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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
Juno OF THE DAY,

4 place where 'iail birds" are
Gagged should be called "a knave-iary."
Punch.
Conundrum by the Cheerful Idiot:
Q.-''What is worse than raining
cats and doss?'" A.-"Hailing cabs
and 'buses."-Punch.
Calier-"What have you named the
baby" Daddy-"Well, you see, we
haven't got over a family quarrel in
regar1 to the matter, yet.'-Boston
Courier.
C.-''Owen Moore's son was in to
see me to-day" Y. 'Indeed.
Doesn't he remind you of his father?'
C.-"Eery much; he wanted to borrow
S5."-Yonkers Statesman.
Customer-"Have you something
suitabIo Tor sleeping-robes?" Bright
Salesman - "How would this do,
ma'am? You will notice its heavy
rap?"-Boston Transcript.
Don't you think that Mr.. Buffer is
awfully witty" Il hadn't noticed
it. ''Hov funny! Why, l think he
works his mouth the wittiest l ever
saw."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr.. Henpeck is wild. His wife is
following the craze of attending tea
parties where each lady is supposed to
represent a book; and she always goes
as ''The Master. "-Pick-Me-Up.
II hear that you assisted at The
post-mortem examination of your old
enemy" said Gaswell to a surgeon of
his acquaintance. Yes; I cut him
dead" - Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
ora Farmer-s'Thst's a fine lot of
pigs over there. What do you feed
them?' Amateur-"Why, corn, of
course" Old Farmer-''In the ear"
Amateur - "Certainly not; in the
mouth. "-ChicaEo News.
Parker-'Who was that rufianly
looking fellow I saw with you to-day,
Hickss' Hicks-''Be careful, Parker!
That man was my twin brother. by
Jove, Forgive me, old man; ought
to have kuown!"-Tit-Bits.
Two lovers on q tandem bike,
Taking II moonlight run:
Two hearts that beat in love alike,
| Four fee. that pedal as one.
Four hands elasped and four lips smack'd
When the bike ride was done
TIN in favor" said wilkins, as be
laid the morning paper down, 20.
forming u society for the prevention
J of cruelty to dumb brntes.% why
DEAR" said Mrs. Wilkins, I haven
said a cross word to you in three
days.'-Atlacta Constitution.
What do you think of current
felton," asked the young who
is Il Of the officers in a literary so
ciety. cts all right" answered ths
young man with the striped shirt
only / cant help wishing they'dge
more imagination into the stories ane
less in the weather reports. Wash
ington Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
USE CERTAIN CORN CURE.
OYSTERS Found on a Ships Bottom,

When the collier Brutus Of the navy
reached Mare Island navy yard The
other day after a voyage to Manila he.
bottom WAS found covered with lnH-
fure oysters, and the commandment If
the navy yard has forwarded to the
bureau Of construction and repair q
box containing samples of the shells.
The paint upon the plates below the
water line was in good condition and
there was no unusual c%orrosion. but
from stem to stern She was covered
with these oysters. Wllicll became al.
tached To her while lying in Manila
bay. On II occasion, when all the
coal in her hold had been removed and
a large part of her bottom was exposed
above the water. the plates were clean.
ed by the natives without expense on
condition that they be allowed I o keen
the oysters, which they consider q
great delicacy.-Chicago Record.
The workable area OF coal beds in Col.
0rado IS 10. 100 square miles.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
Means osTrA.el in Bangkok.

In by far the larger half Of Bangkok
TIE easiest means Of trave. is by boat,
AID half the city !srsached IN no other
way. The Sianese woman OF the
lower class daily paddles her own
canoe 70 tie market and bazaar, c., II
she be Of a better class, employees a
rua chang-f indeed one is no. IL
Guided. with ricksha for road travel,
among.he possessions 0: him ! . whom,
with as many others as his nature
prompts and his purse aIorls, she
LOOKS for supports and protection
Harper's Weekly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
Brave HernadOu.

Lieutenant Bernadou's classmates
say that he fears nothing on earth
o. water. His fearlessness oyercomes
any consciousness Of self.
One afternoon in October, 1881, the
United States steamer K~earsarge,
Captain G. B. White, lay at anchor in
Hampton Roads. The weather had
been stormy for a day or two, and the
wind had kicked up q heavy sea.
There was a strong tide running, aud
the vessel swung out on a long cable.
A eaman by the name Of Ch~ristover-
son, who was boat-tenaer i'll one Of
the cutters swinging at the lower
booms, went out and down the Jacobs
ladder. In stepping to the thwart
his foot slipped, and those on deck
saw him disappear under the gray
water.
There was q hoarse cry Of imam
overboard." Seaman Robert Sweeny,
who sew the accident, running out
along the boom, plunged in without
delay, just as the man came up the
second time. Bernadou, then q cadet
mluSnlpman, heard the cry, anu fush-
ing to the gangway saw the terrible
struggle of Sweeny with the drowning
mar as the tide sweptthem outtovard
the sea. Bernadou tossed off his coat
and was overheard in an instant.
Christoverson, in his fierce struggle,
carried Sweeny down with him, the
latter only breaking away to be carried
down again.
Bernadou by this time was within
reach, and catchingthe drowning man
from behind managed to relieve
Sweeny until a line was thrown him,
and they were finally hauled aboard
in al exhausted condition. For this
act both Bernadou and the sailor re-
celyed the recommendations Of their
captain and the thanks of William +.
Hunt, then Secretary Of the Navy.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
The SuSHIturs For -sa

The latest II the building line is the
au4laEm hat for Aiond.xe miners.
When racksl for carriage il weighs
10 pounds. Il IS composed 0: four
sides AID II roof OF thin sheets OF
aluminium. and when pu. up it con
tsins le1 c4ti, fa-t.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
HFDIpOf.

AHA" exclaimed Checps, as the pyr-
,mid buffers pu, the finishing touches
nm the great structure. Z Will now
convince these insurance compan es
that 1T Is possible 70 construct an abb
,olutely ~hreproof office buildings
Philadelphia Record.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01

Watches ,an be securely held II e4e
pcche. oy . guard. formed d. n
two-p.ece snap button, having one
portion Of the baton sevej y tee
fabric 20 the pocket AID tie other al
,2caed - ,be chain. a sight pressure
oa tie parts locking then so that tce
c-a.. caaroe De pulled on. easily.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01

A custom peculiar 70 Buddhists Is
that Of wandering about t1e country
with hammer AMI chisel and carving
holy symbols upon rocks by tie way
aide
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01
"H Laughs Best
Who Laughs, Last. y

A hearty laugh indicates a
degree of good health obtain.
able through pure blood. As
but one person tn ten has
pure blood, the other nine
should purify the blood whh
Hoods SarsaparUa. Then
they can laugh first, last and
all the time, for perfect hap
piness comes qUHh goodheaM
&odJ: SalJqboAM
Hoods Pills cure liver Ills: the nor irritating and
0nlV attarIlC To faUa tr-A IInAdc .
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-01

The workable urea OF coal beds In Col
0rado IS 10. 100 duarc miles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

sors. And one day when the door was
shut she INDUCED a long-cherished
wish.
She planted her small feet carefully
up and down on the soft grass, walking
On grass as tender and yielding as if
the month were May and not January!
She was very careful when she did
this, because, to Helen's delight, two
lovely brown worms had come to live
in her grass plot Where they came
from nobody knew, but they were
there! And Helen sometimes consider
ately dropped few crumbs for them
among the grass, where no doubt the
worms discovered them.
There is some reason to think that
the worms believed that the grass plot
and the sun and the water and Helen's
bread crumbs were all intended for
their sole benefit, and that to make
them n comfortable home was Helen's
only duty. This was Helen's idea, for
the worms grew quite fat and bold;
and finally Helen was quite willing to
have them put out into the garden to
hide themselves as best they could in n
coiner. They were too conceited and
needed punishment But that is the
way with worms!-BrOoklyn Eagle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
THE GROCERY TRADE
1t Will Be Represented Quite Ably
at the Paris Exposition.
Robert Mitchell Floyd, of Boston,
Chosen ms the Delegate OF the,
American GrOcera mt Next
Years Congress in France.

Robert Mitchell Floyd, of Boston, the
representative of the international
Congress of Grocers from the United
States to Paris, 1900, was born in New
Orleans, La, in 1s49. Aside from the
picturesque old-time courtesy of gem
tleman of the old school, which he in
herited from his father, Edwin Floyd,
the stanch integrity of his sweet Welsh
mother makes up a large share of his
character. His early boyhood days,
lit up by the pine-knots of the negroes
cabins, and the more brilliant glow
from the hearthstones of the aristocrat-
ic and beautiful homes of the southern
planters, seems to have kindled fire
of warmth and hospitality in his ma
ture that even the passing years have
not put out. Mr.. Floyd has pedestal
of blue-veined ancestry to stand upon,
his forefathers for several generations
being renowned both in military and
literary fields, one, William Floyd, be-
ing also a signer of the declaration of
independence; but as he is a true Amer
lean, he prefers to stand upon his own
feet, and that his fellows should take
the measure of his manhood as he really
is, without the vantage height of an
cestral glory.
He came north from New Orleans to
New York cityin 1857, and there received
the public school education of that
time, and fell under the influence of
the old Knickerbocker days. Later he
was sent to university in Vermont,
where the strict discipline of the north
ern schoolmaster held in check the
impulsive ardor of the earlier days
Through the university, he at once en-.
tered into line of business that was q
prophecy of his future interests in the
food matters, that is wholesale grocery
and later the -four and milling trade
He was for five years engaged in q
wholesale grocery business in New
York, and subsequently represented 6
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

large American flour milling concern In
New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
His success was so great that he was,
after three years sojourn in Boston,
transferred to Chicago to develop the
trade in that city. The farewell recep.
ton rendered him by Boston mer-
chants is still remembered as a notable
event in Boston's trade circles. For
nine years he lived in Chicago, carrying
on business with breeziness and push
as strong as the winds that blow over
the great lake itself. The necessary
travelling incurred through this con.
nection made the name of Robert
Mitchell Floyd well known and liked in
every state of our union, for the engag.
ing personality of the man, his CHEEKY
presence, his whole-souled cordiality,
and his quick, executive, coming-to-the
point ability was a rare and unusual
relief to the monotony of commonplace
trade. AS teller of good stories he is
unsurpassed, as a ready d witty
speaker at dinners or at meetings of va
rious kinds, his charm is of the kind
that brings the tear to the eye, and the
laugh from the heart. After leaving
the -four interests for five or six years
he travelled abroad, increasing his ma
tive culture with the advantage of the
older world. In 1893 he returned to
America, and now is once more actively
engaged in business in Boston. If Mr..
Floyd had been grasping man, he
might to-day have been labeled mil
honaire," or governor" of some state,
but because he has been too big to think
much of self, he is simply what his
countrymen have right to be proud of
an honest, intelligent, representative
American gentleman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

this advertisement, to the end that he
might engage and amuse these people
of restless spirit. Others affirm that
the giants arose spontaneously out of
the soul of the people. They are the
heroic warriors who have saved the
city, and of whom the remembrance is
perpetuated under this symbolical as
pect.
However that may be, for the most
part the towns of Flanders, Belgium,
have their giant. For instance, there is
Grandfather Giant at Malines, Druon
Antignon at Anvers, who came to take
part in the fetes of Van Dyck; Hercules
at Louvaine, Ommegan at Brussels,
Lideric and PhinarU AT Lille, Goliath
at Ath, Longeman at Hasselt. The Drag
on at Mons, and, finally, G6yant and
Reuse at DunlSirS. Each one has local
history. The date of birth of others is
unknown and uncertain. They are due
probably to the desire each village had
to make the moS droll, most amusing
and most eccentric display, in the words
of the learned NJ. fheophile Denis, to
amuse big children with playthings.
The willow mannikin, which repre-
sents Gayant of Douai, was constructed
in the year 1880, to figure in religious
procession. Gayant has been repaired
| very often since that time. and it is be-
lieved that there exists little of the
original carcass. His wife dates only
since 1864. The children followed
Jacquot, Filian and Binbin. Gayant is
/ ,r,1= ;-rb
six, Jacquot four, Filian 3.5 and Binbin
between 2.5 and three. Gayant, the
most beautiful of the giants, who has
figured at Cambria in the procession
of the 18th of August, is costumed as
a soldier of the sixteenth century,
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
nrII Denes q Loromotive.

While a gang of workmen were re-
pairing the track on the main line of
the Pennsylvania railroad, large BULL
made its appearance and scattered
them in every direction. For about half
an hour there was a running fight be-
tween the men and the bull. He was inn
pervious to showers of rocks and an
occasional crack from shovel, and
finally the men were forced to retreat
up an embankment. Just then n heavy
freight train hove in sight, and the
bull stationed himself in the middle of
the track. The engineer blew n warning
blast; the bull accepting this as chal-
lenge, sent back defiant below. Then
there was collision. The train went
on serenely, while the bull-where was
that misguided animal? Then the men
came down the embankment and re-
sumed work.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
HELEN'S GRASS PLOT.
Worms Interfcred with Her Sue
cess ms Gardener.

Helen loved to play on the grass, and
it troubled her greatly when it became
hard and dry and brown in winter.
How unpleasant it looked! In some
places it was "frost-bitten," in others
it looked as if "the moths had been at
it," Helen said. There were great bare
places, sometimes as big as your hand,
sometimes a foot square, all over the
grass that used to be so pretty last
June. Somebody suggested: why
not have a grass plot in the house?"
That was a fine idea! Auntie had
her flowers, mamma had her birds. a
little girl surely could take care of a
grass plot!
a box was procured, about four by
three feet, and in it the earth was care
fully prepared and grass seed planted.
After some days the tiny green spears
began to appear, until, before long
oh, JOY in the house and in Hclen's
window!-there was a lovely green
grass plot. A charming eXpanse of col
ors, and Helen kept it there in good
condition all winter.
She watered it regularly, kept it in
plenty of sun to help the water to
make it grow" She cut it at certain
intervals all over with auntie's scis-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
l9'.|R'S4aung2
M!,.7]9goSlg
eg7SSfs=s5[AA y
MY DAYS.

Good days and bad days; glad days and
sad days;
Days when all is mournful, and days
when all is bright;
Days 1 have a happy heart, and dance
and go a-singing,
And days I've naught but trouble from
the morning till the night
Up days and down days; wise days and
silly days;
Days I lose my playthings, and days 1
bump my head:
Days 1 know my lessons, and jolly times
are plentiful,
And days l cry for nothing, and get sent
up to bed.
Big davs and little days; young days and
ole days;
Days that come and days that CO. a long
and passing train
And days when 1 am grown up, like days
when l am little,
Will still be sad or happy. full of SUM
shine or OF rain.
Days, days. and more days; my lifetime
will be full of them;
And to make the sunshine brighter, and
the darkness seem less drear;
To make more bright than dark days, more
glad days than sorry days,
I've a stout heart to welcome them, and @
hearty voice to cheer.
Eva Lovett, in Youths Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
Pretty rattle ror Dolly.

Crack an English walnut in halves,
and having first taken out the kernel
and put in either a bell or one or two
small pebbles, paste the two shells to.
gether again. Lay it to dry for quar-
ter of an hour. When dry it will be
found that there is a small opening
near one end. In this opening insert a
match (from which the sulphur has
been broken Off and glue it in. When
this is dry gild the rattle. 1t may then
be tied around the dolls neck with rib
bon, or it may be fastened to necklace
of beads. This may be improved upon
in various ways, and makes quite I'D at
tractive little rattle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

A bog of 10000 acres of peat 20 feet
thick has been discovered in Canada,
which, when compressed, makes hot
ter fire than coal. The peat is cut and
dried and pulverized and put into a
hopper, and then forced through two.
inch tube and formed into three-inch
cubes, and is then as heavy as anthra-
cite. 1t is free from sulphur, makes no
SCOT, smoke, dust or clinkers, needs but
little draft and burns we'll in locomo-
tives. The owners think they have a
bonanza
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
A WEATHER PROPHET.
The Tortoise Knows When 1t Is Going
to Rain and Always Makes
for Shelter.

The tortoise is not an animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely to be
afraid of rain, but it is singularly so.
Twenty-four houEs or more before rain
falls the Galapagos tortoise makes for
some convenient shelter. On a bright,
clear morning, when not a cloud is to be
seen, the denizens of tortoise farm
on the African coast may sometimes be
seen heading for the nearest overhang-
ing rocks. When that happens the pro-
prietor knows that rain will come down
during the day, and as rule it comes
down in torrents The sign never fails.
This pre-sensation, or whatever you
may call it, which exists in many birds
and beasts may be explained partly
from the increasing weight of the at
mosphere when rain is forming, part
ly by habits of living and partly from
the need of moisture which is shared by
all.
If we want to find country where
nature has turned things topsy -turvy-
that is, according to our notion we
must go to Australia. Many things are
reversed in that country. 1t is summer
there while it is winter in America.
Trees shed their bark instead of their
leaves; fruit has the stone or kernel
outside; swans are black; there is a
species of fly that kills and eats the
spider, and fish, called the climbing
perch, that walks deliberately out of
the water, and, with the aid of its fms,
climbs the adjacent trees after the in
sects that infest them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
GIANTS AT CAMBRIA.
Survival of n Peculiar Custom Which
Has Obtained in Flanders for
Hundreds of Years.

Eacn year in the middle of August
the parish feasts at Cambria, in France,
are concluded with the march of the
giants. The cortege was particularly
fine this year, the Gayant family of
Douai and Reuse of Dunllirk having
responded to the invitation of the Cam
brians.
The various programmes published at
Cambria have taken care to recall to
mind the origin of the institution of
the popular giants of Flanders. 1t was
Charles ", said some of these, who en-
dowed the subjects of the north with
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

Every reader of this paper should give
special heed to the offers which are appear.
ing from week to week by the John M.
Smyth Co., the mammoth mail order house
of Chicago. In this issue will be found their
advertisement of a thoroughly up-to.date,
ingly low price Of $l425. Coming as this of
fer and other offers do from house with a
commercial rating of over one million dol
lars, and of the highest character, they mark
an opportunity that the shrewd buyer will
not be slow to take advantage of. The John
NJ. Smyth Co., $50 to l66 West Madison
street, will send their mammoth catalogue,
in which is listed at wholesale prices every
thing to eat, wear and use, on receipt of
only 10 cents to partly pay postage or ex-
pressage, and even this 10 cents is allowed on
first purchase amounting to one dollar.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
Try Grained! Try GrnIn-Og

ASK your grocer to-day to show you q
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as we'll as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
% cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
Conventional Confnn,nn.

'1t is curious" remarked the Lay Fig
ure, "that. people think the dumdum bullet
poisonous"
Not at all" rejoined the Unconscious
Imbecile. "You see, immediately the dunn
dunn bullet enters a body it mushrooms.
Now, most people don't know the differ
ence between mushroom and toadstool,
and toadstool is poisonous. Curious
Why, it's the most natural thing in the
world for people to think that"
OF the others, not one forgot that he was
q gentleman.-DetroitJ journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
HoIIandern smoke Most.

The Hollanders are perhaps of all
the northern people those who smoke
the most, the humidity of their climate
making it almost necessity, while the
moderate cost of tobacco with them
renders it accessible to all. To show
how deeply rooted is the habit, it is
enough to say that the boatmen of Hol-
land measure distances by smoking.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03

The king of Greece delights in taking
recreation in the fieSds. He can plow,
cut and bind corn. milk cows, and. In
short, could at pinch, keep > farm 90
ing single handed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
The FneI Problem.

'T suppose you had money to burn in the
Klondike"
'No," answered the man who had been
s BUT chunks Rg ks Of chilly incombustibe @ gold gold.
We'd have paid a big price for few scuttle
fuls of dollar bills. ."-Chicago Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-11-03
Defined.

Bobby-Pop, what is domestic econ
omy?
Papa-It is the fine art of reducing
the grocer's bills and smoking ten-cent
cigars at the same time, my sOn.-N.
Y! World.