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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
Outside.

Fate delights In still contrasting
All that comes to mortals here;
Some may feast. The rest are fasting.
For each smile there is a tear.
There are shine and holly berry.
There is hunger's tattered cloak.
There is Christmas when you're merry
And there's Christmas when you re broke.
When the music, softly playing,
Seems less tenderly to fall
Than the laughter that comes straying
Through the nursery and the hall,
Who shall think that some poor fellow
On the pavement stands afar.
Watching every gleam so mellow
Through your window blind ajarf
When all care is shut behind us
And when love dispels each sigh.
Let some gentle thought remind US
OF the lonely passer-by.
Life to some, though pleasant, very,
Isn't all gladsome joke.
There is Christmas when you're merry
And there's Christmas when you're broke,
Washington Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21

Koontz, eff he wants to. / don't want
im-great awkward thing!" She
dashed away tear, as she did so,
and saw that the handkerchief no
longer futtered from the branch.
Nervously she searched the ground to
see if the wind had carried it into, a
clump of bushes. But no handker-
chief was there! Tom had evidently
come and gone, without trying to at
tract her attention.
''An' he's taken th' Handkerchief T.
that air Tiny Koontz!" she said. Then,
with head held high, she marched back,
meeting Amos face to face, as he came
down the path.
mighty purity red cheeks ye got,
Clarissy," he remarked; "when / git err
mother wife she's got t have red cheeks,
1 tell ye. Say, dye like red apples?
I'll fetch ye some when come this here
way agin; you look in that air holler
stump, an ye'll find EN-"
81 jest plum despise red apples, an I
plum despise you, too, Amos Purdy."
And she fled to the cabin before the
astonished guest had time to make re-
ply.
To her surprise, Aunt Phoebe was in
especially good humor. Her mother
had been throwing out some very plain
hints as to the intentions of Amos re-
garding herself, which chimed pleasant
ly with her own opinions on the subject.
She giggled nightly, and assured her
mother that she wouldn't look at that
ole silly, no, not fer nothing!" But she
was nightly pleased, as anyone could
see.
In her anger against Tom, Clarissy
forgot all about Amos and his red ap-
Piles, and, indeed, she attached no i'm
portance to the offer, anyhow. She,
too, was very gay that evening, for she
felt that her grandmother's sharp eyes
were on her, and she would have died
rather than display her futile rage
against her faithless lover. She as
sured herself over and over again that
she never cared straw for Tom, but
the fact that she had sent for him and
that he had answered her signal only to
carry off the present he had given her
to take it to another rankled in her
breast.
Heavy snow fell the next day and n
cold kept her close in the cabin for a
week. Amos was the only visitor dur
ing that time, and when he came he
brought a substantial offering of ven
ison and brace of rabbits, gifts by
no means to be despised, and which Mrs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
THEY HAVE HARD SERVICE.
Soldiers in the French Foreign Lc-
gion Have Anything But an
Ensy Time.

The French foreign legion, which IL
again the subject of Partisan political
gossip, offers about the hardest mill
itary service in the world, and no one
who knows enters it until he hastex-
hausted all other means of support OF
wishes to bury himself, says London
paper. Men of all nations are in its
ranks, many of them hard characters,
criminals and jailbirds, and it is al
ways sent by France to do the dirty
work which that country naturally
does not choose to impose upon it's own
children.
Thus it has held the frontiers of the
African colonies, where every now and
then a post is cut to bits by wild Arab
tribe. The fever-infested portions OF
Cambodia and Indo-China, which Lodi
has described, have also been the scene
of its exploits. The discipline, too, is
most severe. Flogging is daily occur
renee and capital punishmep9 is the
result of the most trivial Sfenses.
Thus the cases of insanity in the legion
are of much larger number than in
any other branch of the French service.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
DEAD TO HER FAMILY.
HiEh-Cnste HindoO Girl Who Was
Ostracised Because She became
n Christian.

A young Hindoo girl, convert to
Methodism, has been on a visit to Bos-
ton during the past few weeks. Her
name is Sooboonagam Animal, which is
shortened to Sooboo for purposes Of
friendly conversation, says an eastern
contemporary.
Sooboo is particularly interesting
from the fact that she belongs to
high-caste family-a caste deemed su-
perior in India to ordinary mortal as
sociation. The girl heard the mission
preachers at first with contempt, but
she ended by running away from her
aristocratic home to the mission and
said she had become Christian. In
leaving her gods behind her she left
also her jewels.
First the angry and desperate father
came to the mission and threatened to
put Sooboo's new friends in Jail for kid
raping. The girl was produced and
elected to stay where she was. The
father went away uttering the final
word, "Outcast!" which is a sentence
of death"
But soon the broken-hearted mother,
who never goes forth and whose visit
to the mission was contamination,
came and pleaded with Sooboo to re-
turn to the home of those who had
reared her and had loved her. The girl
declared her love for her mother, but
refused to go back. Then came flu
neral services, as of one dead. The
mother, called "accursed" because of
her visit to the mission, could not be
present, but walked 1000 miles to the
river Ganges and held mourning serv-
ice there. Then she came home and
walled up the door of Sooboo's room.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21

"Ain't We got no manners, g let
company wait out there that way"
her aunt said, sharply, and poor Clar-
issy went flying to the door.
There stood, not Tom, but Amos
Purdy, near neighbor, as neighbors
go in thinly settled country, and a
widower of two months standing who
had dropped in once or twice of late.
He entered now with a sheepish air
which to anyone less preoccupied than
Clarissy would have proved that he
was on counting bent. He took a
chair near the door and where he
shut out Clarissys view of the win
dow.
Fright cold day." he ventured, ad-
dressing Aunt Phoebe.
"Well, 1 guess We can't 'xpect much
else, with Christmas only two weeks
off," was the ungracious reply.
"Yep, that's So" the visitor re-
sponded. Then he relapsed into an
embarrassed silence, during which he,
with apparent unconsciousness, stared
Clarissy out of countenance.
"Ole Zeb White killed er bear last
Chuesday," was his next remark, still
addressed to Aunt Phoebe. Biggest
one this year. he says. Them Whites
is awful liars, though, an 1 CANT
promise eff he tells tn truth er not"
"Them Whites is bad stock" Mrs.
Moon broke in, suddenly; lone of 'em
filled our ole COW full of shot when
1 was gal, pretendin' like he thought
she was er bear. An all the satisfac-
tion pap got was putin er load o.
shot into him. and pretendin' like he
thought he was er bucli!" She chuck
led at the remembrance.
"That air Tom Whites goin' t. see
Tiny Koontz;" remarked the guest.
II seen 'em walkin' last Sunday.
Reckon they'll be gittin' married
soon. Seems ST they'd be a lot of mar
ryin' round yere before long. Err man
ain worth much nowadays Mess he's
got wife"
Clarissy had turned pale at the bit
of news. She rose now, on pretense
of getting more wood for the fire and
went outside. Aunt Phoebe had sud
denly become gracious and the sound
of her voice followed the girl as she
ran along the trail to the tree which
held her token.
''He amt goin' t think want Inn"
she painted, he can go t his Tiny
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
SUN WARDS IN HOSPITALS.
They Are Very Largely Instrumental
in Curing Many Patients
of Disease.

The theory that sunlight exerts q
powerfully healing influence upon dis
ease processes has now become so well
established that the sunroom is re-
garded as necessity in a well-ap-
pointed hospital, In the plans of new
hospitals that aspire to be up to date
the. solarium finds a prominent place,
and to keep up with the advances of
medical science many of the old hos
pitals are attaching solaria to their
buildings, says the Trained Nurse.
The sun ward is easily built. It
must be, of course, on the south side
of the building, having its eastern,
southern and western walls largely
constructed of glass. A good plan is
to build a large bay window, with
metal frame work, and, if the hos
pital building is to be three or four
stories high, this bay window may ex-
tend to the full height of the main
structure. With this arrangement
each floor will have the advantages
of sun ward.
The means of ventilation should be
perfect and the heating arrangements
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21

aunt were in such state of excitement
that they failed to notice her pale
cheeks and wild eyes. For they had de-
cided that Amos certainly meant to
marry Phoebe and that preparations
had better be commenced at once.
Because widowers don't want t wait
er minute" Mrs. Moon said, sagely;
they makes up their minds quick, an
they expects other folks t do tn same.
l wouldn't be mite surprised to see
i'm come in with tn preacher Christ
mas, like what ole Sam Smith did when
he got married tn fourth time. Sairy
she WASH 'xpectin' 'em, but she thought
she better take i'm when she could git
'im."
Nothing was said to Clarissy, who
was regarded as child by her elders,
and she, in her intense preoccupation,
failed to notice that the preparations
for Christmas were on a much more
elaborate scale than usual. She was in
sort of daZe, sometimes determined
to marry Amos in order to convince
Tom that she cared nothing for him;
at others, determined to die before she
uiu Such d tnIHS.
Fortunately for her, Aunt Phoebe
wanted quantity of ground pine and
red berries with which to adorn the
cabin, and as Clarissy knew the shell
tered spots where they were likely to
be found she was sent out in quest of
them. In her anxiety to be alone she
made the quest prolonged one. Amos
wisely absented himself from the cabin,
fact which puzzled Mrs. Moon and her
daughter not little. Clarissy gave
this fact not thought; she was quite
in ignorance of the fact that Amos was
supposed to be the victim of her aunt's
| bow and spear, and was only thankful
to have him out of the way while she
wrestled with her problem.
, All too soon, it was Christmas eve,
and Clarissy went forth for last
load of pine, with which the cabin
was already gay. Late in the after
noon, she sat down a moment with
her load, still pondering upon the
subject which never left her mind.
She was in no hurry to return home,
for her aunt had gone to the store
at the cross roads to make few pur-
chases and she knew that her grand
mother would be doing and uncon-
scious of the flight of time.
AS she sat there, Clarissy let the
big tears roll unchecked down her
cheeks. 1t seemed to her now that
Tom had left her for another, he had
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21

adequate, for the sun bath is just as
practicable and useful on bright, win
try days as on sunny days of summer.
If the outlook from the windows of
the solarium is pleasant, if the land
scape is diversified with hills, trees,
bit of the ocean, so much the better
Unfortunately for some institutions,
the south view from the hospital is
limited by walls of brick and stone.
Nothing, however, can deteriorate
the direct rays of the sun, so that,
wherever possible, this exceedingly
useful and very cheap commodity
should be utilized for therapeutic eff
fects.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
become the one object for which she

become the one object for which she
cared.
"Well, I'll take Amos:" she said,
proudly, IAN then nobody III know
Tom left me fer Tiny Koontz!" ~
she spoke, she rose from the stump
on which she was sitting and came
face to face with Tom-Tom pale and
haggard, and with a gun over his
shoulder, which added to the wild
ness of his appearance, Clarissy
trembled so that she could scarcely
stand but she put on brave smile.
"That you, Tom," she said, IL
mus wish We well, you n Tiny. When
we goin' t git married-to-morrow p"
Tom put down his gun. "Me n
who?" he demanded, fiercely.
Clarissy's anger grew at the eva
sion. "You N Tiny Koontz," she re-
sponded. "Amos Purdy, he tole me
how you N her was goin' t get
married tomorrow night"
"Amos Purdy tole We that?"
"Yes, he did; and We needn't to
deny it-I don't care!" All the girls
fierce pride was in arms. "I-I only
put tn red handkerchief on tn tree
that day because"
Because We wanted t. make er fool
er mel" Tom cried, hotly. "Ye had
took it down again fore 1 could git
there, an ye give it t Amos Purdy;
he showed it t. me. An he tole me
you N him was goin' t get married
Christmas, an We didn' want no
more sight O. me! 1 on'y wish I'd
had my gun that day, an"
"Oh, Tom! Toni" Clarissy and the
ground pine were all tangled up in
his arms, and Clarissy was crying for
pure joy.
But l tell We one thing, Clarissy,"
Tom said, later, "that ole coon did
see me with Tiny Koontz that day.
was giving her a message from
Walt Thomas over at tn sawmill.
Him m hers goin' to git married
soon's he gifts back"
When Clarissy at last started for
home Tom went with her to tell her
grandmother that he meant to marry
her granddaughter on the following
day, with her consent or without it,
For 1 ain goin' t take no more
chances!" Tom affirmed.
Luckily, Aunt Phoebe had not re-
turned when they reached the cabin,
and the story was poured out to
Mrs. Moon alone. Her dislike for
Tom melted away before the idea OF
Clarissy's marrying Amos, on whom
Phoebe had set her heart, and leav-
ing her to bear the brunt of that
damsels rage.
Tell We what you do" she said.
finally. you n Tom git ready e
git married tomorrow night an jest
leave Amos t me when he comes!"
Tom stood out for personal inter-
view with Amos first, but he was
overruled. Just what Mrs. Moon said
to that worthy during the few min
utes' private talk thry had no one
ever knew. She said st so convinc-
ingly, however, that there was a
double wedding in tn. cabin that
Christmas night, and Aunt Phoebe
never knew that she was second
choice.-Eliza Armstrong, in Banner
of Gold.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21

A physician who has been studying the
insanity of the legionaries says that a
majority of the cases are well devel-
oped when the men enlist, since few
sane men would ever accept the condi-
tions know TO exist in this corps. He
adds that in his opinion many men shot
for breaches of discipline were not
mentally responsible, and he says that
the same trouble may cause the insub-
ordination among the French troops
with the allies in China.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
A BeautifuI Mother.

I heard a very sweet story the other
day of some children who had earned
their Christmas money by acting az
caddies of golf players in their neigh
borhood, says writer in the Christian
Intelligencer. The father found q
memorandum they had made of ex-
penditures they intended, and it ran
as follows:
Mother, one dollar.
Father, rs cents.
"Sister Susan, SO cents, ETC."
SLOW is this, Ladder" said the IA
ther. "Why do you mean to spend dol
lar for your mother and only rs cents
for me?"
"Oh!" was tri~ sufficient answer
mothers mother"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
UNIQUE SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
Water Company Asked to Pay Be-
cause 1t Could Not Extin-
guish n Fire.

A lawsuit, unique in the jurispru-
dence of the state of California, is
now on trial at Ukiah. The city of
Ukiah, says a San Francisco exchange,
has sued the local waterworks COM
pany for a loss of $57O.75 by reason of
a fire which could not be extinguished
because there was no water in the
hydrants. The waterworks system
of the place consists of pumping
plant on the bank of the Russian
river, by which the water is raised to
a reservoir on the side of the noun
tain, from which it is distributed by
natural pressure. Fire hydrants are
located at all the prominent corners.
On the night of the fire in question
the agent of the water company had
shut off the water in order to stop
the practice of irrigating private
lawns in the night time. By reason
of this man had to run half mile
to the reservoir to turn on the water.
The delay was fatal, as the block in
which the fire originated was almost
completely destroyed. Then the city
made a demand upon the company
for the loss sustained by the city
property. The demand was refused
on the ground that the water COM
pany is not an insurer against fire.
The prosecution holds, however, that
under the terms of it's franchise the
water company is bound to maintain
at all times sufficient pressure of wa
ter for all purposes, of course includ-
ing the eXtinguishment of confiagra-
tions. Should the city win the case
all the. other losers by the same fire
will have n cause of action.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
CoIoring of the E.kimo paby.

An Eskimo baby is born fair, ex-
cept for a dark round spot on the
small of the back, varying in size
from three-penny bit to shilling.
From this center head of color the
dark tint gradually spreads till the
toddling Eskimo is as beautifully and
as completely and as highly colored
as well ?smoked meerschauES pipe.
The same thing happens amGag the
Japanese.-Albany Argus.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
VisitinC Kin,

Visiting kin are divided into two
classes; those who sit in the parlor
and are waited upon, and those who
are expected to go out to the kitchen
and help.-Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
His Opinion.

Papa-What is the matter with the
steam engine, Johnny?
johnny don't know; but 1t won't
go. Papa, i think Santa Claus got
stuck on that steam engine.-Puek.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-21
YhIonnry.

The apple OF the eye is rather vi
sionary fruit.-Chicago Daily News.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE or FILING SPECIAL AS.
SGSSMENT ROLL No. SO.

Notice IL hereby given that the board
OF assessors have completed the spec.
lal assessment for the Improvement OF
Seventeenth street from the south line
of Franklin avenue TO the north line
OF Irving avenue, and have reported
the same TO the Common Council OF
tho city OF Astoria ana that the same
has been illcd with the auditor and
police judge OF the city OF Astoria and
named and numbered Special Assess.
mont, No, 49, ana that the committee
on strcsts and public waya OF the Com
mon Council OF said city has been ap.
pointed TO meet With the board OF aa.
SCISSORS on the 18th day OF July, 1900
at the hour OF 10 O'clock a. m. Of said
day IN the Council Chambers In the
city Hall OF the city OF Astoria, clat.
sop County Oregon, 10 then and there
consider, review. correct ana oduallEC
said Special Assessment Roll No, o.
Any person obJeetlng to said assess
ment must Ole his objections thereto
In writing with the auditor and polio,
judge. III. H. NELSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of the City
OF Astoria.
Date OF First Publication. June 20. 1900
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24

It is difficult sometimes not to be-
come pessimistic as to the future Of the
race. A few evenings since young
couple were married in a Washington
town. and not content with keeping
their feelings within reasonable limits
lot Of enthusiastic acquaintances
serenaded them by firing guns loaded
with small shot at the house. These
demonstrations were not altogether ac-
ceptable to the groom, who made an
axe the medium for expressing his
disapprobation. If this is to become
common bridal custom it requires no
prophetic gift to foresee that the pres
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24
FINAL ACCOUNT.

Notice ls hereby given. that the un.
derslgned, administrator OF the estate
OF j. w. Mlnaker. deceased. has filed
In the county court OF the state OF
Oregon for Clatsop county. his final
account as such administrator. and the
same has been set for hearing Mon
day. the 10th day OF July, 1900. at 10
o'clock n. M, at the county court rooms
at the court house. In the City OF AS
torIa. in Clatsop county. Oregon.
All persons Interested In said estate
are hereby notified TO then and there
appear and show cause. II any why
the said final account should not be
allowed and the personal property be-
longing TO said estate distributed. the
administrator discharged and his
bondsmen exonerats1.
S. S. GORDON.
Administrator OF the Estate OF ]. w.
Mlnaker. Deceased.
Dated this sth day OF June. 1900.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-24
CHINESE FAMILY SKELETON.

The present disturbance in China
brings out much of interest concerning
the celestials which. while matters of
history, are not as widely known as
they might be- One important feature
which has been brought into con-
siderable prominence OF late is the
fact that China has a race question Of
her own, and it viii be Interesting to
see whether it has any effect upon
the course Of the present revolution.
In reading the dispatches concerning
Pekin we come upon occasional refer
ences to the Tartar city as distinguish
ed from the Chinese city. the terms
thus employed indicating the race di-
visions. The Tartar city is city of
conquerors and rulers, the Chinese city
a city Of their hereditary subjects. and
so throughout the empire there are
Tartars in command and Chinese in
submission.
The final subjugation by the Man
chus dates about the middle of the
seventeenth century. when the present
royal dynasty was established. There
were marked differences between in
vaders and invaded as regards their
physical characteristics. their customs
and their costumes. ana although some
Of these differences have been eliminat-
ed or modified others remain undis-
turbed. There has been so little Of in
termarriage between the two races
that the race types of feature are
plainly distinguishable. The Chinese
is finer and more intelligent-looking,
the Tartar of a heavier cast Then,
too, although the Tartars agreed to
permit the Chinese to continue the
custom Of binding the feet Of women
they themselves never took up with
it, so that it is a sign Of separation.
But the shaven head and queue, which
are Of Tartar origin. were imposed up
on the nation by the conquarors, and
are how common to all the people.
still. 1t is said that the Tartars
have themselves been subdued. The
majority of them employ the Chinese
language in writing and speaking,
while it is only at the court that Man
chu is used. and apparently not very
commonly even there. The imperial
family, however. is of pure Manchu
blood, and in times Of discomfort like
the present it is not unusual for the
Chinese to speculate on the possible
ity Of placing a Chinese sovereign up
on the throne.
Whether such scheme is feasible or
not it is certainly bettsr to let them
work out their own domestic prob
lens. as ex-Minister DENLY suggests
than to follow the strangely un-Chris-
tian advice of Bishop Earl cranston,
who says that he would break all
treaties and shed any amount Of blood
to impose Anglo-saxon Christianity up
on the country. That kind of prose-
lyting would be rather difficult among
iOOOOOOeo people.