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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-28
TOLEDO ADJUSTMENTS.
A. the I,yceuu.

A Stranger In Strange Land. An
attraction OF exceptional merit is at
the Lyceum the last half OF the week.
This is the same farce that kept New
York In good humor at the Manhattan
theatre for ten weeks last season, this
being Its first representation In To-
ledo. 1t is said an excellent cast will
interpret the various characters, while
the same magnificent equipment and
environment that characterized the
metropolitan production will be placed
upon the stage here.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-28

The "Fifty-horse act," under direct
ion OF Master Eddie Sipe, is one of the
many features OF the Sipe Educated
Animals and Liliputian shows, which
will be seen at Burt's theatre, Toledo
on Sunday matinee, Sept. 80, for one
week. or course the "horses" are the
handsome diminutive ponies, OF which
this concern has the largest and most
costly ever gotten together in this
country. The intelligent little animals
obey with marvellous understanding
every command OF the boy ring di-
rector, and enter into their work with
such zest and spirit that one can well
believe that they have lively affection
for their little trainer and school
master.
Prices-Mat., 10. 15, 25. Eve, 10, 20.
80, so.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-28
At Burtss Theatre.

"The Game Keeper" which will be
presented here at the Burt's. commcnc-
ing Thursday, is by Con. I. Murphy,
the author Of more successful Irish
comedy dramas than any other author.
Mr.. Smith OBrien' the former star
OF 1.-The Ivy Leaf" and 1.-THE Fairies
Well" has been especially engaged to
play the part OF Derry Doolan, the
& anne keeper.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-28

Through the Breakers" melo-
drama full OF human nature and heart
interest. 1t catches the attention OF
the audience at the rise OF the curtain
on the first act and holds IL until the
fall Of the curtain on the last act. 1t
abounds In thrilling scenes and Incl
dents. The most remarkable scene In
this great play Is the finale OF the Sec
oud act. Words cannot describe this
scene, for no words are spoken. 1t Is
al! action and melodramatic business
and the most intensely thrilling action
ever placed before the public. Such
scene Is q wonderful credit to the ar
tIstic work OF the company and the
author. Another scene, the sea coast
and entrance of the smugglers cave Is
the most realistic and effective piece OF
mechanicism on the American or En-
glish stage. 1t is the greatest sea
effect ever attempted for 1t is exactly
like the sea itself.
Lyceum Theatre, Toledo opening
next Sunday evening for four days and
Tuesday matinee.
Prices-Evenings, Is, 25, 35, and so
75c. Matinee, Is and 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
only ; Vein Of Humor.

Tt was q crowded trolley car, filed
with moist, ~rain-soaked, tired men
and women. From the garments of
the stand q passengers water dripped
on the feet Of the monopolists in the
seats. Everybody was cross.
Just then the q stopped and two
more men crowded in. One of them
was facetious. He thought the men
had the worst Of everything in this
world. .Why Z be murmured, when
va net on q car crammed like this
there's no possible chance for o seat,
while If q woman comes in there may
Be ON maj gallant enough to think
lie il better able to stand than she
u.s..
Just then q young woman sitting d.
rectly In front Of him rose, and said:
ssYou may have my seat, sir. get
ont III the next corner, and she went
laughing down the car. Everyone else
laughed, to0 II showed what q touch
81 humor will do iii this busy world.
The nan raised his hit and told the
girl standing next him TO cit down
TwLaopIe who had been occupying
room enough for three squeezed up
AMI another wataaia cot 4 asat, aad for
tie rest at tie trip good humor pre-
YaiIed.-New FORK Nail and Express.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
The pebsens Yzara s,aA.

At the New Year reception ae the
White House, three ladies, a mother
and two handsome daughters, who are
well known In society here, passed into
the red parlor and then entered the
line. Just behind them came q color
ed woman, and back Of her two young
ladies, quite plainly dressed, and then
a man. The society woman gave her
name, Mrs. Dobson," and each of the
young ladies said Miss Dobson." .%Shen
the young lady of color said miss
Dobson" and the two young ladies be-
hind her each murmured "Miss Dob
son." and were followed by a young
man, who said "Mr. Dobson." BY thi!t
time everybody within hearing dis
lance was shaking with suppressed
laughter. The seven 'Dobsons" eyed
each other .scornfully after they got
into the east room, and, excepting the
society woman and her daughters,
went their several ways, they being
In no way connected. The name was
not Dobson, but that does not matter.
WASHINGTON Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
rhe Benefits Of Early Rising.

It was once laid down by cele-
brated writer and historian that the
difference between rising at 5 and z in
the morning for the space OF forty
years, supposing a man to go to bed
ct the same hour every night, is nearly
equivalent to the addition Of ten years
20 the life. This consideration should
carry very great weight and be sufi-
cient to induce those who have not
hitherto practiced this habit to com
mence to do SO, more especially the
people who are always complaining
that life is not long enough for them to
transact all the work that they have
20 perform. There Is much founda-
ton for their complaint If they persist
Ia wasting SO many valuable hours Of
the day in bed. The advantages and
benefits Of early rising cannot be over
estimated; In the early hours Of the
morning the brain Is clearer ant more
ready for work, and after a nights
sleep we should be ready to attack the
work of the day.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
THE Ocean GRAVEYARD.
Sable Islands Fight Against the Sea-
The Inroads Made by the Ocean.

sable Islands Fight Against the Sea-
The Inroads Made by the Ocean.
sable island belongs to Nova sco-
tia. is las miles from Halifax and IS
miles east OF Capt Canso," writes Gus
tav Kobbe in Ainslee's for February.
TT Is a treeless, shrubless waste, seam
ed by wind and wave and Of ever
changing aspect. A c~oneshaped hill
near the east end, once a mere undu-
lation Of sand, is o over a hundred
feet high, and is still growing. Other
hillocks are gradually being moved
away by storms. The hillocks are Ii
able to be undermined SO swiftly and
swept out of existence that they are
carefully watched from the various
stations on the island, there being no
certainty how far an inroad Of the sea
will extend after each successful at
tack. Even the coarse grass of the
island grows in a different manner
from that of the mainland. It does
not bear seed, but shoots up from roots
which run along the sand. During the
winter the sand is blown v the grass
and buries it sometimes three or four
feet deep. But the hardy blades grow
up next season, as if the island sands
had protected them from the cold In
winter in order to make them all the
stronger. The island itself is fighting
for self-preservation. 1t seems as II 1t
drew ships into its fatal embrace as
rallying points for Its loose and shift
ing sand thus to protect itself by a
bulwark Of wrecks against annihila-
ton by the sea. Tradition says that
when Sable island was discovered by
Cabot, in 1447, 1t wa eighty miles long
and ten miles wide. In 1902, when a
rescue station, was established there, 1t
was only forty miles long. Since then
it has shrunk to but little more than
twenty miles in length, and In width
it is only a mile at It's widest. Within
twenty-eight years the western end
lost seven miles. Shoals over which
the ocean surges are pointed out
as former sites of lighthouses. One OF
these was SO swiftly undermined by
the sea that it had to be abandoned
with the greatest precipitation. The
spot where once stood the superinten-
dents house is now under two faith
oms Of water. The island, rapidly d.
minishing at its western END, is slight
ly gaining at its eastern. Slowly, like
q ship dragging its anchor. 1t Is NOV
ing eastward. Will it ever reach the
edge Of the shoals. stand tottering on
the brink of the abyss till 1t receives
its coup-de-grace and plunge over the
submarine bank forever into the
depths? Unfortunately, its end will
probably be less dramatic. There Is
good ground for believing that this
gray sand bar will slowly YEA away
until 1t becomes another submerged
shoal added to an ambuseade already
some sixty miles In length-for q line
Of breakers extends sixteen miles from
one end Of the island and twenty-eight
miles from the other"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
now She Got the Autograph.

Some young women on the south
side have formed what they call an au-
tograph society. They I not col>
lecting the homely, everyday sigma
lures of their friends and acquaint-
ances to incorporate into patchwork
quilts and SOTO pillows, bat are salts
fed with nothing less than those of
celebrities. The celebrities, ofcourse.
are generally approached by letter.
One lion was particularly obdurate.
Nearly every member of the society
had tried him without receiving any
thing more than q neatly Autographed
declination in return. The girls 81
discussing this aloofness at q general
meeting one afternoon and a vote that
the lion in question was a smean old
thing was carried almost unanimous
Nv. The girl who voted s.nay" was
auburn-haired and had q little tilt to
the tip of her nose. Her success as a
collector had been phenomenal. She
said: ssThe only trouble with you is
that you don't go about it in the right
way. I believe yon haVs battered
him too much and too diffuaely. I'll
show you how to manage him."
She wrote two words to the great
man. They we're: Autograph.
please
AT the next regular meeting the irl
appeared triumphantly. waving ashgt
OF letter paper over her head. It was
the reply Of the celebrity. He seemed
reproachful. All he wrote was. ssYou
must be pressed for time" with his
signature following.-Chicago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
POOLING JUSTICE
Through . Kamr Interpreter in the
Transvaal Repnbllc.

Tr2nsya0l Republic
'Tt Ia a law in the Transvaal," said
Henry Reading OF San Francisco, who
has lived in that country, that, when
blasting, after the shot has been fred
you must.make a preliminary investi-
CATION before putting the men back to
work, which means that you must send
In men who tap on the walls, floors,
and ceiling, to make certain that they
are sound, and that there will be no
danger of q cave-in. In Of the
mines with which / was connected, but
which naturally I do not care to give
the name of. occurred a cave-in in
which q couple Of Kaflrs lost their
lives. The official in charge promptly
had the foreman, a swede, arrested for
murder, and while 1t really wasn't the
poor fellows fault, It looked pretty
black for him. Few of the niggers
know much English, and 1t is there
fore necessary to use an interpreter
when talking to them. They are also
very Iaconic, and seldom say more
than yes or no in answer to . question.
In order to straighten matters we got
hold Of the Interpreter and squared
matters with him. for IL the foreman
had beenfound guilty the mine would
have had to pay a fine of $500 as well.
The day the inquiry took place the
nrst question the Boer official asked Of
our Kafir was, Did you, after the shot
was fred. and before going in, carefully
sound with q hammer the walls, CELL
Ing, etc.?' That question got to the
niggers something like this: When
you are sleeping In the compound do
you like It when the boss wakes you
mp with q whip7' There was an en-
phat MOL The next query was. SO
you were thoroughly satisfied before
going in that every precaution had
been taken and that all was
safer What they really were
asked was, Would 1t please
you to 60 down to Dutch Jake's
and drink your I'LL OF Cape smoker
And the Yes that followed nearly
raised the roof. and that ri the way
that examination passed OF. and as
the official knew what yes and no in
hu5lr was, at the close OF his invegti-
gatioHs without delay, he not only re-
leased our foreman, but RENTED the
fine on the mine as Well."-New York
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
body he stuffed it into the watch case

body he stuffed it into the watch case
and shut down the lid.
"sWho wants the combination for
dollar2' he asked.
He got his dollar on the run. put
the case with his own hands into the
buyers pocket, and made him button
his coat over it and stand close, just as
he had done with the matches. Then
he picked q fve-dollar bill out of his
wad, put it in another brass case, and
sold the outfit for So; then q ten-doli
lar bill for S., and then q twenty-doI-
Tar bill for SO.
"sThis is fun for you, gentlemen;
he said, 'but my turns coming after
awhile
"Finally he opened another box
and shook out a lot of shoddy jewelry,
badges and pins and the like, that sell
at retail for five and ten cents apiece.
"sThis is the last chance for bar
gains he said, and began to offer
them at 81, So and So. and, so help
me, he got it. And every piece was
wrapped up and showed into the Gus
TONER'S vest pocket, and tia customer
himself made to stand up among the
elect who were going to have some
thing nice happen to them later. Once
in a while when a sale dragged, he'd
wrap the gew-gaw in a fve-dollar bill
instead of paper, but never untili it was
sold. And this uncertainty as to what
the wrapper was going to be also had
q good effect on the market. I guess
he sold fifteen or twenty pieces at an
average of perhaps 50 apiece.
"Then all of a sudden he stopped
and began to pack up his cases. He
did it carefully and leisurely. Then
he adjusted his tie and his hat, said
Thank you very much, gentlemen
got out Of the buggy, took his grips
and sauntered in the direction Of the
railroad station. The crowd followed.
He stopped in at the hotel on the way
and bought q cigar, and the crowd
waited for him outside and then con-
tinued to follow. He seemed amused,
and jollied one or two of them pleas
antly. When the mob reached the
station there was still ten minutes to
wait for the Chicago express. They
waited, and the stranger conversed
humorously with them from time to
time. When the train pulled in he
stepped onto the back platform, still
conyersing. Then the train started,
and he made a grandstand bow.
$50 long, boysi' he said, and that
was the last of him.
"'Then the man that had bought the
watch case with his twenty-dollar bill
in it pulled out the prize. The watch
case was there, SO was the bill; but it
was O one-dollar bill. Then the other
watch-case buyers and the men who'd
bought iewelry wrapped up in bills
opened their coats and held an au-
topsy. The bills were all good, but
they had changed somehow to one de-
nomination-$1. The men who had
invested in matches went home with
ont saying anything. But that night
ct the hotel we counted mp the stran.
gers profits as follows:
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
Dangers froun Lamps,

The lamp is such q necessary article
In the home that 1t Is strange it should
be neglected as often as it Is. 1t re-
Quires but a few minutes care each
day to keep it In order. yet this short
time is denied it by many ~housekeep-
ers. An ill-kept lamp is a dangerous.
as well as unsightly object, and many
Of the explosions Of oil lamps, which
appear almost every day In the news
papers, might be traced to careless
ness in caring for the lamps. No wo-
man having the welfare OF her family
ut heart will willfulIy neglect this very
important task. The danger OF allow
ing children or ever careless grown-up
people TO handle lamps cannot be over.
estimated
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
Lnnrav,tx of Animals.

It is said that the giant tortoise Of
the Seychelles islands is the longest
lived animal in the world. The known
age Of one now living is $50 years, and
this dates from the time the creature
was full grown. How old 1t was at the
time of its capture no one is able to
conjecture. A fine specimen has been
presented to the Geological Society of
London. 1t weighs about a quarter OF
a ton and is an exceedingly lively ami
NAL.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

a powder to shake into your shoes; rests
me feet,. Cures Corns, Bunions. Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Calious. Aching, Sweating Feet,
and IngroWing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. AT ALI drug
gists and shoe stores, rs cents. qamnle
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Ollnstead.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

To Cure . Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QurNINB TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money IL it fails TO cure.
G. W. GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

Hope is the poor mans bread, and charity
sometimes supplies cheap butter.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

after first days use ofD r. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 90 trial bottle and treatise free DR.. y.
ii. KLINE, Ltd, $5I Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

"Pretty good for two hRa work,
wasn't it? But whabhEIl6ubling
me is the way that smo6&sssfanger is
throwing himself away. Why. with q
little coaching, that fellow could COM
mand Senates and own continents.
And the story I'm telling you is liter
ally and absolutely true. II it came
to q matter OF proof, I could show
you one OF the two-dollar quarter
matches New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

M. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists. Couders-
port. Pa say Halls Catarrh Cure Is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell it, 75c.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton, aliays pain, cures wind collie. Csc a bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave, n, Minneapolis. Mimi. JAN, 9. lsO0.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

A. B. Stroud. Granville, Ca, wrote: A
priceless boon has been given the baby world
IN DR.. Moffett's TEETHINA (Teething Pow
ders}.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

No man is considered smart after people
discover how he did it.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTRLEss
CHILL TONIC. Il is simply iron and quintne In
a tasteIess foIm. No cure-n0 pay. Pf1ce oOc.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

When it comes to counting q girl, the tailor
is not always q successful sutton.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

The man who is going down hill meets a lot
Of his neigh bors going up.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

Women are not of a warlike nature, YET
they frequently storm a piano-forte,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

At the age of 81 a man has more ideals
than ideas.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
Cures ak
Great Fame OF a Great Medic,ne
Won by Actual Merit

0reae Fame OF a Great Medicine
Won by Actual Merit.
: The fame OF Hoods s~arasparfIIa has been
won by the good 1t has done to those who
were suffering from disease. It's cures have
excited wonder and admiration. Il has
caused thousands to rejoice in the eniov-
ment OF good health. and it win do YOU the
same good 1t has done Others. II will ex-
pei from your blood all impurities: will
give you q good appetite and make Won
strong and vigorous. It Is Just the medi-
cane 70 help you now. when your system is
In need of tonic and invigorator.
EFuptions--''An eruption all oyer nv
body caused q burning sensation so IccnId
mot sleep nights. BY taking Hoods s.r.
sapariiia l was completely cured.n JENNTn
THOMPSON, p. o. Box So, oaksvilIe. n. T.
Hoods Sarsaparina
Is Americas Graatast Mediate.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

"John, II you don't quit referring to
me as the old woman I'll make you
sorry for it" what will you do, dear7"
"Iu be q new woman."-Indianapolis
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES do not stain
the hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all
druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

The high Gin music is attained by treading
on q cats tail.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

When a n gets too lazy to fish there is no
hope for him.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

The true secret Of physical beauty is to be
born pretty. J
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

Not Necessary Now.-Bobbie Bunt-
ing-I guess that fellow must be en-
gagged to sister at last. Willie Slimson
Why? HE has suddenly stopped CIV
ing me money.''-Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

Miss Gabbington-Why, MI. PrimD-
ley, you are not looking well. Is 1t O
fact, as reported, that you are subjecs
to pains in your head7 Primpley-No;
there's nothing in 1t.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
The man who never made G failure IN una-
Die 70 appreciate success.
Few College Student. ma.

Few College Students Die.
Ths death rate in colleges is extremetS ,ov
The strict attention 70 the raysiqae is given
es the cause. People outside OF colleges az
well, may have health and strength. H0sfat.
fer's Stomach Bitters 1s most
highly Tor preventing as well as curing bodily
weakness. AZ 10 Tor the blood, the nerves ana
oil stomach disorders, and its cures Of constf-
patton. indigestion, dyspepsia, sluggish liver
or weak kidneys. are most remarkable.
II you would find out how poor a man is tr,
to borrow money from him. -
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

There are oyer 5000 thaatsrs Il the
united States.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
ASK Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Fas..

A German philosopher says the beauty nf
hot Sausage is more than skin dean
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

We pay $40 per month and expenses to men with
rigs to inrtodu ce our Famous Poultry Compound
Send stamp. Eureka Mfg. Co., Marshall, Mo.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

MONTEAGLE tauq ss.'' 2sse%bly and
Summer Schools. Top OF
resort. Schools in every department. eEnter-
tainments every day from July 9th. Fin or
chestra. Noted lecturers, humorists, r. -ders
"a most attractive program. Accessi te; In.
expensive; delightfully."- cool, day ar night.
For full particulars address ". R. TAYNR.
Manager, Nashville. Tenn. latter Jul 1sts
Monteagle. Tenn.)
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SLICK FINANCIAL FAKTR,
HOW A GENIUS SOLD GOOD MONEY
AT CUT RATES At A PROFIT.

Began by Offering a Silver Dollar For
Fifty Gents and Then Sold Quarter
Matches For 81 Eacii-Got Away After
q Profitable Two Hours Work,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26
Hoods SarsaoariUa

Is America's Greatast Mad:eina
The Opelousas courier., 1900-05-26

A,&; r,n;,o Guaranteed to cure offensive per
All ll-T5iSDNG spring feet and armpits; larg
package 25cents prepaid.
GEORGE Druggist. Grafton Iowa
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-06-11
NEGRO EIOuuence.

Negroes sometimes express them
selves as felicitously as do the Irish.
Here is Il case copied from Texas
paper. Some time ago one of Texas
widely known statesmen, who is now
dead, was passing along a street in
Dallas, when an old colOred man, who
had once belonged to him, approached,
took off his hat and passed hand
over his white wool as he asked:
''Marster, gin de old man 80 cents"
Dan, you are a robber."
'How?" asked the astOnished darby,
opening his eyes, around which rough
shod age had walked.
Didn't you see me put my hand in
my pocket?"
Eyes, sah.''
"Well, you old rascal, you rob me of
the pleasure of giving you money with
out being asked"
The OLD man received a dollar. Bow
ing almost to the ground, while tears
came out and cOursed through the aged
prints around his eyes, he replied:
''Iarster, wild, wild such a heart as
you hab and wild Abraham and Isaac
and de Lord on your side, don't see
what can keep you out of heaven"