.
Treat cows quietly and kindly; ex.
citement affects the quantity and quail.
ity of milk.
Never use or sell milk from diseased
or unhealthy COWS. 1t is dangerous
even to feed it to the pigs.
The cornstalk, either shredded or IN
ensilage, is one of the best feeds for the
cow. Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of this feed are annually
lost.
In freezing weather, scald can GOV
ers just before starting the milk fol
the creamery. The cream will no
stick and freeze in them. Also cover
cans.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
THE CHERRY TREE.
1T Needs But Little Pruning, hut Re-
quires Heavy Doses of Min
eraI Fertilizers.

When cherry tree gets into full
bearing and is regularly picked each
year, enough twigs are broken off dur
ing the harvesting of the crop to prune
the trees sufficiently. But if the tree
grows on low, wet ground it often
runs too much to wood, the fruit either
does not set or rots, because it is too
much shaded by leaves, which are
caused by too luXuriant growth. In
such cases severe root pruning and cut
ting out the center limbs while in leaf
will sufficiently check growth, so much
that the tree will both blossom fully
and will also bear fruit. After the
cherry tree begins bearing, the wastage
of twigs broken off in harvesting the
crop checks wood growth sufficiently
to make the tree bear full crops there
after. But it must be remembered that
so much of the cherry is in the stone,
which requires heavy doses of potash
to perfect it, that if the cherry tree is
not literally supplied with potash ard
other mineral fertilizers it will soon
begin to die. The cherry tree never
fails to bloom and set fruit so long
us any part of it lives. 1t prunes itself
by letting enough of its limbs die SO
that what remain can produce As much
and as fine fruit as they ever did. Most
of the larger fruit trees stop bear
ing as they grow old. The Cherry tree
Keeps on bearing so long as any part
Of it is aliNe.-American Cultiyator.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
LATEST Man Yet Discovered.

One of the LATEST men on record has
been found in England. On hot
summers day gentleman who was
waiting for his train at a country sta
ton asked J. crter where the station
master lived The porter was lying on
one of the beaches, and without raising
his head. he lazily pointed to the house
with his foot. The gentleman, very
much struck at the mans laziness,
said: ''if you can show me lazier ac-
ton than that, my good man, I'll give
you two-and-sixpence." The porter,
not moving an inch, replied: "Put it In
my pocket, guv-nor."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
SPINNING TOP WITHIN A BUBBLE

other through; then small key; then
larger key; then two nails; and then
concluded the remarkable exhibition
which the bubble broke. The I'M
usually long duration of the bubbles
was due also, as Philip explained, to
the low temperature of the room. AS
soon as the little ones were assembled
in a colder room, dressed as if for
sleigh-ride. Phil blew bubble yer!
carefully upon a small looking-glas1.
At the expiration of 80 seconds its
brilliancy was seen to be greatly
dimmed, and by the time SO seconds
had elapsed all transparency had gone.
"There," cried PhR, "is soap-bubble
which will last year, provided the
room is kept cold enough, for that
bubble is frozen" This performance
so delighted the children that Phil
covered the glass with a whole array
of frozen bubbles; then he broke some
with pencil, and famed the light
pieces of ice, which were like tissue
paper, all about the room.
Our young magician now resumed
ais wonderful entertainment in the
warmer apartment. He began by blow
ing large bubble upon the lacquered
tray; then he blew another bubble in
side of this first one. 1.-Two" he called
out; and next, as if to amaze his au-
dience completely, he blew another
bubble inside of this second one, fill
ing it, as he did so, with smoke.
81, 81 u, hot
think is the prettiest experiment of
ALL" he said, and began to blow large
bubble upon a plate. Then he placed
the lighted candle within lamp-chim-
ney, and thrust the chimney down into
the great bubble.
The crowning triumph was yet to
come, however. Philip took tumbler
and half filled it with soapy water;
then he drew from the pasteboard box
small American flag, which he fas-
tened on stick supported by bit OF
wire so that it fioated over the tum.
bier. Then, putting a long clay pipe
into the glass, he called to his uncle
to blow plenty of smoke through the
pipe. The moment Phil's uncle did sc
there issued from the tumbler an opal
stream of wondrous beauty-hundreds
and hundreds of pure white bubbles
which poured down the sides of the
tumbler and upon the looking-glass
on which it had been placed. In few
moments one of the little bubbles
broke. A puff of smoke shot forth
forming, as it did so, a dainty, tiny
ring; then another bubble broke, and
another rins appeared; then the bub
bles began to explode in such rapi6
succession that it became impossible tc
count the tiny wreaths.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
WATERING DEVICE FOR COWS.

falling back into place of their own
weight. A very little slope to the
trough will carry the water from one
end to the other. Until one has tried
the experiment of keeping water con-
stantly before his cows, thus giving
them the chance to drink whenever
thirsty-iust as is the case when the
animals are at pasture-he will not
realize how much better his stock will
thrive and produce flesh or milk than is
the case when the stock is watered but
once, or, at most, twice, a day. In tho
latter case, if an animal does not hap
pen to be thirsty at watering time, 1t
must go until the next journey to the
trough is made-perhaps "a hours dis
tant.-N. Y. Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FrGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIa SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
maneutly. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
| LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK. N. z.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

seeds literally are hurled in every direc-
ton. The wistaria has seeds which in
size and shape aye much like pistol
bullet, and, as the plant loves to grow
on hillsides and on eminences, the dis
tance these vegetable bullets travel be-
fore touching the ground is very great.
When the number of plants is large and
they all shoot off together, mimic bat
tie takes place which must be alarming
indeed to the small animals in the
neighborhood. One can imagine the
construction of the squirrels and the
birds during the time when the black
seeds are flying. If one of these bullets
were to hit bird in a vital part, it
would undoubtedly injure it. The wild
geranium is another plant that hurls
its seeds in all directions.
The story is told of an invalid lady
who had placed some wistaria plants on
her mantel near her bed and forgot
them. Some time afterward, when she
lay sick in bed, her family heard her
scream out, and rushed into the room
to find her in nervous frightened con-
dftion, exclaiming that a bullet had
been shot into the room. She was
soothed and quieted by assurances that
such a thing was impossible. But later
in the day she cried out again, this time
insisting that bullet had struck the
window pane and had come across the
room. Sure enough the bullet" was
found at the foot of the bed. When eX-
amined, it turned out to be wistaria
seed Then she remembered the plants
on the mantel. They had ripened and
shot their seeds. One had gone across
the room, struck the.window pane and
bounded back to the bed. The distance
as measured, was 80 feet.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
COW AND HORSE BARN.

ing many steps. Spouts from an oat
bin on second floor, which bin is in CEN
ter of the barn over left end of drive
way, come down into alleyways. Spouts
from feed bins on second floor are at
right of alleys; these extend to
ground floor, as feed does not run well
through spouts. Grain and feed are
carried up by an elevator which is in
the center of barn and which dumps
into spouts leading to the bins.-Lau-
renee Doolittle, in Farm and Home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
Truly Unique Tug-of-war.

At a logging camp in lower Mississip-
pi one day hog commenced squealing
vigorously, and when the foreman in
vestigated, he found that the porker
had been seized by an alligator and was
being drawn under water. He called
for help and three men seized the hog
and pulled. Then began tug of war.
The men would pull the hog and alli-
gator up the bank, and then the alliga-
tor would pull the hog and men back
again. This merry game-for all but
the hog-went on until a fourth man
came running with an AK, and with it
he hit the alligator such "a rap on the
head that it relaxed its grip, and the
men saved the hog, or what was left
of it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
A Definition of Weeds.

Any plant growing where it is no
desired is weed. One of the most de.
testable of weeds is rye in a wheat field
and yet such cases are frequent. Even
two varieties of the same kind of plants
should never be allowed together. ii
two blades of grass or stalks of corn
are growing side by side and do moi
thrive, one of them should be removed
in order to allow the other the plant
food which is being taken by both. One
performs the services of weed to the
other.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
NEW WATERING DEVICE.
Farm Animals Have to BE
Wntered in the Stalls.

The cut shows a device for watering
stock in the stalls. A V-shaped trough
extends along before the whole row
of stalls, forming, with its cover, the
front of the crib. This trough can be
flushed out, the lower end then stopped
and the trough filed. The covers can
be arranged so that the cattle can lift
them when desiring to drink, then
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
CONVENIENT BARN.
1t Is Fitted with Lnbor-SavinE Meth
DDS for Feeding Horses, Cattle
and Other Farm Stock.

This barn is intended for horses and
cattle, and special attention is called to
the convenient methods of feeding.
Horses and cattle face the alleys with
partition in front of the horses which
forms the back of manger. The horses
are fed through small drop doors in the
partition. The hay chute and feed
spouts open into these alleys, thus saw
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Railroads generally East and West are
rapidly fitting their freight cars with air
brakes and automatic couplers. An officer
of the Burlington road said in Chicago re-
Gently thaton his line there are 80, 900 freight
cars, go per cent. of which are equipped with
Westinghouse Air Brakes, and 80 per cent.
with Master Car Builder Automatic Coup.
lers
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
wouIdn,t rake Any Chances.

A certain Nauvoo woman assured her hus-
band that she never told him lie and never
would He told her that he did not doubt it,
but would hereafter cut notch in the piano
when he knew she deceived him. No you
won't!" she screamed; Pm not going to
have my piano ruined. ."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

The Nickel Plate Road, with its Peerless
Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily and I'm
excelled Dining Car Service, offers rates
lower than via other lines. The Short Line
between Chicago, Buffalo, New York and
Roston
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

"She scorned all her wooers so long that
now she is doomed to be an old maid for
the rest of her life" well, that seems like
a just sentence for such a contempt OF
court t."-Philndelphia Bulletin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

There are three varieties of the dog
that never bark--the Australian dog,
the Egyptian shepherd dog and the
''lion-headed" dog of Thibet.--N. Y.
Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns
and buntons. At all druggists and shoe
stores. 25c, Trial package FREE by mail
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

There Now!-She-"Tf I were to die you
would never get another wife like me-"
He-"What makes YOU think I'd ever want
another like ou?"-Wasp
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
Lane. Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache, Price 25 and SOC.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Some people are so fierce about their
rights" that they forgeI the rights of
others.-Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. G.
Blunt, Sprague, Wash, March 8. 04.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Lady-A gentleman called, you say? Did
he leave any name?
Parlor Maid-Oh, yes'm. He said it was
Immat erial.-Bnston Traveler.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Employee suppose you cut quite swell
George?
George Washington-'Deed I did, Mistah
Brown. Dey wah dude niggah waitah who
dun tried t. fliwt wifi my Loo, an / cut him
deep, did. Nah razah cewt'n 'nly hab keen
aidge.--Oho State journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18
Halls Catnrrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.

The more faults man has the louder he
demands perfection in others.-Atchison
Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Even the quiet waiter is frequently called
to order.-Chicago Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-08-18

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money ifit fails to cure. 25c.
The times., 1899-12-24

that day. and sometimes the absent-mind-
ed beggar has as much good cheer as if ne
were home with his family
Curious to know what kind of a Christ
mas the Beer army was likely TO have and
about how the BOer is accustomed to spend
Christmas anyway, ! found a Wesleyan
missionary who has just returned from the
Transyaal, and asked, if the Boer soldiers
weren't busy in fighting all Of Christmas
Day, what they would do in the way OF
making good cheer.
Nothing, ! fancy he replied Your
Boer pays little or TO heed to the day that
Americans and English make so much of.
To begin with the Boer doesn't care much
for the New Testament'-he would be as
well pleased If it had never been written.
II is the Old Testament to which he Clings
for he attaches a peculiar significance to it.
But as for Christmas, that holiday which
FOR us means the middle Of the winter, with
snow and frost and that jolly sort Of thing,
for him means the hottest period of the
fiery summer. In England the family will
be found gathered about the hearth, but
the Boer kL0ws not the hearth as a resting
place, fire ne sees only during the rainy
season. and his veranda-stoep. as he calls
it's his favorite place for being lazy
and he is lazy nine-tenths of the time In
England and in America, / think Christ
mas means sociability and merry making,
but the Boer will have none Of reveling;
and the sociability he hates. His chief de-
sire in life is that he shall be so far away
from his nearest neighbor as not 10 be able
tC see the top of his chimney.
Christmas trees. presents, hanging up of
stockings? No, l fancy there will be none
Of il in the TTansvaal, unless some Eng
lish residents encourage their children to
do these things in recognition of the best
OF days at home The Christmas feast in
a Boer house-f there were such a thing
as a Christmas feast Jhere-woud be only
sorry sort of thing. There would be
sort of bread made of mealies, some bill
tong, and a jug of square face I fancy.
Mealies, you know is-a kind Of maize, and
square face is their favorite liquor. As
for biltong il is simply meat which has
been hung up TO dry in the sun. Finally
they shave it into thin slices and eat it
uncooked.
Most Christmas feasts are held at night,
aren't they2 / doubt if the Boer would
come, even if you invited him, which you
wouldn't if you knew him well. He is
mortally afraid Of going out at night, and
in fear of his life of spirits. in which he
believes firmly. He viii not travel at
a journey in preference to venturing out of
the house and within reach of the witches.
IN fact he knows no religious feasts
except the quarterly one Of his religion
called the nachtmaaT or night meal This
comes every three months and is held at
the Dutch Reformed churches"
The times., 1899-12-24
ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS.
The ChiIdren's Patron Saint Comes
From Germany.

The ChiIdrcn's Patron Saint Comes
From Germany.
Santa Claus is of German origin. This
is true only because that is the Dutch
name for St Nicholas. That he is an
old man is because in the ancient pagan
feasts in celebration OF the decay of
the old year and the birth of the new
an old man played the principal part.
Among the Greeks and Romans it was
Saturn, the father of all the gods, and
among the Germans 1t was Thor, who
was long bearded and white haired. The
tradition of hoary age is appropriate
for representation of the dying year
was too strong TO be driven away by the
new figure OF the Christ child, which was
a feature of the early church observances.
That the saint is St. Nicholas is due 10
the fact that that venerable personage's
feast day was celebrated at about that
period St Nicholas was a bishop of
Myra, who flourished early in the fourth
century. He is the patron saint of child
ren and schoOlboys, and hence it was nat
ural that he should be a part of a cele-
bration when the children received gifts
and when they We're allowed to be heard
as well as seen"
The practice of making presents on
that day undoubtedly owes its origin 10
a general idea to carry into practice the
biblical mandate, Peace on earth; good
viii to men" At first the great lords
made presents to their retainers, and the
season was marked By universal charity.
BY degrees the practice OF Christmas
giving spread until now everybody gives
their friends presents.