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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02

hook and staple TO the side post; when
the hook was out of the staple the
door fell open by it's own weight.
One day l saw goose with large
troop of goslings coming Oft the turf
to this door, which was secured by the
hook in the staple. The goose waited
for minute or two, as il for the door
to be opened, and then turned round
as If to go away, but what she did was
to make a rush at the door, and, max
ing dart with her beak at the point
of the hook, nearly threw it out of the
staple. She repeated this maneuver
and succeeded at the third attempt, the
door fell open and the goose led her
troop in with an air of triumph.
How had the goose learned that the
force of the rush was needful to give
the hook a sufficient toss?
A number of pigeons were feeding
on few oats that had been accidental-
ly let fall while fixing the nosebag on
a horse standing at bait. Having fin
ished all the grain at hand, large
pigeon rose, and, tapping it's wings
furiously, flew directly at the horses
eyes, causing the animal to toss his
head and in doing so of course to shake
out more oats.
1 saw this repeated several times;
in fact, whenever the supply on hant
had been exhausted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
How .prunea Are "sined.p

Prunes are. sold in three sizes. The
largest size is called the thirty to for
ties. This means that thirty to forty
OF these prunes make pound. The me-
dium size is forty to fifty, and the small
size fifty to sixty. The largest prunes
are of course the most valuable. The
average price the growers get for their
prunes is 3A cents pound. An orchard
of ESQ trees will give grower an aver
age, profit of S4Oo year. An acre will
grow about 100 trees, planted with the
proper distances between them. The
trees boar the third year after plant
ing, g,9and'live from ten to twenty years.
French prunes pay the best
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
sampIe of Hindoo EngIish.

The following is taken from a hotel
advertisement in the Calcutta Times:
Gentlemen who come in hotel not say
anything about their meals they will
be charged for, and if they should say
beforehand that they are going out to
breakfast or dinner, etc, and if they
say they not have anything to eat they
will be charged, and if not SO they will
not be charged, or unless they bring it
to the notice of the manager of the
place, and should they want to say
anything, they must order the man
ager for one, not anyone else, and un-
less they bring not it to the notice of
the manager they will be charged for
the least thing according to the hotel
rate, and no fuss will be allowed after
ward about it," 49,, M, e@tt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
bullet Barriers of snow

Some experiments were made recent
ly in France on the penetrative power
of bullets through snow. The results
were very astonishing. The Lebel rifle
was used, and at distance of 16O feet
the bullet penetrated only five feet into
the snow target. A bullet from Lebel
rifle had been known, it is said, to go
through a tree of 3h feet in diameter
presumably through the full length
of the diameter; that it should only
penetrate 1s inches farther into such
soft stuff as snow seems altogether
startling. Tie explanation suggested
by the experimentalists is that the ro-
tating bullet picks up particles of snow
as it goes in and 70 gets "balled," or
blocked up.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
DEMOCRATIC ISSUES.
Chairman Jones Says Party Will OPP
pose Imperinlism-NoncO
initial About Silver.

st. Louis, Feb. 27. - Senator James
<. Jones, chairman of the democratic
national committee, who is stopping in
the city for a few days, submitted to
an interview with the Post-Dispatch
Monday. When asked what would be
the position of the democratic party on
the issue of expansion in the coming
campaign, Senator Jones said:
''The democratic party will be opposed
10 imperialism, and by that mean the ac-
nuistion of territory remote from this
country and its government either as a
part of the United States or as colonies.
rhe democratic party has always favored
the extension of our commerce, while the
republican party, by its protective tariff
policy, has always opposed and discouraged
II. The democratic party will continue to
favor every legitimate means of expand
Ing and extending the commerce of the
United States.
will silver be as important an Issue as
Il was in the campaign of 1882" he was
asked.
"If you will come to me about the 18th
of next November will be better informed
on that point" answered the senator.
do you think silver has paled any as an
issue before the American people?"
'You know as much about that as do.
Conventions and platforms do not make
ISSUES. Inc Wlshes ana opinions Oh voters
make them. The democratic party Is the
party of bimetallism, and its declaration
in the next platform on this question will
be as strong as 1t was in 1886. But whether
silver. or opposition to trusts. or imperial
ism will claim most attention from the peo-
pie is something cannot tell YOU"
"Will Bryan be the next democratic
nominee for the presidency?"
~ think so."
Senator Jones said he had not heard any
thing of the concerted movement among
general passenger agents OF railroads to
request the committee to change the date
of the convention from July 4 because of
the tremendous travel on and about that
day. What Is that to us?" he said. Per
sons who go to the convention do not go
on the Fourth. They go before the
Fourth. and ! cannot see how holding the
convention on that date will interfere with
the passenger traffic on that day"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
A CLEVER DIPLOMAT.
DR.. Leyds, General Agent Of the
Transvaal In Europe.
GIFTED with a Pcrsuasive Tongue and
Quite Capable of Proving n Match
for the Most Experienced of
Old World Statesmen.

DR.. w. ]. Leyds, the general agent of
the Transvaal in Europe, is one of the
shrewdest-and, his enemies say, the
most corrupt-of the coterie Of poll
ticians thrown to the surface in the
stirring history of the South African
republic. Leyds, although of Dutch
descent, is not, properly speaking, a
Boer. He is lawyer of learning and
of European education, and in all re-
spects capable of conserving his own
interests and those of his country in
the peculiar position he now occupies.
Intrusted with the delicate mission
of visiting the German emperor and
securing from him recognition of the
independence of the South African re-
public, he succeeded admirably in this
work. Emperor William gave him a
decoration and otherwise honored him.
Whatever friendly feeling there may be
at the Berlin court for President Kru-
ger is due directly to the excellent and
judicious representation of DR.. Leyds
1t is surprising and interesting to
find that early in his career as poll
tician this astute diplomat and schemer
was guilty of an error which, had it not
been for Dom Paul's provision and sa-
gacity, might have cut short the pros
perity of the future statesman.
Kruger appointed the young lawyer
attorney general of the republic.
While he was in Office he wrote to a
friend in Holland describing the per-
sonalties of the members of the execu-
tive. President Kruger he character
lied as an ignorant, narrow-minded,
pig g-headed and irascible old Boer,
whom Leyds said he could play with
and twist round his fingers as he liked.
Gems. Joubert and Smit were handled
with even less courtesy. Leyds quar-
relied with his correspondent in Hol-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
Had to Replace the Hat.

The German emperor likes to study
the character of his group of small
sons, and to that end has given them
a room next to the one he uses for busi-
ness purposes. A certain great scien-
tific man, having an interview with the
emperor, left his hat in the adjoining
hall. There the little brothers discov-
cred it, and the crown prince, explain
ing to the younger ones that papa
sometimes sat on his opera hat and
il came all right again." proceeded to
give a practical illustration of this
statement. The emperor's door sud-
denly opened, and papa" and the pro-
fessor appeared. Then there was an in
QUESTION on the hat, and the crown
prince went off to buy the professor a
new one out of his meager pocket
money.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02

land, and the latter made his letter
public.
The two generals were furious. They
Immediately demanded the instant dis
missal of the ''conceited young fool"
President Kruger was deaf-literally
and metaphorically-to their impor-
tunities. He said Leyds was very
capable young man who would learn
more as he grew older. He not only re-
tanned him in Office, but personally eX-
planned to him that he would be kept
near the throne so long as it suited
the presidents convenience so to do.
In the ten years that have passed since
this incident Leyds has been closer to
Kruger than any other man in Trans
vaal politics.
DR.. Leyds' position as agent ex-
traordinary covers n multiplicity of
functions. Vast sums of money are in
trusted to. him to carry on the work
of the republic in Europe, and he is the
sole responsible accounter for these
funds. He is described as man of pc
culiarly strong personal power, gifted
with persuasive tongue, and quite
capable of proving match for the old
est diplomats of Europe. Much of this
ability has been doubtless cultivated
by President Kruger, who saw in the
rash young lawyer the promise of n
powerful and very useful future.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. PA spe-
cial from Winnipeg says: A boy named
Joseph Hansen, son of farmer near
Medicine Hat, N. w. T., was frozen to
death in the recent blizzard. Father
and son had gone out to bring in some
horses and lost their way, wandering
about in the storm all night. The boys
feet froze and his father carried him
until both were helpless. The father
could do nothing but watch the boy
die. About an hour later he reached
home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
GOOSE SHOWS SENSE.
An Authenticated Anccdote Which
Indicates That Animals Pos
sess Reasoning Power.

A writer in Our Animal Friends re-
lates several anecdotes that show the
intelligence of animals and birds. The
following are among them:
AT Ardglass, County Down, Ireland,
is large tract of turf coming to the
edge of the rocks overhanging the sea,
where cattle and geese feed; at a
barn on this tract there was q low in
closure, with door fastening by a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
BLACK AND ORANGE oRIoLE.

sews the two edges together with her
bill for the needle, and some strong
grass or rootlets for the thread. She
even follows the grain of the leaf close
by one of the veins, and so neatly are
the stitches made that only the closest
examination reveals them. Inside this
pocket is built nest of soft grass or
hair, and here the mother bird lays
her dainty eggs and raises her family
without fear of discovery. - Youths
Companion
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
Decides Against Dewey.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The United
States court of claims Monday rem
dered decision on the claim of Ad-
miral Dewey for prize money on ac-
count of the destruction of the Spanish
fleet in Manila harbor. The court de-
cided against the admiral's contention
that the enemy's force was superior to
his and awarded him Sl7hO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
TAILOR-MADE HOME.
and Orange Oriole of Costa
Ricn, Central America.

There is little bird in Costa Rica, a
pretty black and orange oriole who is
an expert in needlecraft. Having no
clothes upon which to exercise her
skill, she turns her talent to account
in home-making. Selecting a large,
fresh-grown banana leaf, she carefully
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Albert
Hoskins, in the criminal court Monday,
pleaded guilty to "holding up" street
car conductor one night last Septem.
ber, and was sentenced to 20 years
in the penitentiary. He is widower
and has two children. Two weeks ago
jury in the same court assessed n
4Q-year sentence against negro high
wayman
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
Upheld by supreme Court.

Washington, Feb. 27. - The United
States supreme court decided that the
provisions of the constitution of the
state of Utah allowing proceedings in
criminal cases to be prosecuted upon
the process of information" and linn
iting iuries in certain cases to eight
persons instead of requiring the COM
mon law jury of 12, We're not in con-
travention of the federal constitution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
Denied "a Hearing.

Washington, Feb. 27. : The United
States supreme court denied the ap-
plication of Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter
to bring his case into that court.
There was no written opinion
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
More Gum and Less Guam.

Postmaster-There is great demand
from collectors for the Guam postage
stamps. / presume you'd like set of
them, wouldn't you?
" Customer-No; I don't know that l
care particularly for any Guam post
age stamps, but I'd like little more
gum on the ones do get.--N. Y. World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02
Hank Robbed.

Perry, Ga, Feb. 27.-The Perry loan
and savings bank was entered evident
ly by professional bank robbers Sum
day night and $3,7OO stolen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02

Z, President Steyn, of the Orange Free
State, worked on his fathers farm un-
til he was about 10, when he went to
Europe to study law.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-03-02

New York, Feb. 27. = Antonio Fer.
raro was electrocuted ut the Sing Sing
prison for the murder of Luciano Mu.
chic, in Brooklyn, on April A, 1905.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
HAWAIIAN kuggEs INpu.TRY.

The problem Of how 10 make all Ha-
vail productive OF land revenue has
been solved so FAR as the low country Is
concerned By the progress and attain
ment o. the sugar. rice and pineapple
industries. But great areas Of fertile
soil stacked up IN mountain ranges
and high hills have. except for the com
Tl.ltively small part given over TO
coffee and merchantable timber. been
ranked as agriculturally useless. For
a time 70 was thought that coffee would
be the peCuniary salvation Of the high
lands. but the low price OF the product
and the competition under free trade OF
the Central American states and Brazil
has dampened the ardOr OF the coffee
enthusiasts and some promising plan
rations have been torn up for the bene-
III Of the cahe-grower. The most that
is done now with the higher upiands
is to use them for a kind OF grazing
which destroys more in young timber
than Il makes in beef and interferes be-
SIDES WIN tht NCiASSl FabacA VI NAS
water supply.
What is 70 be done with the uplands
is therefore an importunate question |
which. we are glad 70 say, the Federal |
Government Is about 10 answer. The |
plan is to raise the India rubber of
a most valuable product, al
ready growing scarce and yet subject TO
an increasing demand the world over.
AS readers OF our telegraphic columns
will see, the Department Of Agriculture
plans to set out 1O0. 900 rubber trees
on the public lands In the well-ground-
ed belief that it will be able to start a
industry which. in a few
years, will add vastly TO the revenues
from export and perhaps stimulate local
enterprises.
That Hawaiian mountain soil and eli
mate are friendly to rubber trees has
long been the conviction of Allan Her
bert who Is, perhaps, our chief expert
In forestry. He and others have made
experiments in a small
way, and in their opinion forests can
be set out and brought 10 the produc-
tive stage in a few years. These con-
Mr.. Herbert has made known
in an unofficial report which. We pre-
sumo, was the means OF enlightening
the Agricultural Department about the
here.
II Mr.. Herbert is right a rubber grove
in Hawaii will be more profitable than
an orange or lemon grove in California.
That he IS right seems to be fact
which local experiments and the ruling
price OF rubber sufficiently demon
strate. Hence it may easily be that when
the price OF sugar begins to drop under
the competition of the West Indies and
the beet growers, the rubber exports
will be able to make up the deficit and
maintain Hawaiian prosperity in
definitely at the flood. We may yet
have our rubber kings as we'll as our
sugar barons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
WATER BY TUNNEL.

The Advertiser is glad to see that Su-
perintendent Andrew Brown is in IA.
vor OF seeking a permanent supply oil
mountain water for the Nuuanu reser-
voirs by means of tunnels into the
range Eva of the valley and that he
thinks there is plenty of water there
waiting for the tap. This Journal has
already noted the flow of a six-inch
stream caused by an experimental blast
in an old tunnel at Luakaha and urged
further work at that particular spot. II
a great flow can be had 1t may pre-
clude the need Of expensive storage res
eryolrs and enable Hawaii TO save a
million of dollars or so for other pur-
poses.
Certainly something should be done
to keep the reservoirs supplied, and
the easiest and cheapest way to pro-
coed Is to make a reasonable appro-
priation for boring or tunnelling Just
now this Island is confronting a sum
mer's drouth Of unparalleled severity.
Within a month past the Nuuanu res
ervoirs were unable to provide water
for drinking purposes. to say nothing
Of putting out fires. With such a state.
Of things existing in February and
March what may not be anticipated in
July and August? 1t is not good pub
&c policy to take the risks involved
when the outlay Of few hundred or a
few thousand dollars might tap nat
1re's storage reservoirs and bring out
a stream that would solve the Nuuanu
water problem for good and all.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
PORTO RICO.
The Island Pauperized by American
Government.


SAN JUAN. puerto Rico). Marcel
15.-The condition of Puerto Rico 1.
almost incredible The whole people
are being pauperized by free govern
nent, while the instability of the
country. without constitutional guar.
antee, prevents American capital from
flowing in.
There is a general outcry from lead
ing Puerto Ricans in all parts of the
island against this degrading aims
giving. as a ruse TO quiet the people
while Congress is fastening the slavery
of a colonial system upon them.
The official returns show that I'm five
months, since the tornado, the number
of deaths in excess Of the normal has
been 5000, showing that the island is
losing IN population at the rate of 90
OOO year as result Of American con-
troll.
The sights in the mountain district
are appalling. All experienced men
are saying that the only hope of saw
Ing Puerto Rico from utter ruin is TO
at cnce convert ., into a regular Unit
ed States Territory. The whole Peep. c
do not need charity. They need the
opportunity to work.
The heart Of the most sordid trus.
president would be melted by the spec
tacle OF a helpless nation waiting in
suspense Tor the news that Congress
has refused TO take all hope from
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26

At the recent annual meeting OF the
Michigan State Mlllers' association the
subject of beet-sugar raising came in
Tor important notice. President Al
mendinger, according to the Detroi.
Journal, said that the recent state re-
porss show that last year $4,000 acres
were devoted to suglr-beet raising in
Michigan, and the work has Just com
menced. So far as It Is a legitimate
industry, he said. It Is entitled to con-
sideration, CT at least should be le.
alone. That many farmers are being
duped by beet sugar manufacturers. I"
said President A,mendinger. "is no
longer to be disputed. Is 1t policy to
allow men to be lured INFO an indu try
which Is to be a direct competition
with our men. when a fair statement
OF the facts would dissulde many from
engaging In It? \ promoter Of one Of
these schemes admitted in my presan g
that the bee,-susAr Industry might
presently collapse. but in the ms,o-
time he and his friends would have go.
out OF Il In good financial condito, ..
Mr.. Almendlnger cited the re,en. ,c-
ton Of the beet growers OF Bay a15
Shiawas- ee counties to show that be,ts
were las; year raised at a loss. and con-
cluded by saying tina, II the Industry
cannot stand alone it might be The
duty CT the members OF the Mlllers'
association to use their influence In
their respective communities to secure
the early repeal OF the bounty law. and
also to set before the farmers who have
not gone into tie business OF raising
bests the exact conditions that sur
round their production.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
SEVEN WEEKS TRANCE.
New Haven Girl Ends a Long and
Peculiar Trance.

NEW HAVEN. March 15.-After ly-
ing nearly seven weeks in a trance,
caused by excessive indulgence in
dancing. Miss Pauline Fitzgerald has
awakened and asked for food.
Il have had such a nice dream" she
said, II thought / was waltzing for
hours and hours. / never seemed 70
tire. But now that l awake / feel tired
and hungry"
Dance music was recently tried with
partial success to awaken Miss Fitz-
gerald. The experiment was tried al
the suggestion of the Springside Home
whittier the young woman was con-
yeyed from the home OF Mrs. Fred
Grant.
When the familiar strains of a
waltz fell upon her ear the girl made
spasmodic movements and her lips
moved In efforts to articulate. But she
soon relapsed into stupOr.
Miss FitZgerlld's case has attracted
the attention of several physicians
who were present when her cot was
moved into the parlor of the Spring
side Home, while an attendant expert
mented with dance music at the piano.
The authorities at the Springside
Home repeatedly tried hypnotlsm, but
all efforts Of this kind produced 40 re-
suit.
When Miss Fitzgerald finally awoke
she was so weak that her physicians
would allow her to talk but little. To
a correspondent she said:
Il can't realize that I have been
asleep over six weeks. II seems only
like a long night. 1 have no recollec-
ton OF my dreams except that / seem
ed to be always whirling TO the sound
OF music"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26

The danger OF having Hawaiian sugar
ships held up at New York, which was
outlined in a telegram published Sat-
urday, Is explained more fully in this
issue. There seems to be no intention
ON the part of the New York Board OF
Health 20 taboo the ships simply be-
cause they hail from these Islands. The
Health officer declares that IL they
were loaded IN the stream away from
the wharves or under the supervision
OF United States medical inspectors
they will simply. be subjected to the
ordinary quarantine regulations. Trou-
BILE will only come to the ships, IL there
are any. that took apparent risks OF
infection.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-26
RUSSIA AeeR1EvEs GERMANY.
An Inei3ent at the Launching of the
Russian Warships.

BERLIN, March 15.-An unp.eazan.
impression has been created here By
Ire speech CT Chaplain MalteAen OF the
Russian Embassy al the launching OF
me Russian warslip AskOld yesterday
rs remarks contained no a.lusi1n e
emperor william, who was present
beyond a reference to the fast that his
Majesty is a Russian Admiral.
II was reported last evening in court
circles that Russian Grand Duke who
mad been expected to attend the
launching found an excuse not to come
upon learning that Emperor William
would attend and would follow his
speech with Russphile remarks. which
Russia does not desire.