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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25
APPEALS FOR PROTECTION.
An English Subject In Colorado Is Afraid OI
Mob Violence.

Denver, July 22.-William Rad
cliffe has appealed to the state to pro-
tect his property at the Grand Mesa
lakes. He says armed men are in
possession of his property and threat
en- to kill his employees if they do not
leave Delta county. He arrived in
the city last evening and immedi-
ately entered into consultation with
the state game commissioner. The
opinion of the attorney general will
be asked as to the duty of the state.
Radcliffe places his loss in young
trout alone at $4,000, Radcliffe.
who is an English subject, has APP
pealed to the British consul for pro-
lection to his life and property.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25
A Smooth Answer.

He-Do you think you really need q
new dress now?
She-You don't know anything about
It. wish had known before mar
ried you what a stupid you are.
He-You might have guessed 1t easily
when | offered to marry you.-Plck-
Me.Up.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25
NEGOTIATION, Still PROGRESSING.

London, July 22.-In the house of
commons today the parliamentary
secretary of the foreign office, Lord
Cranbourne, informed a questioner
that the difficulty which caused the
deadlock among the ministers of the
foreign powers at Pekin had reference
to the collection of revenues, ear
marked for the purpose of indemnity,
and that the negotiations at Pekin
we're still in grogress.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25
The Dead Come TO Life.

Mr.. Thlrtiwun-The jokes the funny
men perpetrate nowadays are nothing
like those that delighted me when
was boy.
Mr., Fortiwun-W Wait TIL you're lit
tie older They're now using the ones
that delighted my boyhood. And, by
the way, don't say "perpetrate." "Per-
petuate" Is the word, Philadelphia
Press,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25
Not Enough Men,

"Sayw cried the first 'longshoreman,
"ain't ye got any better sense than to
be smokln' while we're handling these
kegs o. powder? Don't We know there
was an explosion last week that blowed
up dozen menT
Faith" replied Cassidy. "that cud
never happen here"
"Why not?"
"Bekase there's only two av us work
in here. ."-Philadelphia Press.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25

Boston will have college for train
ing young women to earn livlihood.
An instrument has been perfected
at Dartmouth college to measure the
heat Of the stars.
An English syndicate is said to have
purchased control of 72 zinc and lead
mines in Missouri.
The American Museum of Natural
History is to send an expedition to
China to study the life and customs
of the Chinese.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25

Learning the cornet, is hei Who's
his teacher?"
"He has none. He's his ewn tooter."
Philadelphia Times.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25

William G. Whitney, of New York,
paid $50, 900 for the two-year-old colt
Nasturtium.
1t is reported that a company at st.
Cloud, Fla, has succeeded in making
excellent paper from the leaves OF
the palmetto.
Andrew Allan, the only surviving
founder of the Allan Line Ocean
Steamship Co. and president of the
line, died at Montreal, Cam, at the
age Of so years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
HOW SEEDS TRAVEL.
Air, Water, Animals and Men, All
Have n Hand In Disseminating
Plant Life.

If you are out in the fields among
the flowers in the late summer or
early fall days, you will notice many
small particles floating in the air,
some high, some low; if you catch
one of these flying notes you will
find it is a seed. Sometimes little
threads or flaments are attached to
the seed; these spread themselves out
and act like little wings and keep the
seed from falling in its passage
through the air.
Besides being carried by the wind
many seeds are carried by animals.
Sheep are great collectors of seeds,
as their long wool catches and holds
the seed pods which are carried to the
other end of the pasture, or perhaps
to some distant farm never before in
Tested by that kind of weeds. Rowing
dogs, especially collies and other
long-haired kinds, bring burrs of bur-
dock and similar weeds to their own
ers' farms. Many seeds are carried in
the stomachs of animals and are thus
taken great distance, sometimes
even into foreign countries. Birds
often carry seeds a great distance not
only in their stomachs but on their
feathers; sometimes a bird starts
with seed in its mouth and drops it
on its way. Long rows of cedar trees
along farm fences in certain sections
are examples of tree planting through
the agency of birds.
Water plays a great part in the dis
t,.il, nf flowing
water often carries seeds great dis
tance. The ocean, too, does its share
of seed carrying, and tropical islands
sometimes exchange seeds by means
of the tides.
No doubt you have been the uncon-
scious distributor of troublesome
weeds by plucking burrs off your gar
ments and carelessly casting them
away.
Dame Nature has no difficulty in
distributing her seeds, for wind and
waves, birds, animals and human be-
ings help her in her work. But in
order that man may have the kind OF
plants he wants in his garden or on
his farm, express companies and the
United States mails must be made to
assist in the distribution of seeds.
Thousands and thousands of pack
ages of seeds are sent out every year
by the great seed farm. One firm in
California grows 200 acres of sweet
peas. This grower has introduced
more than 20 varieties. Other firms
may have done as well, perhaps even
better, but this to me seems marvel.
ous.-Farm journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

er and tried to rouse the operator at
the cut.
The brute was slow, and when he did
answer he said that Grimes train had
gone. Gone! Casey was almost reach
ing for the gun in the top drawer. But
he didn't. He worked the instrument
again.
"Chase it," ratified Casey, and the
operator chased.
In the next ten minutes Casey got
his first gray hair
Now, from the cut to GAINESVILLE it is
down grade al the way. The gravel
train had stood on a siding, and the
brakeman had to jump to catch the
caboose after he had locked the switch.
The track was bad and good sprinting
out of the question. The operator was
long-legged chap, however, and he
had a chance.
| Meanwhile Casey sat still and wait
ed. He saw the wreck-vividly-t
steaming ruin of the engines, the
heaped-up train and the bodies lying
side by side under blankets. Then the
inquest and all the rest of the night
mare. There was murder on his hands
unless that train was stopped. And if
it was stopped-well, there would be
words of comment by trainmen, mes
sages over the wire to the division su-
perintendent and others not by Casey,
and it would be all over with Casey's
railroad career, to say nothing of An
ME and the picnic.
O'Connor had left GAINESVILLE long ago
and was now plugging along up the
grade, with numerous curves ahead
and so dagoes behind Grimes train
was rapidly gaining headway, string
ing out of the siding and rafting onto
the main track, going faster with every
yard.
The long-legged operator ran rapid
ly. Just as the train Strengthened out
for the down grade of the main line
he caught the last hand rail of the ca
boose and was flung off his feet, but
hung on and climbed aboard
And there they stood, the engine
putting and blowing off and Grimes
, talking very earnestly with his en-
gineer when the O'Connor train pulled
f, in. 1t was the long-legged operator
: who saved the trains-but it was the
= backyard quarrel that saved Casey
Y Grimes scow.ed, O'Connor glowered
4 conversation was out of the question
5 and official joint reports not to bt
D thought Of In the feud that had dis
e rupted the neighborhood up on Lynn
= street the poor train dispatcher wht
I. Il L., \.
Great Divide was forgotten.
t So Casey and the Little lady with th'
!, suniit hair went on their picnic up tn,
t river according to schedu.e.-Paul i
i Wrighi, in Chicago b. Record-Herald,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

mic. The dispatch couldn't resist. He
stepped out for just little Spiel" a
very short one. Annie was such good
hand to Josh" with.
Casey returned to his desk at last.
Nothing had happened, and everything
was all right. The operator at the tank
wanted instructions. Grimes en-
gineer was ready to go back, but re-
quested additional orders to take on
his train at the cut, and then go rolling
down the line to GAINESVILLE, without
waiting for further telegraphic in
structions.
If Casey had been thoroughly him
self he would not have granted it, be-
cause such a thing is irregular in rail-
road practice, and two trains nearly
always get into trouble when they try
to pass on the same track. But for ten
seconds it slipped his mind that he had
given O'Connor the right of way. And
in that ten seconds, having Annie's
smile before his eyes and being be-
nevolently inclined to all, he told
Grimes engineer to go ahead.
Then he looked out and saw Annie
waving at him from across the track.
She. too, had forgotten something.
Did he prefer beef tongue or ham in his
sandwiches? That was all, or nearly
all, and it was quickly settled. He pre-
ferred ham.
But when Casey got back and looked
at his order book he turned white. Ac
cording to the stories in the magazines
he should have drawn gun on himself
or died of heart disease. This is true
story, however, and Casey did nothing
of the sort. He shut his lips tight and
all the sunshine of the day turned
black, and all the pretty things he had
been thinking about the girl turned
black with it. He jumped to the tick
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

ed and shoveled off alternately at the
cut and the fill. as the case might be,
and smal! were the civilities that
passed between crews.
Casey was rather young man for so
responsible calling, but there was
one line besides train dispatching at
which he was even less experienced,
and he was finding constantly that his
pathway was beset with new perpleXi-
ties and wonderments. This morning
he was absent-minded, subject to un-
wonted starts and other symptoms.
Casey hardly knew what was wrong,
but he suspected strongly, and so did
Annie, Itwas hard to contine his brain
to the work in hand. Instead of train
numbers and switches and sidings and
stations his mind was filled with such
irrelevant matters as the shape OF
certain young woman's nose and the
way the sun shone in her hair. But he
pulled himself together and got the
hang of the days work before things
began TO snarl up.
The alternating gravel trains were
attended to early. Conductor Grimes
and his so Italian laborers were sent
back to, the cut to finish loading their
train. with gravel. O'Connor and his
gang were put to work for awhile at
the fill, unloading the fiat cars that had
been filled the. night before by the
steam shovel. All this was easy. The
passenger trains and the through and
way freights were reported o. X, and
Casey allowed his min dto wander just
little, prospecting on the quality of
picnic weather he and Annie would get
tomorrow for their trip up the river,
Then he was called back to earth by a
message from the operator a the cut
five miles above. Grimes wanted to
run up to the water tank, three miles
further on, TO fill the tender. Casey
gave the right Of way.
About this time O'Connor had fin
ished his unloading at the fill, and hi,
long train of empty flats pulled up a
the station for orders. The so ida
goes" sat complacently in the sun
smoking their black pipes and saying
nothing, like so many craven images
Casey sent them along the line to th'
cut lOr uhothSi -icau' N"SeJ iaushe'
again at the stolidity of the Italians
aud wondered if they ever felt as h
did,, They did not seem to care wheth
'er' school kept or not, but then, the.
didn't know the condition of the trail
dispatcaer's mind, although thi
ought to have been of vital interest t
them. Still, the passengers and tn
through and the way freights were dc
ing nicely, and it was already te
o'clock.
just then Annie came by She ough
not to have done so in Business hour,
but she wanted to ask Casey wha
lln,A to puI up for to-morrow's pit
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
Life Ruined by a Dog.

The jealousy of dog ruined the
life of Miss Elizabeth Maryland, the
prettiest of three charming daughters
of a Yorkshire (England) family. She
was engaged to be married to young
German army officer. Her fiance pre-
sented her with beautiful white
Spitz terrier. Miss Mayland's favorite
dog, big Scotch collie, was insanely
jealous of the little Spitz and made
an attempt to kill it. Miss Maryland
drove him off and scolded him severe
ly. The collie sulked few days, and
waiting his opportunity sprang upon
his mistress while she was petting
the Spitz and SO tore and lacerated
her face that her beauty was gone
forever. Miss Mayland released her
fiance from his engagement and en-.
Tered nunnery.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
OWLS ARE FIGHTERS.
When Trapped They Defend Them
selves Against Canine ns Well
ms Human Enemies.

Owls have a habit of dealing with
game they have killed that leads some
observers to think that, like dogs,
they prefer fowls that have not been
too recently slain. One of the birds
will often leave chicken or rabbit
for day or two before eating it. An
old trapper says he has often had
muskrat traps robbed by owls, only
q part of the rat being eaten.
When he finds trap so disturbed
the trapper leaves the rat where it
lies and sets another trap beside 1T.
In all probability the bird will return
the second night, in which case it will
be more than likely to be in the trap
when the owner comes next morning.
An owl in trap will offer to fight,
and if it gets a chance, will peck at
its captor or his dog numerically.
A farmer who caught one of the
birds by setting a trap alongside of
chicken that had been killed in
judiciously reached out to catch 1t
by the feet. The free foot executed q
movement that was entirely beyond
the farmers comprehension, and the
next minute the latter found his
wrist gripped in set of claws tc
which the trap was as nothing. He
was obliged to kill the bird, and then
'ound that the claws had penetrated
TO the bone.--N. Y. Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

iously watched the race from the
top. Bonavita, powerless to inter-
fere, watched from the bridge.
OF all races ever run in a circus
this was the most remarkable. 1t
was a race for life, as the quagga
knew and the tiger intended. Five
times they circled the arena, Raiah
gaining always, but never enough for
spring. In the sixth turn, however,
he judged the distance right. and
straightway a blacll-and-yellow body
shot through the air IN true aim at
the prey. Whereupon the quagga did
the only thing a quagga could do
let out both hind legs in one straight
tremendous kick; and they do say
that a quagga can kick the eyes out
of fly. AT any rate, in this case n
pair of nervous little heels caught
the descending tiger squarcly under
the lower jaw, and put him to sleep
like a nice little lullaby. And that
was the end of it. The quagga trotted
back to it's cage, Bonavita put up his
revolver, the frightened sweeper
clambered down from the bars. and
| Raiah was hauled back ignominious-
| ly to his den.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

the warmth of the gulf stream without
knowing what produced that effect.
Their winter dwelling places are
marked by miles of deep beds of oyster
shells, which, philosophers say, plain
ly show that in winter the Indians
lived upon those scavengers of the
ocean.
The capable, active, energetic and
enthusiastic workers of the geological
survey have given systematic study
and research to this entire region for
a number of years; just as they have
given to other portions of the country,
as was notably manifested in their
recent issuance at Buffalo of bulletins
giving history, modern and pre-his-
toric, of the formation of Niagara
falls and the glacial erosions which
formed the chain of great lakes.
These diligent workers have contrib
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
TIE QUAGGA'S HEELS.
They Proved Too Much for the Big
Circus Tiger Which Had Expect
ed au Easy Victory.


An amusing story is told by Cleve-
land Moffett in his paper on "The Wild
Beast Tanner" in st. Nicholas.
Well it was here that l heard the
story. Bonavita, it appears, was
standing on the bridge one morning
when there arose fearful racket in
the runway, and looking in he saw the
quagga tearing along toward him.
He concluded that some one had un-
fastened the door, and was just pre-
pairing to check the animal, when
around the curve came Rajah in full
pursuit Bonavita stepped back,
drew his revolver, and, as the tiger
rushed past, fired blank cartridge,
thinking thus to divert him from the
quagga. But Rajah paid not the slight
est heed, and in long bounds came
out into the arena hard after the
terrified quadruped, which was gal
Looping now with the speed of de-
spair. A keeper who was sweeping
clambered up the iron sides and anX'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

A N INTERFAMILY quarrel between
~ two houses up on I.'nn street,
with the consequent estrangement be-
tween Conductors Grimes and O'Con-
nor, fathers and husbands of the war
ring groups, spectively, were power
full factors in the last chapter, but
Casey's sweetheart with the sunlit
hair was the cause of the trouble. She
was innocent of all evil intent, but be-
tween her comeliness and Casey's feel
ings the most serious consequences
nearly resulted to both parties, not to
mention two train loads of Italian la
borers and bunch of the company's
money. And if it had not been for that
Lynn street feud and the fact that
both train crews took sides therein
well, Casey and the girl would not have
gone picnicking the next day.
How the feud originated no one
seemed to know. not even Casey, and
afterward he was too glad to accept
the bare fact to inquire. But after the
kids" the mothers took it up, and the
fathers had to follow suit to keep
peace in their own families. 1t was
serious by this time. Each of those
two men had said things which had
been passed along by mutual friends
till neither could speak TO the other.
Oh, they We're sore hearted. They met
face to face that morning in the little
booth next to the office where Casey,
the train dispatcher, held the chair.
One glared into space and the other
scowled, and they passed. Casey saw
them and laughed and later in the day
was thankful that it was so.
Casey's division ran from GAINESVILLE
up to Baraboo, or thereabouts, and
Grimes and O'Connor were in charge OF
the two gravel trains working the cut
north of GAINESVILLE. Their trains load
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

quets on carrion. It's powers are
adapted to it's instincts. Its beak is
feeble compared with that of the
eagle. The toes are longer, feebler,
with huge hooked claws, and incap-
able of grasping heavy weight dur
ing flight.
Where he finds his food there he
banquets, never attempting to carry
it to his haunts. OF a powerful and
robust build, he has neither the bill
nor the talons of the eagle, the for
mer being elongated and hooked
only at the top and the latter COM
paratively small and feeble. Nor has
he an exclusive appetite for blood,
carrion and putrid animals being
gredily deyoured by him.
This rare bird attacks lambs, kids
and the weak and sickly of the flock.
The strong-limbed chamois is not
secure, nor, when rendered desperate
by hunger, will the ravenous bird
forbear an attack on man. Children
are said to have often fallen sacri-
flee to its rapacity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15

and they say that these sites are as
distinctly the former dwelling places
of the Indians as Herculaneum and
Pompeii were the cities disclosed by
similar delivers near Vesuvius.
According to the facts and theories
of these workers in the earth, more
than 40 of these villages have been uil-
covered within the limits of the Dis
trict of Columbia alone, while scores
of other village sites have been dis
covered along the river and Chesa-
peake bay. 1t is matter of well-de-
fined history that a number of tribes S
were included in the Powhatan con-
federacy when white men first trod
the soil of Virginia, well-nigh 800 years
ago. Until thii day the country near
the headwaters of the Potomac and
the northern portion of Chesapeake
bay is happy hunting grbund. In
the pristine conditions of 300 years
ago, this must have been favorite
hunting ground for the tribes of that
confederacy. The Virginia Historical
society has preserved maps of we'll
.,nown trails which were used by the
Indians in their annual trips to the
Blue Ridge mountains in summer, and
back again to the warm coasts in the
autumn and winter, where they felt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
RUTH'S APOLOGY.
"Rain, rain, go to Spain,
Never, never come again.

Now have you gone to Spain,
Dear rain?
You stay so long away,
My garden grows more dusty and
More dreary every day.
And all the vegetables are dry
And withered up and small.
Why, that old foolish rhyme 1 said
l didn't mean at ALL
My little brook love so we'll
Has thin and sickly grown.
Where once l tried in vain to cross
Are only piles of stone.
And where were little waterfalls,
With rushes round the brink,
Are only muddy, trampled pools
Where cows come down to drink.
And so, please, IL you took offense,
Forgive me right away,
And come and water all my flowers
Soon as you can. To-day
II quite convenient. Don't feel bad,
Forget and come again.
Why, never" was just make believe.
/ really love you, rain!
Dear rain!
Oh, please. come back from Spain!
j. L. Mcclellan, in Youths Companio
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
KING OF vULTUREs.
Called the JammerHcyer by German
Nnturn1ists, on Account of
Its GreRt Cruelty.

The jammergeyer is species of
the vulture, of which little has been
written, or, indeed, known, but one
of which was recently captured. It
is found chiefly in South America, in
mountainous regions.
Neither fitted nor inclined to lead
life of sanguinary warfare, it ban
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-10-24
Who Are Qualified Voters?

The men of the State who are
calculating on going to the polls
next month and vote should not
forget that the law is very strict
in the matter of who shall have
the privilege of casting ballot.
To be a qualified voter one must
be a resident of the State two
years, of the county one year and
the precinct thirty days. Aside
from this is the important point
of whether all taxes have been
paid. The man who saved two
dollars last year by failing
to pay his poll tax has no right to
vote, and the election judges
should see that he is turned down
in case of doubt unless he can
show beyond all question that he
has performed his duty to the
State Meridian Star.