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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
Pith of the Press.

Patriot Phalanx: What is the diff.
ference whether your boy is ruined by.
the licensed saloon as now run or by:
"dispensary" grog shop owned by.
the government?
Defender: Prohibitionists are bound
to admit that in most cases prohibi-.
tory laws are not enforced, but that is,
an entirely different thing from claim,
ing that they cannot be enforced. As
a matter of fact they can be enforced
as well and as generally as other laws
are applied.
Rams Horn: If few Christians in
every church would take turns in
gathering some special bits of Informal
ton on some new temperance topic Of
live and general interest and present
them at every prayer-meeting, there.
would soon be a temperance revival
which would lead to effective warfare
against any saloons within reach.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
THE NEED OF THE WORLD,

The Union Signal sent this request
to each one Of the sixty-five w. G. T.
U. state presidents: "Please tell us
what best thing has been accomplish
ed in your state union during the first
six months of the current year?" The
president of the District of Columbia
was able to name several lines Of prac-
tical work, but her closing statement
impressed us more deeply than any
other answer given. She said: 1--WE
have stood in our allotted place and
faithfully attended to our God-given
work" What can man or woman, of
great or limited opportunities, do
more than this? And what else needs
to be done in order to save the world?
The need of the world and the worlds
work is not greater talents, larger op-
portunities or more wealth, but the
conservation of what we have to our
God-given work. Our heart goes out
in admiration and love toward the
faithful ones everywhere, especially
those of limited talent, time, strength
and means, who simply stand in their
allotted place."
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
ARE you READY?

The saloon ought not to have come
over into the new year. 1t need not
to have done so. 1t can be sent stag
gering over into 1903. Congress, leg
islatures, governors and other execu-
tive officers are to be chosen this year
who will have it's destiny in their
hands.
A party is in the field which pleads
for the power with which to smite this
giant to the earth. Where power has
been granted to it, it has done it's work
we'll.
Will you not begin to support that
party?
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
IN SELF-DEFENSE,

Daisy Dennis, an Ashland girl,
wrecked saloon of one Seymour last
month with a brickbat. Seymour had
paid no attention to her warning to
sell no more liquor to her father and
mother. She therefore took the mat
ter in her own hands and did an ex-
cellent job. In common with all Pro-
hibitionists, We preach and practice
obedience to law even when, for the
time, it protects the most lawless in
stitution under the sun. But rebellion
and revolution are sometimes more
honorable than submission. And when
a young girl has had her life cursed,
her home ruined and her heart we'll
nigh broken by law-violating saloon
keeper, she does we'll to search for q
weapon adapted to the circumstances.
We think she showed excellent judg-
ment in her choice. Daisy Dennis is
daisy "for sure" and it is the sa-
loonkeeper this time whose name is
Dennis.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01

the Christian men of the country
should conceive the idea that they
also have business to prosecute and
to protect, and that that business is to
save and help their fellow men; if
they should begin to give that bust
ness the first place in their conduct
rather than the color of a dollar or the
tax on clothes pins, or whether their
crossroads shall be represented by
Tom, Dick or Harry, something would
happen.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
A YEAR OF PROGRESS.

: The last year has been an important
one to our cause. Carrie Nation ad-
vertised the lawlessness of the saloon
and showed that even a woman with
a Ratchet could do what officers of the
law, armed with power, often claim
they cannot do. The canteen discus
sion has intensified public hatred Of
the whole liquor traffic and over
thrown the logical defenses of the
canteen, which are identical with those
of the saloon. The nation has traced
the blood of it's fallen President to
the door of it's own saloon and will
never recover from the shock produced
by that discovery until it shall have
forever closed it's schools of anarchy.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
EASILY EXPLAINED,

Is there still a good but gullible
man anywhere who does not know
why man engaged in the liquor bust
ness have more influence in party
councils than the Christian men of the
country? Whisper the answer in his
ear: It is because they demand some
thing in return for their partisan
fealty. They put their business first
and their party afterward Now If
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
Brief and Brainv.

Let us keep our converts under the
influence of the truths which convert
ed them!-Samuel D. Hastings.
The w. G. T. u. is great employ
ment bureau, where every woman who
desires to work for God and humanity
can secure position.-Ella A. Boole,
president New York state W. G. T. U.
If the church were united do you
think that We should have our nations
blighted as they are today by the drink
traffic? What is the. church doing?
She is guiltily silent and guiltily mac
tive.-Rev. G. Campbell Morgan,
Moody's successor.
When the people learn to vote twice
alike, we shall win the f1ght-Alfred
L. Manierre, late Prohibition candi-
date for mayor of New York, referring
to the $4,000 votes cast against license
in the state of New York in the spring
election.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
A FRAUDULENT ADVERTISEMENT

A FRAUDULENT ADVERTISEMEN
A double column advertisement of a
Minnesota brewery represents an en-
ploye Of railroad, in uniform, pour
ing out and handing a glass Of beer to
an engineer, who leans out of his cab
window to receive it. We imagine we
see such a transaction taking place
under the eye of the superintendent!
The speed with which both employees
would be fired" would exceed that of
a record breaking trip of the light
ming express. These brewers may be-
lieve, as is asserted in this ADVERTISE
ment, that eft steadies the nerves."
but the railroad officials of today don't
care to have the nerve steadying op-
Grafton going on aboard their engines.
This particular variety of nerve
steadying has come high to them in
the past.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1902-01-01
EDITORIAL.

bition is worth several tons of mean
to's.
Some one has noticed that a mere
transposition of it's letters will turn
silence into license.
Our annual election day is only a few
months away. If you mean to have a
part in increasing the Prohibition
vote cast at that time, you cannot now
get at it too soon.
Suppose that each young peoples
society in the land, after having met
the demand for such meetings at home,
should hold prohibition rally weekly
or monthly at some country school
house near by. Who can measure the
results?
There is no danger of ones making
a hobby Of his Prohibition principles
until he gives more attention to the
work of closing the saloon than do the
devil and his imps on earth to keeping
It going. Very few, if any, have even
seen this danger line.
One of the interesting relics of the
canteen fight will be the remembrance
Of the demand of the liquorites for the
restoration of the canteen in the same
breath with their claim that its re-
moval had increased liquor sales out
side military posts fifty per cent
The Hamm Brewing company, St.
Paul, has fled plans for an extension
of its plant at an expense of $500, 900
and several St. Paul churches are pay
ing of the mortgages on their edifices.
This reminds us that saloonkeeper
in certain Minnesota village which
boasts eight churches and nine saloons
lately suggested to a prominent
churchman that he stir his brethren
to build one more church.
Your ballot is the prescribed and the
effective way to tell the Government
what you wish the Government to do.
If you wish the Government to con-
tinue to license the saloon. you will
have your wishes gratified by voting
either the Democratic or Republican
ticket. If you wish to tell the Gov
eminent, with all your might, that you
want the licensed saloon stopped you
will vote the Prohibition ticket.
You believe that the prohibition
question is the supreme issue in Amer,
lean politics and will so remain until
it is settled. Then vote the Prohibi-
ton ticket or that of a party which
better represents your convictions on
the saloon issue, or with one which,
while espousing your views on that
question, stands a better chance of
winning at an early day. Name that
party and We'll all be with you.
A resolution to vote against the sa-
loon and every party which perpetuates
it would be the best New Year gift
which a voter could make to many
homes. Such a resolution and such a
ballot would really be a gift to every
home now cursed by the saloon, for
as surely as there is God in Heaven,
the saloon is to suffer death at the
hands Of American freemen, and your
ballot would hasten that consumma-
ton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
Dowry Her own WEIGHT

A German paper reports a singular
freak of paternal liberality in the mat
er of dowry at a wedding recently.
The marriage took place at Konig-
gratz. On the betrothal of his daugh-
ter Herr Duchatschek had announced
that lie would give her, as marriage
portion, her weight in silver currency.
Accordingly on the wedding day the
bride was formally weighed in the
drawing-room, in presence of the as
semb!ed guests, before proceeding to
church. The lady turning the scales,at
62 kilogrammes, sack was at once
filled with silver crowns to the same
weight, with half kilogramme over
for the weight of the bag, as Herr
Duchatschek playfully explained. The
exact number of crowns was 13,5OO.--
Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
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HONEYCOMB BUILDING.
New Light Thrown on n Subject of
Paramount Interest to Profess
sional Beekeepers.

In recent bulletin C. 2. Gillette,
of the Colorado station, calls atten-
tion to the fact that experiments
have shown that it requires about
one pound of wax for every 25 pounds
of honey that is stored in the comb.
The food which is necessary for the
formation and secretion of wax in
the body of bees is, for the most
part, honey, and it probably requires
several pounds of honey as food for
worker bees to enable them to pro-
duce one pound of wax. The bees
which are engaged in the secretion
collecting honey, and must feed upon
the honey collected by other work.
ers. Where comb honey is being pro-
duced for market it becomes, there
fore, problem of considerable eco-
nomic Importance to determine to
what extent and in what form wax
should be furnished the bees for their
use in building comb.
According to the present practice
of bee raisers, wax is furnished to
the bees in only one general way,
and that is in the form of artificial
comb foundation. There are, how
ever, many types of foundation. some
with midrib only and others with
cell walls of greater or lesser length
outlined for the bees. The keeper
has, therefore, the practical problem
of determining the kind of founda-
tion to use, whether with or without
cell walls and of what weight.
Prof. Gillette's Investigations indi-
cate that it is a mistake to use deep
cells in artificial foundation unless
their walls are made of the thinness
of natural cell walls. The only cell
walls which were brought to the
thinness of natural comb were those
built on foundations with a light base
and with little wax in cell walls.
Comparisons of the weights of nat
ural comb and comb built on artifi-
cial foundations showed that the thin
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
HAIR DOCTOR AT WORK.

for years. Sulphur is considered very
effective for this purpose, and a prep
aration of sulphur and lanoline has
been known to put off the evil day con-
siderably.
Green soap is an indispensable prep
aration to the woman who would pre-
serve the lustre and richness of her
hair. 1t is prepared and prescribed by
all persons who make n speciality of
scalp trea tment. The following recipe
was obtained from the wife of prom
inent physician, who prepares the
liquid soap for her husband. Take
equal parts of the very best green
CASTLE soap, water, alcohol and glycer-
inc. Heat the water and shave the
soap into it. Then stir it over the fire
until it is perfectly smooth. Add the
glycerine and stir again very thor
oughly. The alcohol is added last of
all, mixed with two ounces of essential
oil of any preferred scent. A small
quantity of oil of orris gives a sugges-
ton or violet, while oil of verbena or
oil of sweet geranium gives an old
fashioned, wholesome scent OF course
the alcohol is volatile and inflammable
and should not be carelessly distrib-
uted over hot fire; otherwise, green
soap making is extremely simple
Louisville Courier-J Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
THE MODEL HOSTESS.
She Makes Her Guests Feel Thai
Their Presence Has Been n Pleas
ure to Everybody,

The model hostess is quite independ-
ent of either the methods or the criti-
cisms of her neighbors. She enter
tains because she wants to, not be-
cause she has social debts to pay, and
she invites those whom she likes, and
who enjoy the companionship of one
another. She does not go beyond her
means, nor does she make a slave of
herself in order to arouse the envy
of her friends. She does not insult
her guests by acting as if she believed
they would not come unless she made
an eXtravagant display of wealth, or
provided drawing-card in the form
of some celebrity. She believes that
her friends come to see her because
they like her and are sure of n good
time, and she, as the ideal hostess,
will be the center of that good time,
because she is truly glad to entertain
her friends. There are wealthy peo-
pie, moving in the most arist ocratic
circles, who find their "really good
times" in what is known as social
Bohemia" and it is simply because
while there they are free from the
sickening formalities, the mawkish
pretense, and the glittering sham
of so large portion of the So
called entertainments which they feel
bound to attend. The ideal hostess
can serve cornbread and milk, and her
guests would enjoy themselves more
than they ever could as guests of Mrs.
Parvenue, even though her dinners
cost SIS per plate. The well enter
tanned guestfeels one of the family
circle, and is comfortable in the be-
lief that he has caused no extra labor
or worry, but that his presence has
been source of satisfaction to the
family.-The Household.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07

and extra thin approximations are
far the best for the production of
comb, which will compare in quality
and lightness with natural comb. 1t
seems certain that heavy foundations
result in combs heavier than the
natural comb and that the increased
weight is due to thicker midribs and
thicker cell walls, but more to the
latter than to the former. Where the
cell walls are very high they were not
thinned down in the process of comb
building.
Experiments were tried with a
number of methods of using founda-
tions in sections. The different meth
ods of attaching starters are shown
in the figure, to G. No appreciable
difference was noted in comb pro-
duced by using starters in the way
shown in n, C and d. The chief adj
vantage of using long narrow piece,
as seen at e, was that it had tend
ency to induce the building of work
er comb throughout. 1t had, how
ever, the advantage that its large size
and short line of attachment rem
dered it easy to be torn loose.
Perhaps the best results were OBJ
tanned by the use of long narrow
piece at the top of the section, as
shown at f. The use of small pieces
of foundations in the lower corners,
as shown at c, gave no beneficial re-
suits. The use of short strips in the
middle of the bottom of the section,
as shown at b, resulted in the some-
what firmer attachment of the combs.
Comb built upon foundation is al
ways tougher and more waXy than
natural comb, and the bases of the
cells are darker in color.
Since thick comb has but one
midrib, and the walls of the cells are
heaviest nearest the midrib, it is evil
dent that thick comb will contain
relatively less wax and more honey
than a thin comb. In order to secure
comb honey, therefore, with the least
possible amount of wax, it is neces-
sary to have it built in sections that
will permit the greatest thickness of
comb.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07

cous membrane, restoring it to its nor
NAL state, would consequently cure all
these diseases. Catarrh is catarrh
wherever located, whether it be in the
head. throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys,
or pelvic organs. A remedy that will
cure it in one location will cure it in
all locations.
Peruna is such a remedy. The Sis
ters of Charity know this. When ca
tarrhal diseases make their appear
ance they are not disconnected, but
know exactly what remedy to use.
These wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna a never-failing safe
guard. They realize that when a dis
ease is of catarrhal nature, Peruna is
the remedy. Dyspepsia and female
weakness are considered by many to
be entirely different diseases-that
dyspepsia is catarrh of the stomach
and female weakness is due to catarrh
of the pelvic organs the Sisters arc
fully aware, consequently Peruna is
their remedy in both these very COM
mon and annoying diseases.
If you do not receive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use OF
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case,
and he will be pleased to give you his.
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07

She expects from her present plans to
go first to England, where she will join
a small party of friends who, she avers
will accompany her on her search foI
the religion of the great and good Sid.
dhurtha Gautama.
The disciple of Buddha pointed to q
pile of massive volumes on the sub
ject of Buddhism as she talked. She
said she supposed everyone read them,
but that III truth she did not think
there was any mortal who could tell
exactly what Buddhism was. Her own
desire is to find for herself the occult
power of thought transference, of re.
vitation and of mind-reading and
clairyoyance.
Mrs. Lane will not devote her life
after she masters the eastern theories
to preaching the creed. and she de.
clares that she has no intention, un.
like Nine. Blavatsky or Mrs. Besant, of
establishing a new theological cult,
Mrs. Lane goes to her strange destina.
ton much as did young Gautama, who
was born with every attribute OF
wealth and earthly power and yielded
all to search for truth.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
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WOMEN HAIR DOCTORS.
Popular Profession with Clever
City Girls.

A microbe for everything and for
every microbe a specialist is the order
of the day. The specialization which
has resulted would appall the old-time
general practitioner who gave you a
pill for your stomach's sake, applied
forceps to your teeth or scissors to
hair, according to the weakness which
beset your members.
A woman's crowning glory is the
last thing to have it's properly assigned
microbe, with the result that a new
profession has sprung up for refined
and intelligent young women. She
makes a diagnosis of each case and
prepares salves and lotions according
to the individual necessity. At regular
intervals, from twice a week to once q
month, as the pocketbooks of her pa
irons allow, she visits the house to
give the prescribed scalp treatment.
Falling hair, by the way, like cavities
IN the teeth, and most other disagree
able things, is the work of the numcr-
GUS and ubiquitous microbe, and the
hair expert will tell you that n thor
ough brushing every night is a means
of deliverance from the germ, which
lives by chewing up the roots of your
hair, if the brush be absolutely clean.
If not, the brush is source of con-
tagion rather than benefit. Every
time hair brush is used it should be
Immediately cleaned, just as a wash
cloth or a tooth brush is cleaned. Put
n pint of water with n spoonful of
ammonia into shallow basin. Take a
brush by the handle, dip it in the am
monia and water. and shake il out
briskly, repeat once or twice, giving it
final dip in clean water and rub with
a dry towel. About three minutes is
required for the entire process, and
the result is scrupulously clean
brush.
BY means of the hair doctor, who
has come to stay, Judging by the num-
ber of smart young women who make
a comfortable and independent living
in this way, gray hair may be delayed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07

DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters all over the Unit
ed States. a recommend recently re-
ceived from Catholic institution in
the Southwest reads as follows:
A Prominent Mother Superior Says:
81 can testify from experience to
the efficiency of Peruna as one of the
very best medicines, and it gives me
pleasure to add my praise to that of
thousands who have used it. For years
l suffered with catarrh of the stomach,
all remedies proving valueless for re-
lief. Last spring l went to Colorado,
hoping to be benefited by change of
climate and while there a friend adj
yised me to try Peruna. After using
two bottles I found myself very much
improved. The remains of my old dis
ease being now so slight, l consider
myself cured, yet for a while intend
to continue the use of Peruna. l am
now treating another patient with
your medicine. She has been sick with
malaria and troubled with leucor-
rhaa. I have not a doubt that cure
will be speedily effected"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07
$500 TO CALIFORNIA.
Everyday, During March and April
PhenomenaIly Low Rates to the
Pacific Coast and Interme-
diate Points.

Colonist Excursions open to all. Later on
at intervals during the summer special round
trip excursions to the Coast at less than
One Cent Per Mile, going one way, returning
another An exceptional opportunity to
visit any part of all parts of the Great West
for pleasure, education or business. Peo.
pie with interests at various points will
show you attention. Address postal to
w. H. Connor. General Agent Union Pa
cifc, Southern Pacific Rys., SO East 4th ST.,
Cincinnati, Ohio Write on the back: Send
details low rates to California" adding
your own name and address, also those of
retura Information of fascinating interest.
great practical value, of educational and
business worth. Whether or not you are
thinking of taking this delightful trip or
looking to better your condition in life, it
will pay you, your family or friends to
write a postal as above As the colonist
rates open to all are good during March
and April only, send your postal to-day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-03-07

Any farmer may make a new breed
If he has the patience to select care
fully of the best, note their character
istics, discard all undesirable speci-
mems and work on until his object is
accomplished. 1t is, however, always
in order for him to select his next
years stock from the best of those he
has. The farmer of the present day
has n great advantage in having the
pure breeds ready established as a
foundation upon which he can improve
or build something better, hence his
labors will be easy and light compared
with the difficulties in the way of the
Pioneer breeders who produced the
breeds we are familiar with at the
present day.--Farm and Fircside.