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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29

heard the child and felt her caress.
"There," she said, as she snapped
the last case together, 81 don't s'pose
you'll remember half I've told you,
but 1 care more for these pictures
than for anything I've got, for it's
all that's left of my folks. Now I've
got something that'll please you
more"
Dragging a pasteboard box from
under the bed, she disclosed a dolls
set of pewter dishes. and, with the
sight of her childhood treasures, a
new look came in her face. "They
were mine when was little girl"
she said, quietly. "You can play with
them tomorrow"
Primrose's face shone, but she was
dumb-the favor was so unexpected.
Instead, she impulsively kissed Miss
Abigails arm.
81 must get supper, now," said Miss
Abigail, but in the kitchen she laid
her hand tenderly on the spot and
stepped softly that she might hear
the clink of the dishes as Primrose
put them carefully away against the
morrow.
At midnight the Sackett boys began
their celebrating, but Primrose slept
undisturbed, At breakfast there was
lull, so when Miss Abigail declared
she must drive to Stockton Primrose
was untroubled. Her aunt did not
feel so easy The Sacketts were mis-
chievous neighbors on such day and
had already shown a disposition to
tease the little stranger. However,
her errand was urgent and surely
Jake, her right-hand man, was pro-
lection enough.
She smiled as she looked back at
Primrose, on the porch, playing party
with her dolls and the treasured
dishes. She could almost have played
herself. Checking her vagrant
thoughts with feeling of shame, she
urged Lightning still faster With a
daring flick of the whip. She must
be back before noon.
"Hi, here! Want to see crackerT
Primrose jumped, for Sam stood close
behind her.
"Pooh! Don't play dolls to-day
See here"
Primrose smiled and tried not tc
show that she wanted him TO &c
home. He held little red roll with
IL string attached. Was this crack
err? Sam swiftly lighted a mattel
when, after an omihous sputter, the
dreadful thing burst with a bang
Primrose bit her tongue hard II
crowd back cry.
Sam saw mischief ahead when. sud
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29

crealled in the dead of night, and
somebody tiptoed in to see if the child
was covered, only the angels knew.
Primrose dreamed that her mother
kissed her.
Thenceforth began strange expert
ences for Primrose. The tangle of
bright hair was confined in two tight
pigtails. Miss Abigail, taking fright
from her own growing satisfaction
in "goldilocks," felt that thus she
nipped vanity in the bud. For the
same reason, combined with neatness,
the dainty frocks were covered with
long-sleeved, high-necked check
aprons which Primrose's beauty-lov-
ing soul abhorred.
She had been at the farm nearly a
month when one morning at break
fast Miss Abigail said abruptly:
81 s'pose you think you want some
crackers tomorrow"
"Crackers?" Primrose's eyes grew
large with wonder.
"Firecrackers, of course. Don't
look so wild.'
81 don't know what they are"
Primrose tried to modify her objec-
tionable expression.
Land! Why, you know what day
it is?"
"Yes'm; Friday"
"Don't you know about the Fourth
Sakes alive! Your father used to tear
up the whole farm that day. Nor why
we celebrate?"
Primrose ventured weak-"Nobody
told me-"
Miss Abigail strode to the small
corner shelf and took down a dingy-
covered volume. Its time you knew
some history" she said, "but l can't
stop to tell you now. AT least you
can read the Declaration Take it
out under the big walnut. Never
mind about the dishes this time"
And Primrose, struggling over the
long words, wished she was at heI
wonted tasks.
"Goin' to celebrate, Britisher?'
called roguish voice from the gate
and Sam Sackett hung over the pick
cts.
Primrose shook her head. II dom
KNOW" she answered. "How does ont
celebrate?"
Lots of noise. Begin early, keep i
UP all day. Crackers-torpedoes-
rockets (when there's any none!
left). S-s-s-fz-z-z.bang!" with clasl
of the gate and warwhoop to reen
force his description.
Primrose jumped and Sam grinnet
wickedly. "Bill and I'll be round to
morrow to show yau how" and hi
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29
Sure Death.

Mrs. Cobwigger-I'm afraid some
thing has happened Freddie. haven't
seen anything of him since morning.
Cobwigger-Nonsensel He's only
having a good time with his fire.
crackers.
Mrs. Cobwigger-No. he isn't. I
would not let him have such things.
bought him one of those harmless toy
pistols.
Cobwigger-Run,w woman, and get
me my hat. guess he's down at the
morgue before this.-N. Y. World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29
A Good Chnrncter.

"Can you give any evidence in regard
to the character of the deceased?" said
the judge.
"Yes, my lord" replied the witness.
"He was man without blame, beloved
and respected by all men, pure in all his
thoughts and"
"Where did you learn that?"
81 copied it from his tombstone, my
lord. Harlem Life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29
Ottawa, Canada, or NJ. V. McINNES, No.
2 Merrill Blk, Detroit, Mich; d. L.
CAVEN, Columbus, Ohio.
Mnrt Respect tradition.

Constance the beautiful maiden, struggles
desperately in the water.
Save mel" she shrieks. fr
Harold, the brave youth, standing upon
the shore, throws aside his coat. -
Are you sinking for the third time" he
asks.
"Oh, dear! forgot to count How
stupid of mel" Constance cries, in much
confusion.
Harold is as brave as lion, truly, but
he will scarcely risk violating what is per-
haps the most cherished convention of TO.
mance.-Stray Stories.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29
Fourth of July.

Benny, beat the dish-pan!
Tommy. bring your drum!
Sammy, save your breath to blow!
Dicks harmonium!
Bobby, take your tin fife!
Sue, you're marchins yell!
Jimmy, keep In step There!
Alec. ring that bell!
Fire the cannon crackers.
Give a cheer now, boys!
What is this day meant for.
But to make q noise!
Frances Amory, In st. Nicholas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29
Two Kinds.

Wigg-Talkalot says he either knows
a man, or he doesn't. He has no speak
ing acquaintances.
Wagg-No; they're all listening 40
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-06-29
NI>5AD'dA'l's
arsFoy RTH.AS

IGHTNING dipped
his nose deep in
the clear water.
He closed his eyes
slowly with a sat
isfied expression
on his equine coun-
tenance, then ele-
yatad bic drippin q
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
Ceaars Twenty Centuries old,

Some cedars are undoubtedly more
than 1000 years old, for. though on
good moraine soil they grow about as
fast as oaks, on bare pavements and
smoothly glaciated overswept granite
ridges in the dome region they grow
extremely slow.
One on the Starr King ridge, only 2
feet IL inches in diameter, was LAO
years old. Another on the same ridge,
only foot ~ inches in diameter, had
reached the age of S34 years. The first
10 inches from the bark of a medium
seized tree-6 feet in diameter-on the
north Tenaya pavement had $50 layers
of wood, or 81 to the inch. Beyond
this the count was stopped by dry ROT
and overgrown wounds.
The largest / examined was 33 fee
In girth, or nearly 1G feet in diameter
and, though | failed to get anything
like complete count, learned enough
from this and many other specimens
to convince me that most of the tree
| 8 to 10 feet thick, standing on polish
ed glacier pavements, are more thai
20 centuries of age rather than less
| Barring accidents, for all l can see
they would live forever, When killed
they waste out of existence about
| slowly as granite.-John Muir In Al
lantic.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
S1OO Reward SlOO.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased - learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been unable to cure in all its stages and
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the one positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
needs constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consitu.
ton and assisting nature in doing Its
work. The proprietOrs have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer one Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list o
testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
OO5,OOO MAGAZINES MONTHLY.
The Ladies Home Journal" Circulation In
creasing Very Rapidly.

The circulation of the Ladies' Home
Journal has reached 900, 900 and passed
it by 5,OOO-9O5, 900 copies being the
aggregate circulation of the April
issue. This is an increase of over 36, 900
copies per month for the last four
monts-since January 1st of present
year-over the corresponding period
in 1899. Even these figures do not
tell the whole story of the growth of
the Journals popularity. But they
stand for the extreme limit of the ca
pacity of the presses upon which the
magazine is printed, but which for the
last year or more-even with the con-
slant increase in their number, and
running day and night-have been un-
able to keep the supply apace with the
increasing demand. Every issue
within that period has been exhausted
in less than fortnight after the date
of publication, and the mechanical re-
strictions have made it impossible tC
meet the subsequent calls for the mag
aziDe- several thousand each month.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
INSECTS TROUBLE FARMERS,
PEA LOUISE WORKING IN LOWER KENT AND
SUSSEX COUNTIES.
Delaware College Experimental Station Sub.
mits Treatise For the Benefit of
the Pea Grower.

Delaware College Experimental Sta
tion is making experiments with the
destructive green pea louise. In
this vicinity we have not heard of
them, but doubtless they would be
here in equal numbers, if we were in
large culture of the pea. The circular
says:
'One of the largest pea-canning fac
tories in America, with a capacity of
125, 200 cans per day is located at Sea-
ford, and in 1898 this and half dozen
smaller plants located at Bridgeville,
Harrington, Houston, Milford and
Milton, have packed some IA, 900
cases of two dozen cans each-the crop
of over 1900 acres.
During the season of 1899, a SER
ious blow was given this usually prof.
table industry by the appearance of
small plant louse upon the peas in such
countless numbers as to cause an al
most the entire loss of the late
crop and from one-half to two-thirds
of the usual yield of the earlier sorts.
These small insects, which closely re-
semble the ''green fly" of greenhouses
and the ''wheat aphls" on wheat, ex-
cept that they are considerably larger
and entirely of light pea green color,
commenced to appear about the time
the early peas were in blossom.
''These small insects injure the
plant by sucking its juices and thus
more or less depicting its vitality.
Though the few present at first did
hardly any damage, they soon multi.
piled so rapidly, that the plants were
entirely coated with them. AS con.
sequence the vines soon died or very
imperfectly matured the peas. With
the cutting of the pea crop these in.
sects were not noticed further except
here and there in garden patches,
where they might be found until late
in November.
"The question most naturally arise:
at once, "Where were these lice before
they appeared on the peas in the
spring or, in other words, where and
in what state do they pass the winter
months?'
''There seems to be but little doubt
that throughout Delaware most o
the pea lice have spent the winter OF
the scarlet clover and having repro
duced so rapidly as to have become ex
cessively abundant upon it, they are
spreading to the peas. Only the
winged forms will spread to the peas
upon which they will deposit young
which Will each mature and reproduce
25 to 80 young in from a week tC
ten days, and these winged lice are
very largly spread by the wind.
SIT has been ascertained that tht
Pea Louise, with which as such W.
were unfamiliar previous to 1899, il
undoubtedly the same as louise no
ticed for five or six yeats past upor
scarlet clover.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
MINORITY RULE IN KENTUCKY.
Taylor of the Majority Turned Out and Beck
ham of the Minority Substituted.

The Morning AeUs thus discusses
the action of the Supreme Court,
which felt it had no jurisdiction IN the
case:
Certainly the action of the legisla-
ture, in spite of the authority given it
by the constitution of Kentucky, went
out of its way to exercise an arbitrary
power. 1t maliciously and deliber-
ately set about to give Goebel the
Office of governor i'll spite of the plur-
ality given for Taylor. 1t committed
a fraudulent act under cover of law,
yet none the less are the men who
voted to seat Goebel and Beckham to
be condemned without stint. They
cast aside all decency and morality
and assumed to set themselves as
against a plurality of the voters of
their State. They cast aside the fig
ures submitted to them and they ig-
nored the evidence presented for their
consideration.
''The decision of the Supreme Court
was in effect that the Kentucky legis-
lature was supreme and the court of
last resort in that State. That may be
the law, but it does not meet with the
approval of those who felt and still
feel that the Kentucky constitution is
repugnont to honest men and in di-
70 fno loo Of
can form of government.
'What the Kentucky legislature did
under cover of the lava racally law
at that-was really no worse than what
has been done in the past by the Gen
eral Assembly of Delaware. 1t was
the custom for years for the Delaware
General Assembly, when the Republi-
cans of this city, for instance, won an
election to deliberately set about to re-
verse the decision of the people. They
have frequently removed men from Of
fees to which they were elected, they
have deprived men elected to office of
| the emoluments of their offices, they
| nave eAl6uueu Tue IlLu0 OI S0rNlC6 OF
Democrats elected to office and they
have reduced the terms of Republicans
who were elected. 1t was only few
years ago-1897-tha they deliberately
unseated the entire legislative delega-
tion elected by the Republicans in
Kent county. The course of the Dem
ocratic party in Delaware has been
unjust, bitrary and despicable. There
has, in the past, been no respect for
the rights of the Republican majority,
and the people had to submit, as they
are now compelled to submit in Ken,
lucky.
Fortunately the new constitution
of this State has put barrier in the
way and the election of members OF
the General Assembly by districts ha:
guaranteed that in the future the Dem
ocrats will not have an entire monop
oily of the General Assembly as ii fre
quently had in the past, when there
was not minority member in either
of the houses"
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
Attached to the bakery.

A plausible tale of man who bought
a loaf of bread and took away more
property than he paid for is told by the
Pawtucket correspondent of the Prov
idence Telegram. The man was in
hurry to catch a car.
His impatience made the clerk nerv-
Gus. She forgot to snap the string
which bound the paper about the loaf,
and away sped the man with the loaf,
while the string reeled off behind him.
He caught the car all right, and, al
though the conductor and some of the
passengers noticed as he sat down
close to the door that the twine paid
! itself out as the car rolled along the
man did not discover the tangle until
he alighted. In'the meantime the con-
ductOr was having a good time. AS
passengers stepped on the platform he
cautioned them not to walk on that
string. and they did not.
1t might have looked mysterious to
the people who saw the string moving
along the street, for the unraveling
continued until the bakery twine bob
bin had been nearly emptied by the
connected loaf a mile away. The mar
with the bread felt a tug at his loaf a:
he stepped down from the car. TheI
he followed up the cord, winding as b,
went.
He was one of those strictly homes
men who want nothing that does no
belong to them, and the best part o
the story is that he followed the strin
back, winding as he walked, and II
due time entered the bakery and re
stored the ball of twine.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
THE BIyOUAC OF THE DEAD. q.
BY COL. THEo. o'HARA.

The muff1ed drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on Life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are SPREAD
And Glory guards with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foes advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind.
No vision of the mOrrow's strife,
The warriors dream alarms,
No braying horn, nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are past.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood you gave!
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot,
Where valor proudly sleeps.
No wreck. nor change, nor winters blight
Nor Times remorseless doom;
Shall dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

The Kansas City hotel and restaur-
ant keepers, and the lodging house
managers as well, are not bothering
their heads over the Democratic ex-
preston concerning the currency.
They are simply getting their safes in
order to stow away all the Democratic
currency that can be gathered in dur.
ing the convention week.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Gen. Macarthur having succeeded
General Otis, who is on the way home,
in command of the Philippines, will
now become target for the abuse of
the Agulnaldo brand of Americans.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Rural free mail delivery is being ex-
tended among the farmers. The Re-
publican Congress has increased the
appropriation for this purpose to 81, 75O-
600 SO that more farmers than ever will
soon be having their mail delivered
at their doors.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

The ice trust in New York city is
now having seance with the courts.
There seems to be disposition to fight
that Democratic trust, involving the
mayor of that city, and to force it to
come down. The people ought to
succeed.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.
Pithy Sayings From Our Popular Wash
ingtOn Correspondent

Pithy Sayings From Our Popular WASH
ingtOn Correspondent.
Admiral Dewey has recovered his
common sense and expressed wonder
that he ever thought of going into pol
itics.
Although Congressman Mccall of
Mass, was born within 25 miles of the
battlefield of Gettysburg, he never
saw that historic ground until recently.
Hon. Wharton Barker isn't the least
bit backward about putting in his
claims. He doesn't claim that he will
be elected, but that he will defeat Mr..
Bryan.
"Havana election farce" is a news
paper head line. Well couldn't the
same thing be said of some elections
much nearer home? How about Kent
county or Kentucky.
Now we know that the Presidential
campaign is on. Wall street gamblers
have begun to bet on the result of the
election. Jim Keene has bet 81, 500 to
$4,000 that Bryan will be elected.
Rudyard Kipling is the only cor
respondent in South African who has a
pass from Gen. Roberts allowing the
holder to go every where he pleases;
no wonder Rud. gets interesting stuff.
Several members of the House have
a grievance against the Washington
Post. Amos Cummings wrote of them
as guerrillas, and their pictures were
inserted in the article labeled "goril-
las"
Hon. Grover Cleveland has written
two magazine articles on "The Inde-
pendence of the Executive" He
ought to know, as he was about the
most independent President we ever
had.
A miniature war in the Greek colony
in New York City recalled the adage
"When Greek meets Greek" etc. Nc
fire arms were used, but more thar
fifty were wounded with clubs and
knives.
} The trustees of a Kansas churcl
want big preacher and believing il
advertising they are advertising fOl
one who is more than six feet tall
they want one who can hold his heaC
above the congregation.
That Americans should sympathiz,
with the Beers is natural, but they are
too far away for us to fight for them
and that is about the only way W,
could help them, as England has al
: ready politely but firmly declined tn,
= offer of our good offices to bring abou
e an honorable peace.
n Germany is said to be encourag
B.. ing the raising of cattle in it
n South African colony, with the hop,
# that she can thus become able to d,
without American beef. There are
whole lot of German products, nov
3 largely sold in the U. S., that we cal
do without, if it becomes necessary t.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Germany is said to be encourag-
ing the raising of cattle in its
South African colony, with the hope
that she can thus become able to do
without American beef. There are a
whole lot of German products, now
largely sold in the U. s., that we can
do without, if it becomes necessary to
teach Germany trade lesson.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Now we know that the Presidential
campaign is on. Wall street gamblers
have begun to bet on the result of the
election. Jim Keene has bet 81, 500 to
$40, 900 that Bryan will be elected.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

"Havana election farce" is a news
paper head line. Well couldn't the
same thing be said of some elections
much nearer home? How about Kent
county or Kentucky.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

That Americans should sympathize
with the Beers is natural, but they are
too far away for us to fight for them,
and that is about the only way we
could help them, as England has al
ready politely but firmly declined the
offer of our good offices to bring about
an honorable peace.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

The trustees of a Kansas church
want a big preacher and believing in
advertising they are advertising for
one who is more than six feet tall
they want one who can hold his head
above the congregation.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Hon. Wharton Barker isn't the least
bit backward about putting in his
claims. He doesn't claim that he will
be elected, but that he will defeat Mr..
Bryan.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Although Congressman Mccall of
Mass, was born within 25 miles of the
battlefield of Gettysburg, he never
saw that historic ground until recently
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Admiral Dewey has recovered his
common sense and expressed wonder
that he ever thought of going into pol
itics.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

A miniature war in the Greek colon,
in New York City recalled the adage
"When Greek meets Greek" etc. N
fire arms were used, but more thai
fifty were wounded with clubs ant
knives.
Smyrna times., 1900-05-30

Hon. Grover Cleveland has writer
two magazine articles on "The Inde'
pendence of the Executive" He
ought to know, as he was about the
most independent President we evel
had.