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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
Whore Women Propose.

There are some curious things con-
nected with marriage In the Tor. d
Straits Archipelago. IL is almost uni
versallythe woman who proposes. Hav-
ing found n young man to her liking,
the girl makes a string armlet and gives
ito his sister, who acts IS n go-between.
A meeting is arranged in the bush, and
u harmless onver satlOn takes place,
during which, however, tho following
questions and replies, In some form or
other, will probably be made: He:
."Do you like M propsrp' She: "Yes,
/ like you with my heart and eye. You
are my maH. l like o altogether. F"
The wedding day is fixed then and
there Tor no distant date -From Fash
ions IN Ftr.Of Lands in Conveys Home
Journal for March.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08

There are so girl members of a Mu-
NAL Protective Alliance society formed
recently in Plym-
f1ts Association. Mass. in which TO
h, eligible for membership one must
bc between II and 80 years old, and
mHst agree to let the society examine
iirta the qualifications of any sutton
f0r n members hand. The method of
baking into the character of a young
mxu is simple, says a local informant.
mzetings, and each young woman who
has u swain of whom she IS at all doubt
fhi gives his name and as many particu-
IsCs AZ she deems desirable TO the club.
kfTis held in strict secrecy. Acommit-
tse is appointed from among those
p~ressnt, and then there commences an
investigation. Woe to the young man
who has been engaged and broken it
OBI without very good cause. to him
vho runs off to Boston and puts poi
snn into his mouth TO steal away his
Brains, or TO him who is mixed UP in
amy matrimonial ENHANCEMENT. BY
the fine the committee has got through
with its inquiries there is not much
Ihtt to find out about the victim. If
tile report is uufayorable the young
Msn o finds himself ostracised. and
n-is said TINT already several have left
tise county Without mai good oX-
panations. II is said the girl who is
president of the society and who is
rs=a,S its founder, just escaped marry
Ing 4 married man.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
HE MADE A HIT.
Man Who Owncd Property impressed
His Child-CuIturc Views on
n Ncighbor.

Having made all the worldly possess
sions he has by his own unaided eXer-
tions, he is justly proud of the neat
little home, with yelvety lawn and
thrifty garden, that he owns in the
north end of the city. He has fire.
queutly protested against the raids
made by foul boys belonging in the
family of his nearest neighbor, says
the Detroit Free Press.
1t did not lessen his indignation
when NJ attention was paid to his OBJ
jections, and a climax was reached.
The owner walked into the garden to
find one of the boys eating a canta-
loupe, another plucking roasting ears,
a third shaking apples from the tree
and n fourth gathering the fruit into
his cap. The largest boy was prompt
ly cuffed and thrown over the fence
upon the hard clay soil.
In due time the father of the boy
arrived and was expected. He had his
shoulders bumped, his face was red
and an intense light Illuminated his
eyes. you threw my Johnnie over
the fence? You dared?"
"Yes, sir" and he went on plucking
tomatoes.
81 just about sized you up as a boy
whipper. You're one of those fellows
that love an easy mark. Now, you've
got to throw me over"
Thanks. How did you know what
l was aching for?"
There was n great twisting of to-
mato vines, a breach was made in the
grape arbor. and n whole bed of china
asters was leveled. Then the neigh
Dor dropped with the %proverbial THUG
on the other side of the fence, ana
the proud owner went on harvesting
tomatoes.
The next morning he received n let
ter containing this: 81 have giveI
much attention to the subject of rails
ing children. | think you are right
1 trounced all the boys last night ant
sent them to bed supperless. I'll hav,
no such goings-on. I'd he pleased t,
give you soine of the finest seed pop
corn ever planted"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
story of Emperor william.

We hear n great deal about En-
peror William of Germany that is
not true, and the fact that the en-
pire grows every year pros
porous under his rule may be taken
as proof that he is by no means the
~conceited fellow he has been por-
trayed. THE kaiser" says an Amer
lear correspondent, lis very fond of
Americans. One day 1 was attend
ing n function where the emperor
and all the nobility were present.
Poultney Bigelow, the American au-
thor, whom l know quite well, was
also on the floor. The kaiser was
standing erect in his box on one side
of the hall, facing the empress with
her ladies and friends on the other
side. AS Bigclow passed under the
box the emperor suddenly leaned for,
ward and called ont, loud enough to
be heard for "A considerable dis
lance: Hello, Poultney!" Bigelow
replied only with n stiff salute, for
he is something of n diplomat, but
there was nothing formal in the en-
peror's greeting.-Golden Day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08

Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
a's; :: ; Z1HAzzzw
ARTIFICIAL PRECIOUS STONES.
Most OF Them Made of Ginss That
Shines Like Diamonds But
Soon Loses Luster.

To meet the growing demand for
artificial jewelry the process of max
ing precious stones" has been great
lyimproved within the last few years,
and it's further development has en-
listed the services of some of the
most skillful chemists.
The material chiefly used is glass,
but it is not the ordinary glass of
commerce. 1t is prepared with the
greatest care by highly skilled ar
t%isans, for upon its clearness and per-
feet homogeneity depends the quality
of the imitation gems, which are far
superior to the cheap grade of IL
terfeits that rely on silver backings
for their luster.
The glass can only be made from
absolutely pure quartz, or, better
still, from rock crystal, as quartz fire.
quently contains minute veins of iron
which would impair the c%fcarness and
color of the glass. The bicarbonate
of potash and the oxide of lead which
are mixed with it must also be chem
ically pure. Other ingredients of less
importanceare borax, which promotes
the fux, and a small quality of ar
sonic.
The best glass for imitation gems
consists of rock crystal, 80 per cent;
bicarbonate of potash, II per cent;
oxide OF lead, so per cent; borax, one
| per cent, and n trace of arsenic
Carefully prepared by competent
hands, this mixture produces a grade
of glass which in brilliancy and iri,
descence yields little to the genuine
diamond itself, and these qualities
may be further enhanced by the sub.
stitution of potassium for the bicar-
Donate of potash and an increase OF
the quantity of oxide of lead used
Stones carefully made by this proc
'ess can only be distinguished from
the genuine by experts. This is true
however, only SO long as they are
new, for imitation gems wear of
become blind and lose their fire will
age, and it is to remedy these de
fects that the efforts of chemists ar,
now directed.
Opaque gems, like the turquoise
and the opal, are made from glass
whose transparency is destroyed b,
the addition of oxide of zinc aftel
pulverizgtion. The color of the tur
| quoisc is produced by means of oxid'
of copper and cobalt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
PLANT SEASE
Experiment Station Issues a Bull
letin on the Subject.

The discovery that the smuts, mil
dews. rols aud other discusses which
cause such enormous losses every year
are largely due to the growth of fungus
PARASITES is a matter OF receut date, and
no part Of the work undertaken by the
agricultural experiment stations has
yielded results OF greater practical
value than the demonstration that
man of these diseases may be con-
troiled by methods within easy reach
OF the ordinary farmer aud fruit
grower.
This work has been going on for ten
or twelve years past. It's results are
scattered through Il multitude of bulle-
tins, many OF which are now out of
print, or are unknown to the ordinary
reader. For this reason the Ohio Elk
pertinent Station has collected. In a
single bulletin, the chief results of its
own work and that OF other similar IN.
situations, under the title: ~ Con
densed Handbook OF the Diseases oI
Cultivated Plants in. Ohio" This bullo.
tin, No. 121, contains a brief description
OF the general characteristics of para
site fungi. followed by ar alphabetical
list Of the plants in ordinary cultivA-
ton, with the diseases to which they
are most subject, and suggestions TO-
treatment.
The bulletin also contains Il reprint
of the SPRAY Calendar" originally
published by the Station at the reques,
Of the State Horticultural Society. The
object Of the bulletin Is to give descrip-
lions OF the various plant diseases suffi'
GENTLY full to enable the nontechuica
reader TO recognize them readily. /
contains numerous illustrations Of dis.
2ase forms, and its many references u
original publications serve as a very com.
plete index to the literature OF this
lowest of the branches OF applied
science.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
Eight Hundred Thousand
Sufferers From Kidney Trouble
Cured This Year by
Or David kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
Sample Bottle Free.

Thousands who have written for one
ar tlsc free trial bottles of DR.. David
Rauaedy's Favorite Remedy have lit
emily had their lives saved by q postal
snNt- They got the trial bottle, and it
Jsnued to them that DR.. David Kenne-
dihs Favorite Remedy wal the only
ssnA cure for diseases of the Kidneys,
Hiper, Bladder and Blood, Rheumatism,
HtErepsia, Chronic Constipation and
thesicknesses peculiar to women They
Hssght a large sized bottle of their
druggists and it benefited or cured them
ethe ADORE as not IN idle statement. but the
nszIB o. cdrsfuL i~nrcstigation).
You can do the same thing. III you
sm in doubt as TO whether you have
tfxalble with your Kidneys or Bladder,
ns. some of your urine in a glass tum-
bier and LET it stand "a hours; if it has
N sediment, or n milky, cloudy appear
asEe, if it is ropy or stringy, pale or dis
cpansed, you should lose no time in
tkking DR.. David Kcnncdy's Favorite
Hsrtedy it can be had of all druggists
1S3 90 a large bottle, or Fix bottles for
0nL It il without question the surest
Ssaicine of the age to put o stop to
Absrh dangerous symptoms as pain In
sisn back, a frequent desire to %urinate,
-sxyreialIy at night, scalding burning
pxn in passing water, inability to hold
rrisp aud NIL the unpleasant and dan
errwR effects produced on the system
Gefhe use OF whiskey and beer.
Send your full name and address to
tim Or. David Kennedy Corporation
Hmsdont. II. Y, and be sure to mention
thia lspcr when atrial hottie, with pam
Ei1etaf palunble>M edicnl advice. will be
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HzkeH of tins piper ruarnnt4a the gen
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
Very Law Hunters rates VIA tho
Glover Leaf route.

During tn. hunting season, fall and
winter of 1901, commencing Oct. /,
the Toledo, st. Louis and Western Rail-
road company will sell hunters tickets
To point, in Ark, l. 4. Lou.. Mo-, KY,
Tenn. Miss. Ala, Mirh and Wis. good
for returning 80 DAYS from date OF sale
at very low rate. For tickets and fur
Their Information apply TO the nearest
agent, Clover Leaf 'r"ute.
w Morluff. Asst G p A..
G ID Whitney q I M 2Stf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08

u omrsceIcrs' excursions ccbrnnry
march and April. Ysa ILe sihio Cen
trial Lines.

Low rate excurslon tickets 10 the
N,st, Southwest and South will he on
sale the LIST aud 3rd Tuesdays of each
mon.h VIA the ONO Central lines. Tick
cts good for return. within 81 days
from date of sale. For full particulars
address any Ohio Central lines rgcmt,
or. John Mcores I. p. A. Findlay, o..
S.G. i,r.r>, 4. T., A., Toledo o H..
j.. Cargr, +. A., Toledo. o. W. \
Peters, p. A., Columbus. o.. Il, l.
Heiner, p. A, Ci.iul, ston, w. w..
Mch. 80 M !.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
Low Rates Yves, aud sou,hwos

On February 10Th and on each Tues.
day until Aprii 30th, the Chicago. Mil.
Yankee s. St Paut Railway will sell
one-way second-clas tickets at the fol-
lowing very low rates:
70 MontarX, polnts 1925 00/
To North SRc!ic Coast points 5000
TO California; $500
These tickeM will be good M all
Grains aud purcfMsers win havYchoice
OF six routes andMlghl ,%ins /via St.
Paul and two rouSe and &ree trains
via Missouri Rivers Rch Tuesday. The
route of the FHmou8Pioneer Limited
!rA!ns a.d The U S.Xovernment Fast
Mail trains. a
Al; ticket agents selfSaickets via the
}hicago, Milwaukee & M. Paul Rail
way ar for further amortization address
Robert G. Jones, Michigan Passenger
Agent, 80 Campus Martins, Detroit,
Mich. 49c
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-03-08
curiou. Russian Sulphur Mounds.

Curious Russian sulphur
There have lately been discovered
near the Anu RIVER, about 100 miles
from Khiva, in the T~ranscnspian
province, huge mounds of native sui
phur scattered over an area of about
20 square miles. says the Youths
Companion. The mounds are de-
scribed as dome shaped and about
900 feet in height. 1t is estimated
that they contain more than 9,oOo,-
COO tons of sulphur, making this one
of the richest sulphur deposits
known. The ''ore" is tor the most
part sandstone and yields about 90
per cent. of sulphur.--N. Y. Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
THE WORDS 4 NAN UTTERS.
THE AVERAGE PER DAY Is ABOUT TWO NEWS

THE AVERAGE PER DAY Is ABOUT TWO NEWS
PAPER COLUMNS
From The New-Orleans Times-Democrat
Il have been trying to figure out how many
words the average man utters in every twenty
-FOUR hours said a gentleman yesterday who
mas penchant for peculiar things. but have
been unable to reach any satisfactory conclusion
on account of the different rates of speed at
which different persons talk OF course. L have
no reference to the different kinds OF words
which may be found in the daily vocabulary Of
the average man, but L talking about the
total number of words uttered. counting repeti-
tons and ALL during every twenty-fOur hours
There is the quiet. melancholy gentleman who
viii speak on an average five hundred
words day, and there many who for one
reason and another would not utter anything
Ike this number. On the other hand. there is
the conversational Calling gun. not always a
woman either who i'll roll of words at fear
Iul rate of speed and whose aggregate for one
day would run W to dizzy heights Then there
Is the normal talker. who Will strike good
decent average the man who will neither bore
you with his indifferent silence tire
you with his meaningless verbosity But
suppose we figure that the average person
VII utter an average of sixty words every
minute. This would amount to 24t0 words
every hour. about JiGU0 words for TWEEN
" -four hours. OF course person will
talk this much. the windiest of men and
women would probably break down before they
had talked as much as hfty-Seven columns in
the average daily newspaper. The only question
is as 70 how much time each person puts in
talking during each day. Some men and women
are situated SO that they cannot talk during the
day except at meal time. on account of the char
acter Cf work they have to do There are others.
such as travelling men. for instance who de
pend upon talking for their living l have fig
ured that the high man, probably the travelling
man. VIII talk five hours out of every twenty
four, which would give him total of twelve
! thousand words every day. I have figured that
most any sort of a man Will talk much
minutes cut of every tWenty-four hours. and this
would give him total of six hundred words
for the day These two extremes | am sat
listed that the normal man. the W no strikes
/ decent average between Indifferent silence and
disgusting VeTbosity, will talk probably hour,
all told. each day. which would allow him TWEEN
ty-fOur hundred words And this by the way,
| is considerable talk. for il viii fill columns
/ in newspaper, ana whole lot OF wisdom
be crowded into two columns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
/ NEW PtRIN "MESSTlH."

Successful CAREER STOPPED HY THE POLICE
Paris Correspondence Of The London Mail.
Though H. BEGAN life waiter in Paris
hotel. though five years ago h. only Il
working Iphostrrer and though h. cannot spell
an easy sentence correctly. an Individual calling
himself the new Messiah has found the means
To- anaSs consId- rabbi" wealth and live in a iUXu-
The methods ny which h accomplished this
interesting. He announced that he could
cure all rGaadicS forctcu the future and inter
pref dreams. HIS was 10 ordinary power, for
10y his magical gifts. his incantatuns ana his
spells h declared that he had in two hours
cured a patient in the last stages of cancer. \
certain section Of the public believed the self
appointed Messiah. and tlG.Wlo is the he is
said to have CXturtcd from his gUllib,e dupes.
His operations were carried in the Clichy
quarter. where h" lived in fiat the staircase of
which was coy r-d with a magnificent carpet
and lined with palms and other costly plants
Servants in livery received the callers and at
the door there constant stream of cabs
and carriages, putting down those who came To
consult the magician.
In the sanctum of the new Messiah was Il
huge repreS cntation Of the sacred heart of Jesus
ana life size portrait of the Gar Alexander
III. and in the corner of the room stood a fam
hoyant altar. on which, while the seer performed
his incdntatiOnS, four dOmeSticS held metal
image of the Virgin. a coffin also figured in the
magician's ceremonial.
The new Messiah" says that he carried on his
meant II ous between II idri hi and . "A. m, when
his patients, or. rather. his dupcs, were in their
first sleep, which CO nditiOn favorable to his
influence. He admitted having received as
much fG0o At a time from his patients. one
lady is even SAID have parted with e. 400.
Unfortunately for this wonderful magician.
the police got wind of his lucrative calling. and
he was arrested; and IS their views Of what Is
proper to the role of the new Messiah are
slightly different from thOse OF the Clichy char
latan, they pursuing inquiries which may
haVe some awkward results for the magician.
The affair has created great sensation in the
quarter where he lives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
THE CHIMES or NORHINDY GINNING.


Paris Correspondence of The London Globe.
The fetes at CoTneville yester1 ay passed off
with great success. In spite Of the title of
PlanQuettc'S delightful operctta, Les ClocheS
de COrneVic.' the little Norman village pos
Sosses neither bells bell tower. Even the
historic chateau is missing. and the only Seig-
neutral abode is NJ. Lanney's wuud-he antique
wholly modern, country house. However, the
Marquis de la Rochethuon has determined that
COrneNille shall deserve the fame which the
theatre has given her and he has accordingly
instituted annual fGteS, the proceeds of which
to go to provide n bell tower and bells. y
pastoral performance was given of the ''Cloches
de CorneVilc." with NM Soums. Leon Stephane
Fumat and Moret and Mines Leo2ie Rich
ard ant Marguerite Elty in the chief
roles. and after the operetta Nj. Gallon exc
cuted various peals the chime of bells
which bought out of the earnings of last
years ftte. Number of the great folk who are
idling among the : ormandy watering places
came over for the festival. and the villagers
kept up the rejocings with dancing and music
Till a late hour, although, simple souls that they
are, they much bewildered at the fame cast
on their little village by associations of which
they entirely ignorant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
FLOW Frs.
LOCAL FLORISTS ARE PREPARING FOR a
BUSY SEASON THE COMING WINTER

LOCAL FLORISTS ARE PREPARING FCh a
BUSY SEASON THE COMING WINTER.
The florists are cleaning house and making
preparations for a busy season. Last fall and
winter was the most profitable season in the
history Of the New-York flower business. but
thu. men who are engaged in the trade look for
ward to stil larger sales in the coming season.
III is only few years since very few flowers
were sold outside the brownstone district said
a flower dealer but nowadays everybody buys
them. In tn lower tenement house district
especially among the Italians. tin flowers are
still used for decorating purposes. but these
are being driven To the wall gradually. and more
flowers are sold in that district now in month
than were sold in The same place a lew years
ago in six months.
Ii was explained that the flowers which ma
their way into the poor parts of the city are not
Of the same quality as those offered to purchas-
cvs i'm the rrsidencc and theatre districts They
are not only Of Il lower grade. but are not
strictly fresh and come under the head OF shop
worn \ slightly better quality of flowers is
found further uptown. and florists in that quar-
ter are prepared Ia furnish the best at snort
notice
AS a general thing" said man who has a
flower stand in the tenement house district.
flowers that do not come under the head OF
RI
want the very best in the way of roses orchids
and yio!ets are not rare. My customers are less
extravagant in the matter of weddings than
funerals They will be cOntented with a few
flowers for the bride, but there must he elabo-
rate displays funerals. and the use of flowers
there is becoming more general among the poor
class every year. The Jews have the simplest
kind of funerals; i'll fact. rich and poor alike
are buried in plain implanted pine collins but
even among those people the custom of flowers
at funerals is growing and although they 90
not put them on the coffin. they use them 10
decorate the house of mourning remind them,
amid their sorrow. of the goodness of the
Lord and the beauties of creation. OF course.
we encourage the poetic fancy"
The return of society to New-York deter
mines the opening of the flower season. This
d;tte grows "A little later every year, and TO-
ris;s do not consider the really started
until November |. The flower first in demand
is the violet, and the price for these is usually
81 :; bunch The size of the lunches varies in
keeping with the supply. The American Beauty
and Bridesmaid roses will again be the popular
flowers of that family, and short stem roses
will be used for decorating purposes only. The
long stem had II fight its way into style, the
florists say. but having been accepte3, il Will
not soon be displaced The Lawson, Prosperity
and Bradt carnations will probably he as papu-
lar as they last
People buy them" said the florist because
the big flowers fashionable, but they would
rather have the old fashioned fragrant pink.
The carnations have been cultivated and
improved until they large American
Beauty roses, but the Improvement has taken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

their fragrance. We get more for the
hover than we could ever demand for the old
style, but the buyer gets only size and color
and little real carnation aroma"
The setting of flowers was more elaborate
last season than ever before. Baskets. boxes
roses and silk and satin ribbons were used law
lshy and the settings" in many instances cost
four and five times as much as the flowers
There will be falling off in this line of the
business this year. and florists are making prep
aratiOns for increased demands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
HIS EXPLANATION.

From The Atlanta Constitution
The colored witness. being asked his age said
to the court:
We'll, sub l young man wen freedo2l
broke out
What that
Hit was de year de- Yankees come in. sub"
'You do not seem 10 have very accurate
idea of time
oh. yes. sub; hit was long bout hoskiilin'
timer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

heard all about the record breaking runs across
The state. but tho fact that man could eat 100
slices Of watermelon. such as had been divided
among them in three months and live, gave
them the most food for reflection.