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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
Paid Their Taxes.

Cleveland, Feb. 4.-The last blow in
Mayor Johnson's attempt to increase
the personal taxes of the five public
corporations was struck Monday,
when the Representatives of these
companies paid their semi-annual
taxes, based on the returns made by
themselves. The total taxes thus
collected from them amount to $64,-
043
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
Ineorpor.ted i'm DeI.xvare.

Akron, Feb. 4.-.The Farmera'
Friend Oil and Gas Co., of Akron,
capital 100000, was Incorporated at
Dover, Del, yesterday.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
burglars Raid a Post Office.

Canal Winchester, Feb. Burg
lars entered the post Office here yes
terday, blew the safe open and Sc
cured $4OO worth of stamps and $50
in cash. They escaped and there
is no clew.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
Two Postmnsters AppoInted,

Washington, Feb. 4.-'The president
on Monday sent to the senate the
nominations of the following Ohio
postmasters: John w. Cupp, Gallon;
George II. Wilkinson, North Balti-
more.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07

Towne-Yes, their marriage was a secret,
and it never would have been discovered
but for one thing.
Brown-What was that?
They couldn't keep the divorce proceed.
ings from becoming public. c.'-Philadelph
Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
Meet In Dayton Next Year.

Cincinnati, Feb, Sat the annual
convention of the state Catholic
Knights of Columbus here yesterday
officers were elected. The next con-
vention will be held at Dayton in
May, 1908.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
The Modern Play,

"Your friend, the theatrical manager,
has gone abroad, believe"
Eyes, he's off securing the continent for
new attractions"
"Ah! and the American public will get
the otf-scourings, as usual. ."-Philadelphia
Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07

Some people can't even manage to 60 up
like rocket.-Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-07
MISS BONNIE DELAN0;
A Chicago Society Lady, In a
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says:

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: of oil the
grateful daughters to whom you have
given health and life, none are moro
glad than l.
INV home and nv life was happy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

1t to attend to customers in the store.
It was done with an ordinary engrav-
er's tool.
1T had heard of some man who had
done this" said Mr.. Houseal in explain
ing his design, "but did not believe 1t
could be done, and determined to try
myself. 1 first rubbed the head Of the
pin on an oil stone to obtain fiat sur
face. Then I heated the cement on
the disk which we use for holding such
small articles. When the cement cool
ed 1 screwed the disk tightly to the
stand. The most difficult part Of the
matter to me was in keeping track OF
the pin. l used four-inch lens on the
Job, but I am not accustomed to using
glass of any sort, and frequently I'd
lose the pin and go digging around like
a man In the dark. But managed to
keep pretty we'll on it's track"
The regularity Of the letters as they
are seen under the glass testifies to
this. Mr.. Houseal says he will keep
the pin as a curiosity. Mr.. Houseal is
Is years Of age.-Baltimore American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

Whatever else may be said of the
attempt Of a telegraph company to ex-
bel Marconi from Newfoundland on the
Score of it's monopoly of the right to
transmit messages between that island
and Europe, the company evidently has
Its fears as to wireless telegraphy. The
telegraph company seems to have acted
On the assumption that no man has a
right to apply other methods of electric
telegraphy but it's own. Had Marconi
sought to enter into competition with
It on it's own ground its course toward
him would not have been without rea-
1onable excuse. But it was a shabby
business to attempt to hinder his ex-
periments for transmission of wireless
dispatches across the ocean-a matter
In which the whole world has a pro-
found interest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
Fight Rats with BaciIli.

Lisbon has recently been subjected to
an unprecedented invasion of rats,
which has disordered the domestic
economy of every household and made
life miserable. Cats were powerless
to check the invaders, poison seemed
to act as a stimulant to their appetites,
and traps only served to demonstrate
the helplessness Of mans ingenuity to
cope with the pest.
At length the aid of the bacillus was
invoked, and the municipal doctors
were commissioned to inoculate some
rats with an infectious disease. A suit
able virus, harmless to man, was found,
few rats captured and inoculated,
and then let loose. The cillus tri-
umphed. The rats sickened and died
with wonderful rapidity, and Lisbon is
celebrating the conquest of the vora-
cious rodent.
1t is now proposed to use the virus on
board ships, where rats are known to
be the carriers Of infection fatal to man
notably plague.-London Express.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
Holding for a Rise.

Ex-Congressman Gable of Illinois has
a charming young daughter who is re-
ceiving her education in France. When
she was several years younger than she
Is now her father took her on his knee
one day and said to her:
To-day a man asked me if l would
not sell little brother He said he would
give me whole room full of gold. Shall
let him have little brother?"
The child shook her head.
But" persisted her father, "think
how much money this room full of gold
would be. Think how many things you
could buy with it. Don't you think I'd
better let the man have little brother?'
No." said the daughter, "lets keep
him till he's older. He'll be worth more
then. New York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

DELINQUENT parents are invariably re-
sponsible for delinquent children. In
nine cases out of ten when child goes
wrong it will be found either that there
are positively vicious influences In his
home life or that there is an entire ab-
sence of home training that is worthy
the name There are parents who have
a good standing in the community, but
who fail to establish a restraining dis
cipline over their children. 1t is easy
to identify these people with the class
of respectable men who fail to vote and
whose excuse is that they are so alb
sorbed in business that their hours Of
leisure must be hours Of pleasure and
relaxation. Probably in no country In
the world is this apology heard so often
as it is here. Business, being exalted
as the be-all and end-all of life, Is held
as a matter of course to have an exclu-
sive claim upon a persons thought and
nerve energy. No reserve is kept for
any intellectual pursuit, none for any
serious or laborious interest in any of
the affairs of life that are not directly
COuLSCISu Will UuS1ACSS. Lie cUuCdL4Ou
of children is left wholly to unfortunate
teachers, who have absolutely no help
from parents. A boy who escapes being
delinquent merely drifts along from
grade to grade, needing all the time
that home inspiration which would
start him right and save him an i'm
mense amount Of trouble in the future.
In fact, the absence or presence Of the
intelligent disciplinary home training
will often explain why one man has
carried away little from his schooling
and is mentally confused and incapable
Of sustained intellectual work, while
another remembers everything, is clear
to his thinking an equal to almost any
intellectual task. The natural endow-
ment may have been much the same in
both cases, and the delinquent parent
Is perhaps wholly to blame for the fail
ure Of his son. He asks far too great
an indulgence for his own Incidence,
and when he attempts to shift respon-
sibility either to the child or to the
child's teacher he is merely acting after
the usual delinquent fashion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
ALPHABET ON A PINHEAD.
Wonderful Achievement of Ba1timor,
Engraver Excites Surprise.

Wonderful Achievement of a Baltimore
Engraver Excites Surprise.
RI. A. Houseal, an engraVer employed
by George Walter, jeweler, has accom-
plished a task in the engraver's art
which eclipses the engraving of the
Lords prayer upon a silver dollar,
which was supposed for long time to
be the triumph Of fine work in engrav-
Ing. He has managed to engrave the
alphabet complete on the head of a
common pin. Mr. Houseal, who rarely
uses a glass in his work, can read the
letters with the naked eye, and al
though there are few persons whose
eyesight is so strong, common mag
nifying glass serves to make them east
ly distinguishable. The letters range
from left to right and are all capitals.
In the first circle around the edge Of
the head of the pin are the letters from
A to M, inclusive. Within this Is q
second circle beginning at N and end
ing at q, and directly in the center is
the &c mark. The diameter Of the pin
head is barely a sixteenth of an inch,
and II can be understood how small the
letters must be. They are about one
fourth the size of the letters in the
Lords prayer engraved on q dollar.
The work occupied about an hour and a
half; Mr.. Houseal occasionally leaving
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
a MODERN VAN DER DECKEN.
Curious Tale of the Flying italian
Anita S.

A Nantes correspondent relates GU
rious story regarding the wanderings
of the Italian brig Anita S. and her
adventurous skipper, Capt. Rosa.
The Anita S. left Martinique on June
6, 1900, with cargo of sugar con-
signed to a house in Nantes, but en-
route the captain borrowed at every
port at which he touched sums Of mon
ey. giving as security his ship and
cargo
When he could raise no more and his
store ran short. in order to avoid be-
ing arrested in port he hailed passing
merchant vessels and fishing boats and
bought provisions.
In this way he kept to the high seas
until Sept. 8, 1900, when, after sue
cession of terrible storms, he was
forced to put into Santa Cruz, Tener'
life. He escaped detection and re-
NAMED there in security until May II
of the next year, when, after contract
ing a new loan of 1920, Capt. Rosa,
of the good ship Anita S., still carrying
Qor cargo VI SuSdA9 ACSuAACo ACA OAA AL .
pilgrimage.
For four months he remained at sea-
and during that time the firm al
Nantes to whom the sugar was con
signed, continued to receive reports
that the brig was cruising on the coast
Of England.
But Capt. Rosa's resources gave out
at last, and, finding that he could raise
no more money and tired of being con
tinually at sea, he returned to Teneriffe
in September and was arrested.
During his wanderings, says the Lon
don Mail, the Italian skipper had sue
ceeded in borrowing $4,000, while the
Anita S. is not worth 5000. The cargo
of sugar which left Martinique seven
teen months ago was transshipped ant
reached Nantes in an almost worthless
condition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
The Groom Was Forehanded.

Ministers have many interesting and
amusing experiences.
A local clergyman was engaged in
conversation with a number Of friends
the other day, when each started tell
ing stories Of weddings he had per-
formed. One Of the party had this to
offer:
Some time ago a great big fellow,
roughly dressed, and a wee mite Of a
young woman came to him. They had
no witnesses, and, in fact, did not care
to have any. Nevertheless, a brides
maid and groomsman were selected
from the household, and the ceremony
began. They had promised to love and
obey and all the rest of the service,
when the preacher announced: "Kiss
the BRIDE"
The groom, on Bonded knee, hesitated
little, tried to say something and
couldn't.
'Kfss the bride" said the pastor.
'Why, parson, l did, afore I came
here at ALL replied the groom, whose
face had taken the color Of a June rose.
The witnesses burst forth in laughter,
while the minister had all he could do
to retain the serious expression which
he always wore when wedding people.
Duluth NeWs-Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
To Preserve Old Chapel.

The lovers of the antique and pictur-
esaue architecture Of former centuries
in the City of Mexico are pleased at the
announcement that an ancient land
mark, the little chapel Of La Concep-
cion, Is not to be destroyed. 1t has
been variously claimed for this chapel
that it marked the spot where Cuauh-
temoc surrendered to Cortes, also that
it was the first Catholic temple in
which mass was said in the City of
Mexico. A recent investigation Of these
points among the best authorities on
ancient history Of the capital did not
establish them positively, but the little
chapel is without doubt one Of the
earliest places Of Christian worship
built in the city by the Spaniards and
probably in the whole of North Amer
lea.
The chapel of La Conception now
stands in the rather neglected little
plaza of the same name, which is the
public stand for the heavy carts and
wagons licensed for hire. It is to be
rescued from this unromantic sur
rounding, however, and park laid out
about it. The chapel will be given a
few needed repairs and protected by
suitable railing. 1t has been proposed
that the new garden to be called Jardin
Berriozabal, after Mexico's late min
lister of war.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

A famous preacher has written and
''Oh, Chicago, you are hurrying into
hell" Then he paints an awful picture
Of city life where men are struggling
for position and money, erowding,
crushing, lying, scheming, in a mad,
unreasoning helter-skelter, which he
declares leads to the bottomIess pit as
suraAg as the earth revolves. He also
calls money "heartless tiend that riots
and reNels in the havoc it makes among
men" 1t is easy to juggle with words,
and to make picture Of city depravity
that will sicken the soul. But why not
paint more pictures of the good? Some
Of the people are crazy after money,
but the majority of them are fairly
content with an income that is honestly
earned to the last penny and will afford
3 comfortable living. Some of the peo-
pie have introduced horse-trade ethics
into tksear business dealings, but the
majority Of them buy and sell on an
honest basis. When they say "An
wool" you rarely find cotton. And
A11OuSS Gully O6COIlGS ii destroyer WQon
1t is mans master. 1t has mastered
thousands, but it has not mastered the
millions. The desire for it is legitimate
and laudable. So long as men earn
their bread by the sweat Of their brow
there will be some kind Of money, and
most people will always desire more of
1t than they possess. If this minister
and any Of the pesimistic money-haters
were turned loose in the subtreasury
with instructions to help themselves.
do you for an instant suppose that they
would come out with empty pockets?
Why, they would hire moving vans and
coal wagons. And all because they have
that instructive desire common to hu-
mainly to possess more. to live better,
to gain at least some wealth and to re-
move that nightmare Of old age-pov.
erty. a great many things are wrong,
but doR't forget that this Is a good
world, juSt the same, and that honesty
and good morals are in the majority.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
. AWFUL BOER MORTALITY.
British Reconcentrodo Camps in South
Africa to Be Abolished.

British Reconcentrodo Camps in South
Africa to Be Abolished.
The horrors of the British reconcen-
trado camps in South Africa are to be
abated. The appalling mortality that
has marked these camps from the be-
ginning has at length aroused the Gov
eminent to action and the system I'M
der which thousand of Boer women
and children have persisted unnecessa-
rily is to be changed.
The reconcentrado policy Of England
In South Africa will be one of the dark
est chapters connected with the Boer
war. Even Secretary Broderick, under
whom they were instituted and main
tanned, does not defend them. The
death rate in them has been awful. In
six months 1894 persons persisted in
them. During one month 1856 deaths
Of whites are recorded, and Of the vic
TINS 1858 were children. The death
rate for six months approximates 25S
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
Odd Perquisltes'

There are many perquls I,'s, / !
crown in England. line NM sr.s
titled, for instance, to e, -sti.s g
brought to land in the Dn.''I b !
dom. One of them, cau ~ Il ID
Thames, was on the table r. ms
yictoria's wedding banquS" ~, b
should receive, too, ever! ,,,ts Il
divers persons, a tao' w 5ore
three shillings, two Wnl's " n,rd
white hares, a catapul' ,',,l ! u
cumin seed, a horse ana nr ~
of scarlet hose, a currytO " MI
of tongs, a crossbar' a c ss J" Srs
a nightcap, a falcon, .,, WV spi,i
lance worth eight shllI u,
yer needle from his tallOl,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

per 1000; and if children alone be re-
garded the death rate will exceed 400
per 1000.
To an English lady, Miss Hobhouse,
the modification of the system under
which so many unfortunate Boer wom-
en- and children persisted is due. This
lady, who comes Of a good English
family and whose interests in the Boer
reconcentrados is merely feeling Of
pure humanity, visited South Africa
last spring and sought to ameliorate
their condition. She appealed to the
Government to act and it did. 1t ex-
PEELED her from South Africa. On her
return home Miss Hobhouse again ap-
pealed to the Government to interpose
and end the system under Which Boer
prisoners, or pensioners, were being jul
dicially murdered. Nothing came Of
her appeals. She then published the
facts she had collected in South Africa
and the result has been an awakening
Of the British conscience. The Govern
ment felt constrained to take notice of
the opinions and feelings created by
the publication of her pamphlet and
the order was given for change in the
concentration system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
What Jared the BARBER,

General w. II. L. Barnes contributes
the following mite to the many other
good jokes that the opera has given us.
On Saturday last, while being shaved,
he happened to ask his barber if he had
attended the Grau performances at the
Grand. The answer was in the affirm
alive.
How did you enjoy it?"
Not at all, sir. From my place in
the gallery could see your head below
me, and it mortified me to notice that
had not parted your hair straight
San Francisco Wave.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

sages may be sent from the western
world to Europe for cent word
should not come true. At luncheon
given by Governor Boyle Of Newfound'
land to Marconi at st. Johns the in
yentor declared his belief that his sys>
tenn when perfected would make pos
sible a rate of one cent word for mes
sages across the seas instead of twenty
five cents a word, the present rate
charged by existing cable lines. In the
light Of the experiments at st. Johns
and the recent establishing Of wireless
communication between the Nantucket
lightship and the steamship Lucania,
seyenty-two miles away at sea, the pre-
| diction of Marconi cannot be character
lied as the dream Of an enthusiast
| Even though we are inclined to look
| obviously for more definite results from
| the more recent experiments at st.
Johns, the practicability Of long-dis-
lance wireless messages over the sea
has been demonstrated beyond any pos
sibility of serious controversy. Officers
| of the British navy have sent wireless
/ IueSSdSeS 1IOu1 sup " SAp La IAV AAASN
iterranean over distances roughly est1-
| mated by them to exceed 100 miles.
| MeSsegase were sent in this way on
land not long ago from Crookhaven'
Ireland, to Poldhu, Cornwall, a dis
lance of 223 miles. The experiments OF
/ Tesla and Marconi have at least dem
onstrated that we may send wireless
messages across the ocean from ship
to ship stations. Just how far the dis
tances between the ship stations may
be increased or whether they may be
in time dispensed with altogether are
questions to be solved by these and
other inventors in future experiments.
AS the cable represents the principal
cost in modern systems of marine teleg-
raphy there is no way Of telling at this
| time how much it's complete elim1na-
ton might cheaper messages between
this country and Europe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

JtNA ~ q CANb' .
when she was 8 years old, @Va4
New York. She began ErltlnS y
early age. Marrying a neVSpaga !
David G. Croly, when extremely " y
she wrote for the papers Wild y
he was connected and for many w. Y
as she was an energetic WORKER. y y
the signature Jennie JunS :.
Croly conducted department, ~ :, !
eral periodicals and corresponds 4,
others until within a few !eaIS i +
said to have introduced InS ~, =
cate" system and many 0'HS' D'''
per novelties. ,.,,,,
She was the founder Of W -
pioneer woman's club Waltn 40, y;
gained in 1868. From 1914 W.. i" l5+ /
was the president. She rs 1ts y. i
it's first presiding officer lnS a. ~ +
ton of Women's Clubs OWES -
ence to her.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
CIVIL WAR RELIC.

one of the encamped soldiers. Within
the ring appears the following legend,
engraved in script: Zone Of Nineteen,
July 4, 1853" From this legend and
from the intaglio forming the setting Of
the ring it is evident that the ring be-
longed to a graduate Of the Virginia
Military Institute, of the year 1858.
This institute is located at Lexington,
Va, and is known as the "West Point
Of the South and undoubtedly has a
record of the nineteen graduates of the
year 1858. The ring is in fine state Of
preservation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
FAMOUS HOPE NJ,

Picture of the Rare .,
Looks on the H. zen aat
Hal, Half a million doIIar ~
placed on the lannon's a Is Is j
now now in this this country, BY T'| =,
k se Sons, New York. Of ,o'q|
MI IL Frank Frankers deo,a aso|
on re- $4,000 for the r,t rss,
G cel M. Cattle att of the DANNY syp :!
Ga Cat & Stern, the won 35sroat
will not be sold a PENNY nvs 55.. \
In order to escape a dn ,sss
cent ad valorem the st oa,y d
and was subjected to a I Jus w
per cent. A fortune aI oo,' q
on the diamond, The stne, va
IN It's original setting and 4 IT,, v
Dition. The Hope diamonaP y
sapphire blue, weighs 4oa 10
has about 200 facets. + : ;, cal
shaped and reflects tho T.E n g
sand brilliant rays. In S tb'
Is surrounded s'n by twenty
white diamonds that piva !,
effect. CIV a
The origin of the stone 4, ,
One authority says that it w.,
down from the earliest rnIo, %
and another states that Il "
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

India. This much is a matter nj u
The stone was purchased in Ind
NJ. Tayernier, a French traveller \
early part Of the eighteenth ca
At the time it was in the rough
weighed 112 carats. Tayenlg \
to Louis XIV. and it was one h
French crown jewels until 179?,
it was seized by the revolutionsts
placed in the Garde Meuble Il
afterward stolen and lost from v
knowledge.
Toward the middle of the Hinete
century the stone in its present
came into possession of a London
er named Eliason, who sold It aI
ry Thomas Hope.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

A writer says women have simply
got to go to bag punching if they ex-
pect to be healthy. A good many wom-
en- who never punched a bag in their
lives are in such high states of health
that doctors are in despair.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18

ment. 1t is FORM
ed of the hollow
trunk Of one Of
the great redwood
trees Of California,
and is big enough
to shelter a large
family. The read
er is not advised
to write for a cou-
pie Of these sum-
mer houses, SIM
pie as they are,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
Made an Impress,

City Girl-Lord NaD bod mi IN b
made quite an impression -
ton, didn't he! .,dood. w.
him to a picnic, and De ''
New York Weekly.