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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-31
MilIet In Russia.

Millet has in some parts of Russia
taken the place of wheat as an article
of staple food. Millet can be grown
on soil unfavorable to other grains,
but it cannot resist the effect of cold.
From 1892 to 1896 the average annual
production of millet seed in Russia
was 6,Oo0,000 bushels. but in 1895 1t
ran up to 0,50O, 900 bushels, and is re-
naming more or less at this figure.
Printing in China 1900 Years Ago.
Printing is said to have been known
In China as early az 2O2 B. c.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
DAUGHTER FOR ONE DOLLAR.
Unique Sale by a Father of His Four
Ysar-Old Girl to . Woman
at Rochester.

John A. Cannon, of Rochester, N Y,
the other day sold his four-yearold
daughter for 81, and to show that the
transaction was perfectly regular he
executed deed to Mrs. Eva Simpson.
the woman to whom he sold the child.
and it was recorded in the county clerk :
Office. Cannon has had cube in sup
porting his family. and was arrested
for failure to provide for them. Judge
Ernst suspended sentence, and Cannon
was then rearrested for malicious mis-
chief and was fined $40, which he paid.
He left the courtroom saying that he
would find a way out of his difficulty.
and a few minutes afterward the deed
was signed, the dollar was paid over to
him and he gave up his child. The deed
was a unique instrument. Some taw-
yers who saw the deed said it was ille-
gal. while others claim it was perfect
ly legal form of adoption.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27

The progressive nations Of the world
are the great food consuming nations
Good food we'll digested gives strength.
If you cannot digest all you eat. you
need Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t d'ee>
what YOU eat. You need not Diet YOU
self, II contains all the dige con-
bined with t. best known tones am
reconstsucuves. 1t Will even digest all
classes of foods IN a bottle No othe :
pre- para.ion will do this It,nstantly re
n-ves and quickly cures all stomac'
rnub es. Gilbert Bros.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
BLEEDS FROM EVERY PORE.
The Strange Disease That Ii SADpln q
the Life Of = Michigan
Farmer.

Loren Emmons, farmer in Pokagon
township, Mich, is slowly bleeding to
death from every pore of his body. The
disease is a very rare one, and among
the medical fraternity is known az
purpura hemorrhagea. Last Tuesday
night black spots appeared on Mr.. En-
mons ankle. He went to IA physician,
who found them to be hemorrhages be-
meath the skin. Since that time like
hemorrhages have taken pace all over
the body and Mr.. Emmons is bleeding
from the roof of the mouth. the nose,
the ears and even the 81 =, ;est scratch
anywhere on the body, or a.ittle bruise,
will produce blood. This disease gen
orally presents itself in weakened
person, but MIR Emmons has always
been possessed of robust health, and
the case is very peculiar.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
TOMATOES GROW on GRAVE
and They MystsFiously
Appear.

Tomato plants that grew mysteri-
ously on a grave in Holy Cross Gem
etery at Boston. Mass, have been
stolen and a reward has been offered
for the apprehension of the thief by
Rev. d. NJ. Savage, father of the child
buried there. Mr. Savage's little
daughter. Grace, had been. ever since
she was able to eat, wonderfully fond
of tomatoes. This was looked upon
as a result of prenatal influences,
which were also responsible for a
birthmerk, the exact shape of to-
mato, on the back of her head.
Her fondness for tomatoes seemed
to grow with her years, and it seemed
as if she could eat them all day.
About a year and half ago the lit
tie girl died. Early this summer her
father was astounded to see several
tomato plants growing up among the
flowers and plants on her grave. No
one had planted them, SO far as could
be ascertained. and no one could ex-
plain how they came to grow there.
But day or two ago Mr.. Savage
discovered that some one had evident
ly carried away the tomato plants
and a large share of the flowers on
the grave.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
FOOTBALL THIS YEAR
Radical Changes Made in Several
of Rules Governing Game.
Effort Made to Make Game More
Scientific, to stop Unsportsm~nliks
Conduct and Eliminate Delay
Tactics of Inferior Teams.

Walter Camp and the other members
of the collegiate football rules COM
mittee have been busy for some time re-
vising the football rules in anticipation
of the coming season. The COMMITTEES
has completed it's work and the revised
rules are now in the hands of the
printer.
Radical changes have been made in
several of the rules. The tendency has
been to make the game more scientific,
stop unsport smanlike conduct and 70
take away the opportunities inferior
teams have had to gain time over their
superiors. The committee has changed
the rule by which team lost the ball
for offside play. Hereafter the Of
tenders will be penalized ten yards and
the ball will remain in possession of the
side having it before the foul was made.
An important change is due to the
outcome of last years Harvard Y ale
game, when Yale resurrected the old
eO-yard rule in order to hold the ball
when near Harvard's goal Rather
than give up the ball Yale dropped back
20 yards and kept the ball. The rule
has been changed to read: "A team
cannot take advantage of this rule q
second time unless the ball has ex-
changed posse after the team us
ing the 20-yard rule had first taken ad-
vantage of the rule"
Princeton's movements last year In
the Yale-Princeton game Of the side
line coaching rules led to the imposing
Of ten-yard penalty for coaching
from the side lines. Any unfair act
committed by player or any sympa-
thizer may also be punished by ten
yard penalty. 80
With the exception Of these four
changes the rules Of 1899 will prevail
during the coming season.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Oas of the Requisites.

why do you think he will be such
an acquisition to the campaign com
mittee? l didn't know he was posted
on politics"
HE isn't" was the reply, "but he
is a most resourceful anu artistic liar,
and will be invaluable in our press
department. Chicago Post.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Make. q Biz difference.

Jinks-l hear that a hotel waiter was
discharged the other day for demand
ing a tip.
Minks-Get out.
"True as preaching. He didn't 81
for it, either, merely acted ~ Il hs
wanted one"
Don't believe IT,"
and didn't know the man he was wait
ing on was the proprietor."-N. 7.
Weekly.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Duration of Tfmo.

IT told him you were 40 hoosst q
the day is long"
what did he sayr' ssked Senator
Sorghum.
HE merely remarked that he
guessed l must be talking about some
of these days they have up around
the Arctic circle that don't last more
than a minute or two."-Washingsou
Star
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Not at All Improbable,

"Dogs in Hamburg are taxed accord
ing to size-the bigger the dog, the
higher the tax" said the talkative
boarder, at breakfast
''By the way" came from the inquis-
tive boarder; speaking of dogs|s
that where the Hamburg steak comes
from ?'-YOnkers Statesman.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
An Accident,

"While I was abroad l witnessed .
duel in France"
"Anybody hurt"
"Yes; one of the principals had q
rib broken embracing the other after
the combat was over."-Philadelphia
North American.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Good Reason.

Photographer-Ex me, sir. but
you have been sitting on your hat for
the last ten minutes.
Customer (furious)-Well why in
the thunder didn't you tell me before?
Photographer wished you to look
pleasant, sir.-Ohio State Journal.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Floral Com parisOn.

Mfss Gusheigh-Do you not think
that Mis-. Passe reminds you Of flow
er? She has clinging, delicate sort OF
beauty that conveys the idea of a
MIR. Bluntt-Of century plant
Baltimore American.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
The 5O-Year-Olu Man,

A statistician has estimated that'a
man so years old has worked $500 days,
has slept 5000, has amused himself
1000, has walked 1200Q miles, has been
i'll 500 days, has partaken of $4,000
meals, eaten $4,000 pounds of meat and
1000 Of fish, eggs and vegetables, and
drunk 1000 gallons of fluid.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Proved 1t.

Henpeck-Did | understand you to
say, sir, that you were the lucky suitor
for my wife's hand?
Friend-Sure. You were the man
who married her.-Syracuse Herald
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
FORGOT the Others.

MabeLThere are now over 1000 avo-
cations open to woman.
CLara-Dear me! What are they?
Mabel-Let-me-se One of them
10 marriage and the other isis Dear
me! I've forgotten the others-N. Y.
Weekly.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Curious,

Si!icus-Women are all curious.
Cynicus-And yet the most curious
thing in the world is a woman who
has no curiosity.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
An Unfounded Runor.

OBatch-Ihey say the reason the
feet of Chinese women are squeezed II
to keep them from running away from
their husbands.
Henpeck-Oh, no. That's mistake.
It's to keep them from running after
their husba n de- Chicago Times7Her-
aid, .
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Battle of the Wits.

She (sarcastically)-All the nice
young men are not the most truthful.
Hei sard onically)-And all the young
ladies that paint are not artists.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
ClOthpd In Fresh Air

An IriShman who had. on ragged
coat was asked Of what stuff 1t was
made.
"Bedad, don't know" said he. "but
most Of it u made of fresh air, think"
-I1t-BitA
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Love, the BesieKeH.

His heart was moated castle,
But that did not work at all.
For she was girl athlete
And she neatly scaled the wall
Chicago Record.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
Had Not Left Much,

Young EfiSon-Wpll. she has LETT me.
A FrienG-Eh? What has left you?
Young EGison-A comb and tooth
beuoh-that's all.-Town TopicA
Daily camera., 1900-09-27

Tommy, you must OF interruptyour
elders when they are talking. Wait un-
til they stop"
They never stop."-Chieago Chron-
iolA.
Daily camera., 1900-09-27

travel"
mo; we agreed before we started
that we'd get rested. Chicago Rec
Daily camera., 1900-09-27
A Real Vacation,

"You and your wife don't seem to
talk to each other much when you
troy>lO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
Total
BoBs UP AGAIN.
Topeka Water Company Wants a Re-
solution Rsscinded.

There is a likely to be conflict be-
tween the city council and the board
of education over the question of water
for the boilers in the new Branner
school house The council could buy its
own water if there were mains near
enough, but there are none, and the city
council will not allow the water COM
pany to extend the mains pending the
litigation which is now in the courts,
without an agreement that the rights of
either party shall not be affected there
by. The water company insists that the
council rescind its prohibition against
the extension of mains, but this the
council refuses to do.
A communication from W. H. Wilson,
chairman of the committee on buildings
and grounds of the board of education,
was submitted TO the council last night,
in which he said:
1.-The board of education needs water
for the boiler in the new Branner school
building for heating purposes, and Mr..
O'Neil of the Topeka Water company,
has said that he would extend the pipes
for that purpose, but owing to a reso-
luton of the city council inStructing the
city engineer not to issue a permit to
the water company, they cannot do il
unless said resolution is rescinded. The
city attorney has no objection to the
resembling of said resolution, as all the
papers regaNIing the suit of the city
against the water company have been
filed.
Il would therefore ask your honorable
body to take action with as little delay
as possible, that we may be supplied
with water"
Il would just like to say" said City
Attorney Bird when the communication
was read, that those statements are
not exactly correct. I do object to the
resembling of that resolution. Mr.. Will
son came to me about the matter, and
I said / would not object to the coun-
ell doing anything that won't interfere
with the legal rights of either party. L
suggested that the board of education
take out the permit and let the water
company work under that. but Mr.. Will
son said he had already addressed a.
communication to the council on the
subject"
1.-THE truth of it is" said Mayor Drew
the water company wants to compel
this council to rescind that resolution. -
The request of the board was refused
by a vote of 5 to f.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06

at the home of Mr. and Mrs. r. z.
Barlow at 1852 Lincoln street.
Mrs. George Mccoy went to HoltoL
today for a short visit with relatives.
Mrs. A. ]. Beaky of ST. Marys spent
Monday shopping in Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Downing have re-
turned from a several months stay in
Wisconsin and gone to housekeeping
in the Hicks flats.
Mrs. Pierson and daughter, Miss
Maggie Pierson, of Usage City, arrived
today to spend the remainder of the
winter with Mrs. Persons daughter,
Mrs. F. A Botsford on Topeka avenue.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Byrne of Kansas City is in
Topeka the guest of Mrs. Alice CIug-
StOn
NJ S. Hoover is in st. Marys for a few
days on business
Hale Hamilton will come up from
Lawrence for the Imperial party this
evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
bow the Referenduna Works.

An interesting illustration of the work
ing of the referendum was given here
recently, when the state councillors
undertook to secure an increase of their
official salaries Their reasons for ask
ing larger remunerations were accepted
as sound by the public press, all the
newspapers, Conservative, Radical and
Socialist, warmly indorsing the pro-
posed increase. The approval of the
electors was regarded as almost GER
tain, but, to the great surprise Of the
councillors, the result of the vote show
ed that only $500 out of a total of 3d.
300 voters were in favor of increasing
the salaries as planned. Similar diff
ferences between the opinions of the
people and those of their lawmakers
have been noted many times before, and
the sentiment in favor of an obligatory
referendum is growing rapidly through
out the country. The Courier de Ge-
neve" now affirms that. it is essential
that the electors have the obligatory
referendum instead of the optional
referendum, it having been demon
strated that a law which has not been
submitted to the electors is not I'M
likely to be a law contrary to the
wishes of the pubhc.-Geneva letter in
The Chicago Record
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Can't. Bosco,s SWIMMING cats.

From the N o. imes-Democrat.J
I read a. description the other day
of the retrieving cat owned by sports
man on Hetairie Ridge" said a planter
from the south coast, land while the
case was certainly remarkable, it is
completely eclipsed, in my opinion, by q
family of swimming cats owned by
Capt BoscO of Tarpon Island. Captain
BoscO is well known in New Orleans,
where he occasionally comes to do some
trading, and is immensely popular with
the crowd that goes down to the Tar
pom club for periodical outings He is
the kingpin fisherman of Bay Adams,
and as quaint and original a character
as you could find on the whole coast.
His swimming cats, about which I
started to tell you, belong to feline
tribe that has lived at the captain S
place from time out of mind. There are
a present perhaps a dozen all told, and
they have apparently lost every vestige
of the ma tural antipathy of their spec
les for water. They will wade unhesf-
tatingly through the shadows on the
beach, hunting for small fish, and three
or four will actually swim out to near
by luggers to get oysters. Like all cats,
they are very fond of that kind of food,
and when the captains 1ugger comes in
from visit to the beds several of them
are certain to jump off the landing and
swim to where it lies at anchor. 1t IS
very strange to see them come scramb-
ling on board, mewing and shaking
themselves and seemingly as Indifferent
to the wetting as sewer puppies.
How they developed such an extra
ordinary trait l don't pretend to say,
but it has probably been a matter of
gradual evolution. Capt. Bosco DON
remember when his cats began to go
into the water, but it was many years
ago. and with each generation the nat
ural aversion must have become faint
er and fainter. 1t wouldn't surprise me
If they developed web feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
Councilman Burgees Reeigns.

Councilman Burgess, who has served
many years in the city council as the
representative of the Fourth ward, is
a member no longer. He resigned last
evening. Colonel Burgess, as has been
announced in the State Journal, was
appointed city assessor by Mayor Drew
at the session last evening. AS he could
not hold two city offices at the same
time, he Immediately presented his
resignation as councilman. Some of the
members demurred about accepting it,
preferring to allow him to serve his
time out, as his term will expire in
April, but City Attorney Bird said such
an action might invalidate the tax upon
100000 of city property, whereupon
the resignation was accepted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
TO FORTIFY THE CANAL.
Cooley Wants the Nicar-
aguan Waterway Protected
From Invasion.

Chicago, Feb. 6.-Engineer l. E.
Cooley, who was one of the original
Nicaraguan canal supporters, is heart
lily in favor of a fortified channel, and
if it cannot be obtained in any other
way he would favor the annexation of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica. He gives
his reasons as follows:
Il am in favor of a fortified canal
principally because I do not believe the
government will ever consent to build
ing any other kind of a channel 1t
becomes a matter of expediency if for no
other reason than the change in our for
eign relations brought about by the late
Spanish war Then we must also re-
member that in case of war as an IN
fortified channel it would belong to the
first nation that could get there and
seize it or to the other having the
strongest fleet. This same line of ar
gument makes this Nicaraguan route
the best as against all others, because
it passes through a country that is fer
tile and capable of sustaining an army
irrespective of the sea.
II would go as far as to say that it
would be a good thing for this country
to annex Nicaragua and Costa Rica,
and then we would be able to do what
ever we wished regarding the canal. 1
believe from visits there and talks had
with government officials of these coun-
tries that annexation would be well
coined"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
A BLOW TO ENGLAND.
The Senate Will Not Ratify the Clay
on-Bulwer Treaty


New York, Feb. "a special to the
Journal and Advertiser from Washing
ton says:
"At a hurriedly called meeting of
various senators it was determined to
oppose the ratification of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty as it applies to the
Nicaraguan canal. The leaders in the
opposition are Senators Plat and Haw-
ley Of Connecticut; Mason of Illinois,
and several others.
THE treaty is regarded in effect, by
some Of the most conservative senators
on both sides, as an offensive and de-
fensiVe alliance with Great Britain;
that it closely associates the two coun-
tries in the control Of d purely Ameri-
the United States abandOns the right
to defend its own property in return for
the promise of assistance from Great
Britain whenever assistance for the
maintenance of the canals neutrality
shall be required.
Instead of the treaty being ratified
promptly the opposition to it's accept
ance in the present form will insist
upon it's being amended as follows:
The contracting parties further en-
gage that when the canal shall have
been completed the government of the
United States shall have the right in
the case the United States is at war
with any nation to take temporary pos
session of, defend and fortify the canal
to the commercial rights of any other
nation guaranteed by the neutrality of
the canal.
There seems to be no doubt that
the treaty in its present shape can not
get through the senate"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
Ordinance Passed,

A number of ordinances were passed
by the council last evening. Probably
the most important of these was the
anti-hypnotic ordinance. It provides
that no one shall give a public exhibit
ton of hynotism in Topeka, or allow a
person under hypnotic influence to be
publicly exhibited. A fine of from 50
to 500, or Imprisonment of from to
30 days, or both, was affixed as a penal
ty for violating the ordinance.
Another ordinance provides for issu-
ing special improvement bonds to the
amount of $50, 114.73. This completes the
issuance of bonds for paving completed
up to the present time.
A third ordinance was passed setting
aside one-half mill of the general i'm
provement levy for park purposes, and
provides that the money can be used
only for the purchase of land for parks
or for improving them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
sHAKESPEARE's RECITAL.
Advance Sale of Seats in Chicago
Very Large.

VIM. Shakespeare, who sings and lee
lures here next Monday night under
auspices of the Ladies Music club is
meeting with extraordinary success in
this country.
A New York paper says of his reci-
tai in New York city: "Mendelssohn
Hall was crowded to the doors with de-
lighted audiences at all three of Mr..
Shakespeare's recitals. He was splend-
idly received and the audiences were
very demonstrative in their applause
upon his singing of solos in illustrating
the lectures
The house is completely sold out for
his recital in Milwaukee and the ad-
vance sale of seats in Chicago has been
very large.
Topeka people will also show their ap-
night when Mr.. Shakespeare comes to
the Grand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-06
TURNS BRYAN DOWN.
Algonquin Club of Bridgeport De-
clines to Entertain the Nebraskan.

New York, Feb. 6-Members of the
Algonquin club, a leading social organ
ization Of Bridgeport, Conn, have de-
clined to entertain William J. Bryan,
who is to speak in that city today.
Some of the members announced that
Mr.. Bryan would be the guest of the
club, and there was a. revolt by those of
other political faiths. The governors of
the club, after a warm discussion, de-
cided that it would breed trouble if the
Nebraskan were rendered q club invi-
tation. Mr.. Bryan will therefore not
be a guest of the organization, al
though he may be invited to visit the
rooms by some of his admirers who are
on the committee to receive him. This
the club cannot prevent.
Mr.. Bryan will speak al Carnegie hall
New York, for the benefit of Winfield
Scot Hancock Post, G. A. R., an adj
admission fee being charged. His ad-
dress will be on current problems. Mr.
Bryan did not speak in New York dur
ing his recent visit, and there was some
trepidatiOn among Tammany leaders as
to how far they should go IN their re-
ception of him. Now Mr.. Bryan re-
turns with the prestige of his highly
successful New England tour, and it is
stated that a large number of big Tam
many men will be on the platform to-
night.