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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

Gcnnister, and merry Christmas!
Mr.. Gennister turned slowly toward
his new clerk-a fair, sunny-faced
young fellow-with Il cold and stony
stare. 81 do not expect to have a
pleasant journey" he said. and L
do not believe in Christmas"
Young Mortimer, the new clerk,
looked blanlily at his employer and
said no more. When the door closed
behind Mr.. Gennister's departing fig
ure, Tom, the office boy, laughed.
"Say, Mr.. Mortimer, when you've been
with him as long as l have, you won't
be wishing him a pleasant journey
or merry Christmas, oither!"
"I'll wish him both!" young Morti-
mer said, sturdily. And l hope he'll
have merry Christmas, in spite of
himself"
Mr.. Gennister's journey from the
city to the suburbs of that small New
England town was no more pleasant
than he had foreseen. 1t was n long
and tiresome journey, followed by a
cold drive through the darkness, for
it was nearly eight o'clock before he
house which once had been his home.
For some reason, Mr.. Gennister had
never cared to part with this house,
which through the entire year was
left in charge of an old servant, who
Kept it always ready for his immedi-
ate return, though every year he
went back to it for shorter periods
and at longer intervals. But he had
chosen to come to it now on the night
before Christmas, to get away from
the annoyance of the holiday fuss
and the air of general festivity which
he disliked ST much, and which for
some days would pervade the entire
city. 1t was nuisance, n foolishness,
an interruption to business, and he
would have none of it. And the soon
er that Young Mortimer learned his
opinions about such things, the bet
ter!
As Mr.. Gennister approached his old
home he noted with satisfaction the
flare on the window panes, which told
of blazing log fire in his particular
den. But his satisfaction was marred
when he was greeted in the hallway
by his old servant, all cloaked and
bonnetted and with fearful face.
How are ye, Mr.. Gennister, it's wei
ye are lookn', sir. But to think o.
yer havin' come home just when ms
duty is calm me two ways / dom
know what yen say to me, sir,-bu
me daughter over to Westley has beer
took i'll suddintly an Lem has drov,
over to fetch me, an is waitin' at tn;
back door this minute, sir-so mus
be goin' at once. I've set out yer sup
per, sir, an yer breakfast, too-al
but the coffee-if yen just be gooc
enough to make that for yerself'
An me niece, Ellen, will be over il
the mornin', sir, for I've sent her
postcard in the mail, an she'll tax,
care OF ye an the house, sir, till | re
turn"
Every well, then, CO." said Mr.. Gen
mister. "Ill get along. Well, wha
else is the matter, Jane?" as he say
the fearful woman was not yet read,
10 depart.
"pm very sorry, sir, but there's th
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20
We had won. we had won; with my brain
all aswirl

We had won. we had won; with my brain
all aswirl,
But my heart most bllssfully singing:
For through all the desperate rush and
whirl
I knew that that dear little, sweet little girl
Was close to me, close to me clinging.
or course, was tired after the race,
And my heart in a terrible fiutter
so / pulled down the blacks TO moderate
And sat, while my right hand held them in
with my left on the back of the cutter.
Ard then. as the heavens were not quite
clear,
And the chains of love were clanking.
tdvarm crept along on the seat, by the rear,
And slyly, with doubling and many fear,
Strove TO capture my captor. by flanking.
Rut Claire was awake with her Videttes out
And soon had the enemy routed.
''Twas merely n whisper. have no doubt,
nut II seemed as II earth and air about
with q thousand voices shouted
"po you think 1t quite safe" lin tone very
grand)
"slngle handed to drive with lady?
I'm sure. sir, you'd better take two-and-
and
! think that perhaps-I could-lend you a
hand,
AS see you have only one ready"
As that last low whisper flew off into space
And my darling grew scared into coldness'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

Hi, Ronad Come down from that dance in the arl
Hey, Lais! Have done with your frolckng herel
Come show us your best for the Lady Cairel
Gently, there gently Now steady! So, so!
All, grandly my beauties! Well let the boys know
What it means to come up with pair that can CO.
Ha! Ha Lady Claire! the bays are in air
They never could tro with the blacks fair and square,
And there go the grays off their feet over there.
Great Scott but theyr both coming up the run
Hold tight, little Claire, this things just begun
They shall have all the running they wish they're done
Go, Ronald Go! Go, Lais!-Away!
Great heavens! Just Willie Ford's cutter sway.
Get on, my black beauties! Get there, sayl
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

Hi, Lais! Look out Look out or you'll slip!
AS live, Lady Claire, it's two-minute-clip;
And see! do you see? Roy's using the whip
All, steady there Ronald! Cling close little one,
We're making beautiful, beautiful run,
And the blacks blood will tell before done.
l told you! I told you Wills out of the race;
My soul little one! that bad place;
Those bays when the blacks set the pace.
Now carefully, Claire; mind child, how you sit,
I'm going to touch up the blacks just bit.
Not afraid, my brave girl? Not whit a whit?
Hi! you black phantoms! Get away!-Get away!
Ny life how they go! This has passed beyond play.
l hope-I-yes, Clare-that this cutter-will stayl
See little one-see! Look back at that gray!
He's DONE and hurrah! we've carried the day.
Hurrah you wild beauties! Hurrah there, say!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

Young Mechanic-"Yer see, it's a
trap. 1t jes' fits our chimbly, an Sandy
Claus kin git all right; but when
he climbs back he can't git out, an
L gifts all his pack"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

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'IjiI)JEI::kI'fsSS;S;. 'jIJ
I i. i: !. T: :. !: i: i: !:
SNh H bright, the air
VI. NOCN m was crisp. when
MI (S4S II from his ample
nBAN.L ,G Good Deacon Jones
~ walked down the
road. q basket on
his a1m.
While or yls shoulder carelessly cedar
bush ne bore
And thus equipped he made his way to
Widow Nelson's door.
'I'vc come" he said, thank you, no
chair. it, gett!n' pretty late
To bring little truck to help the chill
dren celebrate;
For Christmas comes but once year,
and somethin' should be done
To make for every Twin child the day
happy one.
IAN lately I'VE been thinkin', an the
thought has come to me,
When Christmas should come round
again how things down here might
be;
or course. 1 don't pretend to say that
you can't do enough.
An still l felt I'd like to just bring down
this little stuff.
$50 here's n pair o. skates for John, a
doll for Mary Jane;
For toddlin' Tim. to help him walk, DIG
striped candy cane
Here's nuts an raisins. pictur books, an
/ can't tell the rest
But take 'em all and fix EN- up just as to
you seems best
"An' then to make the Christmas day
seem like 1t used to be,
Along here with this other truck I've
brought a Christmas tree;
The children had one every year. for
which their father planned.
But now he's gone-an they're so young
they might not understand.
''For Santa Claus is real to them, an
they don't know that we
Provide the toys an other things that
load the Christmas tree;
To them the reindeer team is real that
speeds from town to town.
An rea the fairy saint WHO climbs the
chimneys up an down.
~An' that's the reason why I've come;
my gifts Is nothin' great,
But just little truck to help the chill
dren celebrate:
Tut. tut, no thanks, don't mention 1t, nor
tell 'em 1t was me,
But let 'em think twas Santa Claus that
brought the Christmas tree"
&C. Il. Torrey, in Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

And never dwelt soul so white and fair,
With the sweetness to love and the courage
to dare,
In form so fragile and slender.
had loved little Claire since long ago
But never a word had spoken;
The dear, winsome creature, she frightenAa
me so.
For feared that perhaps, she might an
swer me. No.
And the charm OF my life be broken.
I scarcely could fancy It really true
That there a my side she was sitting.
In my gay little cutter all fresh and new
With Its golden stripping, and built for two,
was driving along In quiet way
With never a thought of speeding,
Trying to think of something to say,
Though the horses were fresh and full of
play,
And the blacks. as usual. leading.
The lights shone out on the glitterIng snow
With Christmas cheer and greeting,
Giving a glimpse. In the firelight's glow.
OF slvery heads and heads ot tow
Ger Christmas bounties meeting.
We were Just turning into the Norfolk Pike
Where it joins the road to Pentever,
Where 1t stretches away to the Cambridge
dixie,
Broad and level and arrow-like,
And smooth frozen river.
was furtively watching the radiant flush
Up into Claire's cheek come creeping,
| When the bays and the grays drew up with
n rush.
| And the six all abreast for bit of a brush,
Came into the wide road sweeping.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20
mig Siberian River.

The Irish river, in Siberia, is 2,20C
miles in .ength, and drains GOO, 900 miles
of territory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

I read in the beautiful. blushing face,
Its story of trust ard OF loving grace,
And my heart thrilled up into boldness.
"And what happened then IN the soft mooi--
light?" q
Well certainly did not brow.
Is 1t anyone's care II l seized that night
That dear little hand by my loves strong
might
And kept it through Joy and through sor-
row?
And never a one tonight shall know
That those bells to my thought seem
weeping,
Wltha sobbng cry as they swer to and fro,
over the beautiful, silent snow,
Where the unblosssmed souls lie sleeping.
All. me!-how long for the years by gonell
Alas! that their glory is ended
When horses were horses, and knew how to
run:
When the girls. pure and true. We're not
like u nun.
BY she-dragon always attended.
My Willie goes out with bis girl. goes he,
And his ccachman fine as fiddle.
And his footman arrayed most gorgeousl3s|
In sleigh that was built with a seat fcrl
three.
And chaperon sits in the middle. =,
oh, my heart and my temper both are wrung
For the ancient days so golden,
When life was royalty sweet and young.
And love was never trio sung,
With the third part cracked and olden-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20
M GENNlSTER'S
|s&&CRRISTMAS!.&
|Ml@svsm& aMMS@N@.

"AKf 1sH you pleas
WV ant journey" Mr..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-12-20

HE stars w ere
bright. the air
was crisp. when
from his ample
farm
Good Deacon Jones
walked down the
road. a basket on
81 -.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-08
ANOTHER HITCH AT PEKTNG.

II might seem ungraciOus 10 say, Just as was
expected at the news of another hitch at
Peling and yet il would he the simple truth.
Or. al least, Just as might have been expected"
1t may he that some really supposed final
agreement had been reached among the powers
on the indemnity question, and looked for a
prompt signing Of the protocol by the repre-
sentatives of all If so, they Judged too hastily
and insufficient grounds. There has never.
so far as we are aware. been any assurance that
all were prepared to sign. or any substantial
intimaton that all would do SO. Especially has
there been no reason for expecting Great Brit
ain 10 assent to a scheme which would cost her
many times much the entire indemnity
which she is to receive. There may have been
an idea that at the last moment the British
Government could be induced to assent: but. if
so. there was no good ground for it. John Bull
can be particularly resolute when he tries espe-
cialy when his pocketbook or his commerce is
at stake.
The grounds of the British refusal to sign the
protocol are not disclosed in current dispatches
bat il is 10 be assumed they are identical with
those on which Great Britain has all along Op-
posed the measure in hand. 10 wit. the pro-
posed increase of customs The case is a sim
pie one. Great Britain has the vast bulk Of
Chnas foreign trade. and as il is practically all
sea borne she has 10 pay tariff on all goods i'm
ported into China The proposed doubling of
the tariff rates would therefore cost Great
Britain millions of dollars year and seriously
affect her trade with China Russia, on the
other hand. has only a small land trade with
China 10 which the tariff regulations do not
amply and which therefore would not be in
jured but i'm fact would probably lie benefited
by the increase Of the maritime customs. That
tells why Russia is SO eager TO have the tariff
doubled, and why Great Britain is 10 earnestly
] opposed 10 such a measure The United States
New-York tribune., 1901-08-08
NoJSELESS As WE'LL As HoRSELESs.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
recently affirmed the judgment of municipal
court in Rochester awarding damages to
plaintiff whose horse had been frightened into
running away by an automobile vehicle which,
according to the evidence was noisy and Odor-
OILS. The machine gave forth loud putting
noise" steam issued from the exhaust" the
odor was pronounced and the engine emitted
n humming sound" writer in The Automo-
bile Magazine" regards the Judgment of the
court with disfavOr. 1t is, he thinks, marked
with apparent Inconsistencies" and it leaves
us in a state Of delightful uncertainty. That
is. he explains. because il is based upon the
evidence we have cited rs To the noise and smell
emitted by the machine features" he declares.
mot at all uncommon to automobiles in gen
eraI." and therefore, presumably in his opinion,
not sufficient ground for finding against that
particular machine.
II will probably occur to the average layman
that the Judgment was sound because of the
very ground upon which this writer criti-
cises It, To say that no complaint is TO be
made because an automobile scares horse
with It's noise steam or odor is to say no
complaint is to he made Mt all, for it is only
with those features Of its economy that the
machine does scare n horse II is unfortunately
true that, as the writer quoted says, those feat
ures are not uncommon To automobiles. They
are the rule. II is the exception, and the rare
exception 10 see machine which does not
make an engineke noise nor emit clouds OF
vapOr. nor ill the air with the stencil OF gaSo-
lene Most machines do at least one OF these
things and some do them all at once.
The ingenuity OF inventors and manufacturers
should we believe, be directed toward the elm
ination of these evils, rather than 10 the mere
increase of speed which latter has already got
far beyond the needs or privileges of practical
use And such improvements should he made
not merely to avoid soaring horses but on the
general principle of abatng nuisances of noise
and smell and sight. The putting and clinklng
and humming which some motor vehicles make
are serious annoyances 10 the general public
and must be 10 the motorman himself and 10
his passengers or guests. The same Is 10 be
said of the trailing cloud of vapor and OF the
pungent stencil of gasolene. These blemishes
upon a splendid device should be removed just
as soon as ingenuity can do it, Motor vehicles
should be noiseess as well as horseless.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-08
BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT cENsURED

The verdict of the coroner's jury censuring
the Department of Buildings for failure 10 order
fire escapes put the tenement house at No.
go GOld-st.. Brooklyn. for lack of which three
persons were burned to death few days ago,
lays upon the District Attorney of Kings County
the duty of proceeding against the criminally
negligent officials. II is admitted that the Build
ings Department never informed the owner that
fire escape was required on his building, and
the only excuse given is that the department is
so pushed with business that il had not yet got
around 10 ii.
That excuse is utterly untenabe. Everybody
with the slightest acquaintance with the Build
ings Department knows that the inspectors
find ample time to Interfere with hundreds OF
builders because of trifing technical violations
of rules. such. for instance. as making them
use particular brands OF approved material and
tear out material substantially as good which
has inadvertently been secured from firms not
having the approval of the department. They
have time 10 mike trumped up charges against
men Ike Mr. W. Bayard Cutting who for any
reason, real or imaginary, become ungrateful 10
| Commissioner Guilfoyle. Certainly they ought
| 10 be able to attend to such important matters
as fire escapes, the absence of which is TO be
| noted from the street without any minute inves-
| tigation. Alterations OF buildings into tene-
| Inent houses can only be made according to
plans approved by the Buildings Department,
and approval of an alteration without insistence
on the provision Of fire escapes indicates some
thing more than neglect through overwork TO
discover and send notices TO property owners
who ought TO put up fire escapes. 1t indicates
wilful failure to enforce the law. The Gold-st.
house must have passed under official review,
and in permitting its alteration without the
inclusion of fire escapes the Buildings Depart
inent became responsible for that omission.
1t has been notorious for months that Com
missioner Guilfoyle was not enforcing the fire
escape law, and he cannot clear himself of
blame now by pleading OverwOrk Last Decem-
ber he had the chance to complain that he was
overwOrked and unable 10 enforce with strict
Eess these regulations so essential TO the safety
! Of thousands. Instead in his testimony before
! the Tenement House Commission which was
| seeking for just such information as 10 improved
| facilities which might be needed for the public
! welfare. he declared that everything was all
right and that be knew of no violations or
evasiOns of the fire escape law in his borough
He Immediately confronted with the fact
| that IN one ward alone of his borough out of
6G1 tenement houses examined by an agent of
the commission 2S3 were found 10 be without
any fire escapes whatever, though the law has
for years required them. With such a record
| Of neglect and incompetency. and perfect salts
faction with conditions which it is now pleaded
excuse neglect. il will be difficult for Mr. Gull
foyle to evade the moral if not the legal respOn-
sibility for the deaths of TIE persons who
perished for lack of fire escape
New-York tribune., 1901-08-08
MEETING 4 RrnBUG LSSUE.

The Republicans Of Maryland have met with
the utmost bOldness and frankness the effort of
Mr.. Gorman's following in that State TO steal
back into power under the shadow of a fraudu-
lent negro domination issue. To conceal the
political insolvency 10 which ii has been re-
duced by two fatal campaigns under Colonel
Bryan's leadership the Democratic organiza-
tion i'm Maryland raised last week the absurd
and hollow cry that white supremacy in the
State is threatened by the inclusion in its cleo
torate of negro element roughly estimated at
20 per cent. In the inflamed fancy of the ter
rorized Democratic politicians who gathered at
Baltimore all other political issues and problems
faded conveniently into nOthingness while the
convention pledged itself to the supreme and
paramount" task of safeguarding the rights of
the 100000 or 100000 white voters of the State
from the insidious attacks of its 5000 TO 10000
negro voters. OF course. for a party which
dared not write into its platform a single one
of the political demands on which il appealed
for votes no longer ago than last November. the
negro domination issue was good a cloak
10 hide beneath as any other II excited a Ger
tain instinct OF partisanship, at least. which
the dead issues of 1900 were certainly power
less 10 kindle, and in the strength and vitality
Of the unreasoninG prejudices il aroused the
Democratic managers shrewdly saw their only
hopeful prospect Of victory.
The Republican convention. held i'm Baltimore
ON Tuesday. has effectively torn aside the mask
OF hypocrisy under which the Democratic ma
chine is seeking TO conduct its canvass for con
troll in the next State legislature. In his ad-
dress 10 the convention its temporary chair
man. Mr.. Phillips Lee GOldsbOrOugh. chairman
also of the new Republican State Committee
EXPRESSED with wholesome vi2or the contempt
with which intelligent opinion regards the
Democratic organizations effort 10 fOment a
race issue I'm Maryland. As Mr. GOldsbOrOugh
convincingly said:
The suggestion that the more than 50 per
cent OF white population An the State is in
ieopardy from any standpoint, from the less
than 20 per cent Of negro population is in
suit 20 a brave and intelligent people There
has never been a time when there was not a
white mans government in Maryland. and as
the percentage of colOred people has steadily
decreased each decade since 1910. when II was
IS % per cent. 10 the present time. when IL Is
but 1875 per cent, the puerity and absurdity
OF crying aloud for a white mans government
are apparent
The Democratic State Convention last week
made the bnneombe pledge that if the party re-
iained control Of the Legislature IL would at
tempt 10 dlsfranchise the negro. not as an init
crate but as a negro The Republican conven-
fion has openly met this threat by promising.
rnder re-esfabllshed Republican control AZ An
Hapolis. 10 re-eDact the manhood suffrage law
repealed IN psn by the Democratic managers
ai tic recent extraordinary session Of the legis
iature. Under that law Maryland had seen the
first free and honest elections known for gen