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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
DRYING OUT ZUYDER ZEE.
Hollanders Are Constantly Mt Work
RecIniming Land from
the Sea.

The Chicago drainage canal is mere
plaything compared with the engineer
ing feat of draining HARLEM lake in
Holland says writer in the New York
Tribune. The Dutch built dixie around
a piece Of the sea and then pumped the
lake they had made entirely dry. This
was so successful that other portions of
the sea have been reclaimed in the same
way. Now the Netherlanders have
set out to dry up a sea, the Zuyder Zee,
and reclaim about coo square miles.
The cost of this undertaking is esti-
mated to be SAL 100000 or $6,OOO,O0O
more than the cost of the New York
subway. The Dutch government, how
ever, expects to get its money back, as
1t will have 450, 900 acres of land, from
which it expects to get a rental of
$4,5OO,000 a year.
One might think that such a marshy
tract of land, even after it had been re-
claimed and drained, would be malarial.
Not so. The draining of the land will
be done a little at time, so as to
shorten the marshy stage as much as
possible. Coast land, even if low,
when past the marshy stage, is espe-
cially healthful. Furthermore, the
people of that country are used to low
land. At any rate, they succeeded in
drying up HARLEM.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
KIDNAPPED GIRL FOUND
Baltimore Parents Have Daughter
Restored After Twenty
Three Years.

Jasper w. Clark and Mrs. Clark, of
Baltimore, have had restored to them
their daughter Marion, who was
stolen by tramp % years ago, when
she was five years of age. Though
Miss Clark has been living in Balti-
more for the last five years, she sup
posed herself to be an orphan, and
had no idea who her parents were.
She did not know that she had been
kidnapped. The parents attribute the
reunion to the prayers of Catholic
sisters, for which they Lad asked
lately. The reunion was brought
about by a story published in the
press of Baltimore several weeks ago
giving a history of the mysterious
case. Miss Clark read it, and though
she was known as Ethel instead of
Marion, she made an investigation.
She was able to establish the fact
that she was taken to founding in
stitution under the name of Clark,
and from there removed to Catho-
lie orphan asylum in Richmond,
where she remained until she was 1s,
leaving to make her living in the
world.
When she called on her mother a
few days ago the latter was struck
with the girls resemblance to her.
self, and the identity was soon made
complete. The young woman was
able to describe with accuracy the sur
roundings of her childhood home,
which was a different house from
that now occupied b. the Clarks.
The object of the tgamp in steal
ing the child was evidently revenge.
He had for several nights been sleep
ing in bricRyard and begging his
meals at the Clark house. One
| morning he asked Mrs. Clark if his
breakfast was ready, and was re-
| fused, and later in the day he disap-
peared with the child. Miss Clark
had been working in silk mill in
| Baltimore, and she declares her in
| tention of remaining at work until
the excitement wears off, then she
will give up employment, as her
mother has no other daughter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
DO THEIR OWN COOKING.
There Is nm increasing Demand for
Attractive Appliances for
the Kitchen.

Very attractive and handy appli-
ances are now brought out for the
amateur cook. They are of bronze,
copper and silver plate, and each may
be mounted on its own spirit lamp or
electrical fitting, says the Chicago In
ter Ocean.
"Epicureanism is on the increase,
and many more people are particular
as to the preparation of their food
than formerly" said household goods
dealer. "Fastidious people who buy
the best the markets afford in food
supplies have awakened to the fact
that much of their care in this re-
gard is wasted if the cooking be un-
intelligently done, so we are selling
more and more of these individual
cooking appliances.
MANY settled people, particularly,
amuse themselves by amateur cook
ing. The health culture propaganda
has also been a stimulus to the ANA
teur cook. Food eaten under proper
conditions will obviate the need OF
medicines or curatives and add to
physical exhilaration, good looks, etc.
These theories are getting strongly
impressed on the public mind, and par
ticularly on those folks who are able
to indulge themselves, to experiment
in the matter and make permanent
! progress.
"They secure food supplies of the
best grade and then seek for appli-
ances by which they can supervise
the cooking with least inconvenience
and so get the full profit of the invest
ment The cooking schools have tend
ed also to make people recognize the
value of delicate cookery applied to
good grade of food. Slowly but surely
their maxims are being eXemplifled."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
THE INFLUENCE OF LAND.
Highest Type of Manhood Comes from
the Country Where There Is
Room for Action.

The causes which control the ebb and
flow Of humanity between city and coun-i
try are among the most subtle and OBJ,
scure Of social phenomena, says the
San francisco Chronicle. The charac-
teristic of the people of all new coun-
tries is vigor. 1t is due to the abund-
ance of land for all the people, and the
action and reaction between land and
man. The life Of new countries is rude,
but the nourishment is abundant, and
the pure air sends pure blood coursing
through the veins. The result is a race
OF strong men. When class distinctions
are marked the gentry gain culture
without losing strength. That is the
highest type of manhood. 1t was seem
in the pre-Augustan age of Rome, in the
chivalry of medieval western Europe,
in the planters of our own southern
states in the first half of the nineteenthl
century. The development of the high
est type Of manhood involves the con-
demnation Of the majority to rude and
laborious life. But such men can be
propagated from generation to genera
tion only so long as they remain in their
rural environment. In the cities degen-
Grafton occurs. Here and there vigor is
transmitted through several genera
tions of city bred men, at least in indi-
viduals, who maintain the family name
and standing. The tendency is to de-
generation, and the mass yields to the
tendency. The result is seen in the
slums and the potter's field. The new
men who dominate the cities-at least
in America-are country bred
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
LIGHT AND HEAVY BRAINS.
Professional Men Said to Have Far
More Gray Matter Than
Laborers.

In a recent memoir on the human
brain, DR.. Matiagta, of Prague, one of
the most eminent specialists of Europe,
records the fact that the heaviest brain
he has found is that of a young man
of 90 years and 1.S0 meters in height,
which weighs 1920 grams. The fe-
male brain does not seem to rise over
1900 grams, and the lightest he knows
about Excluding the very aged) was
1,02O grams, that of woman of 25
years, 1.50 meters in height. There is
one of 1000 grams belonging to wom-
an of SO years. The average male brain
weighs 400 grams, and the female 200
grams, between 20 and SO years. OF
remarkable brains that Of Konstantinoff,
Bulgarian novelist, weighed 1855
grams, and that of Smetana, a composer,
only 1850 grams. The average weight
of the brain of different occupations he
gives as from 1,410 to 1 1,440 for work.
men, 1,46S for business men, professional
musicians and photographers, and 800
for medical men and persons whose call
ing supposes a university education.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
GREEN TURTLES OF FLORIDA.
Fishermen Catch Them with Nets as
They Float In Balls of
Grass.

The gIeen turtles of southern Flor
ida live in deep water and feed on sea
plants, mostly the kind called turtle
grass" which they cut off near the
roots, eating the lower parts and leav-
ing the tops floating so that it collects
in great fields and marks the spots
where the animals are to be hunted
for by the fishermen After browsing
in such ocean pastures the green tur-
ties go to the mouths of rivers for
baths of fresh water, which they seem
to need from time to time. The Flor
ida fishermen say the reptiles enter
the creeks and roll together in masses
of grass, cementing them into balls
with clay. When the turn of the tide
takes the balls out to sea they follow
them. The fishermen watch for such
balls floating down the creeks, and
when they see them they stretch nets
across the mouths of the streams and
always catch the turtles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
THIRTY-TWo- WHEEL CAR.
Has Sixteen Steel Trucks and Is the
Largest One Ever Com
structed.

A perfect car has recently been built
by the Bethlehem Steel company for Its
own use. The company is supplying
some very large castings for IL 900 ton
forging press for the Carnegie Steel
company, and this car is for their trans
,portation, says the Engineering Record.
Both iron and steel castings are being
supplied, some of the latter being Of
extraordinary size. One Of them re.
quires about S25, 900 pounds of steel and
60 Acton open-hearth furnaces are EN-.
ployed to provide the metal for 1t.
This car has 16-wheel trucks, connect.
ed by bridge trusses, &C feet 10 inches
long and feet deep at the center
The distance between the king bolts is
Ga feet. The car is 103 feet 10Lz inches
long, over the couplers 10 feet 2N
inches high, and 8 feet inches wide.
1t weighs 196,420 pounds. and has a
rated capacity of 100000 pounds. The
largest car hitherto constructed was
probably that used by the Pennsylvania
railroad for transporting Krupp gun
to the Columbian exposition. 1t also
had 80 wheels. but its rated capacity was
somewhat less than that of the new
car.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
SAD FOR SpINDLEsHANKs.
Fashion Set by King Edward Brings
Woe to Gentlemen with
Small Calves.

Now that King Edward has set the
fashion for knee breeches In full dress
affairs, and is being followed by many
of his subjects, 1t is likely that they
will be received ere long on this side
of the water. They must, Of course
be made Of black silk satin and the ef-
fects resulting from such dress will
to say at least, be somewhat curious
says the American Wool and Cotton Re.
porter. Those who favor the innova.
tion will be the well-built, athletic class.
while those who cry out most loudly
against it-that they will not adopt such
a ridiculous fashion - will have, nc
doubt, some personal reasons for not
wanting to be seen In knee breeches.
1t will not be the first fashion adopted
that has made men look ridiculous, nor
will 1t probably be the last. King Ed
ward is still the criterion Of fashion In
London. There is little question as to
the style there, at least
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
TRIP TO THE DENTISTS.
Western Woman Rode Her Pony Sixty
Miles to Have Her Teeth
Fixed,


THE experiences of a city bred girl
on a western ranch are positively
thrilling to me-" remarked the woman
who was reading letter from friend
of her youth, to the Philadelphia Rec
ord Now this friend of mine, so she
writes, found herself in need Of the
attention of dentist. Did she call a
cab or hail trolley car? She did not.
Rather, she had her pony saddled early
in the morning and rode 25 miles to
the nearest doctor of dentistry-only
it was 30 miles, because she had to go
five miles out of her way on account
of the freshets. Instead of resting at
her destination she barely had time
to eat bite when she resigned herself
to the filing, scraping, buzz-sawing
and hammering which is the lot of the
victim of ailing molars. A few hours
of this modern mode Of torture and
she was again in the saddle, with the
refreshed pony setting out gallantly
to complete his 60 miles. Equines
have way of being light-footed when
their heads are turned homeward. AS
for his rider, a husband and three
babies anXiously awaited her in the
cool, mysterious moonlight"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
USE AMERICAN IDEAS.
French Crooks Copy the Tricks of
SwindIers in This
Country.

French swindlers, about whose meth
ods a good deal has been written of
late, are for the most part copiers Of
American crooks. says the New York
Sun. The trick of following woman
into a store, and just as she goes to
make purchasing assuming the role
of an indignant husband, taking her
money away from her and getting
away before she has a chance to re-
cover from her surprise, was worked
for some time in the west. 1t wasn't
successful long here, because American
women are harder-headed than their
French sisters and, unlike the latter,
do not assist the crooks by promptly
going into Mysteries or fainting when
robbed.
A simple little swindle that was sue
cessful in this city for years was
worked by man and boy. The boy
would walk up the street swinging a
pitcher around his head The man
standing on an opposite corner would
call attention to the boys recklessness
and offer to bet $5 or some larger
amount that the boy would break the
pitcher before he reached the corner
The crook rarely failed to hook vic
tim. OF course, just as the boy
reached the corner he would break the
pitcher and the crook would win the
bet
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
Casino Bin for Next Week.

Following the past policy of the man
agement of the Lake Erie Park and
Casino, another strong bill of vaude
vile acts is promised for the week OF
August seventeenth. containing such
names as Mile Theo in move
equestrienne act; Waldorf 81 Mendez
comedy acrobats: The Toblns with Il
refined musical act; Harr Igau, comedy
juggler, whose work has placed him q
peer of his kind; The Helstons singing
and dancing artists and The Kinodromo
with all new moving pictures. Such
an array OF professional talent coupled
with the amusement advantages to bt
enjoyed shoul dprove sufficient draw
ing card TO tax the vast Casino Thea
tire to its utmost capacity the coming
week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
THE PoPEs AND TOBACCO.
Heads of the Catholic Church who
Prescribed the Weed and Those
who Used 1t.

1t is we'll known that Pope Leo was
for years an inveterate snuff taker.
The times have changed since Urban
VIII. and Innocent V. vigorously pro-
scribed tobacco, the former pope go
ing SO far as to threaten to eXcom-
municate anyone who might take a
pinch of snuff within the precincts of
the vatican. The brief issued by In
nocent X. on the 1st of February,
1850, against the use of tobacco was
abrogated on the 10th of January,
It's, by Benedict XIII. for very good
and sufficient reasons. For, like Leo
Kill, Benedict XIII. took snuff in
large quantities, and he could not
give his sanction to an act which was
violated daily by his own example.
From that time until the present day
the popes have remained silent on the
subject of tobacco, but their personal
habits seem to favor the use of the
fragrant Virginia weed. In addition
to the snuff-taking popes, it is well
known that Plus TX. used to smoke
in his private study and in the more
secluded parts of the vatican gar
denS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
Dunipaee Family Reunion.

reunion of the Dunipace family
was held at the beautiful country
home of w. w. Dunipace and wife at
Scotch Ridge, on Thursday last.
Games and social conversations
were indulged in by the older genera
ton while the little folks enjoyed
themselves on the spacious lawns be-
fore the Dunipace home. Renewing
old time incidents and acquaintances
was also a great feature.
At noon a sumptuous old fashioned
dinner was served to which all did
justice.
The Muir family reunion will take
place at the Dunipace home this week.
The following are the families who
were present at the reunion Thursday:
Mr. and Mrs. G. X. Daily and family
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Adams and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Adams and family
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Adams and family
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Adams and fam,
lily, Mr.. and Mrs Stanley Crowfoot
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Daily
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Daily
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Field
Prairie Depot; Mr.. and Mrs. David
Daily and family Bradner; Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Daily and family, Ironville
Toledo; Mr. f. j Hollis, Laurel, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Dunipace and fam
lily, Scotch Ridge; Mrs. E. w. Helt
man and son, Toledo; Mr. and Mrs
Elger Punpery and family, Dayton
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Rhodes, Fostoria;
Jessie Daily, Bradner; Mabel Morgan
Prairie Depot; Mrs. w. w. DunipacC
and family, Scotch Ridge; and Mrs
Sarah Dunipace and son, Scotcl
Ridge
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
REGULATES THE RAIN
Australian Scientist Advances New
Theory About the Moon,
II. @. Russell, the Government Astron-
Omer, After Researches Cover
ing Thirty-Six Years, Draws
Important Conclusions.

In speaking of the terrible drought
still prevailing in Australia, IL. G.
Russell, the government astronomer
of Australia, claims to have made the
discovery after long and careful
search among astronomical records
that the moon regulates the rain. AS
tronomers of the different Australian
colonies have indorsed Mr.. RusselPs
theory. Mr.. Russell says Australia is
in for two more years of drought,
eight having passed, and in 1905 there
will be more rain than Australia
wants, and it will continue for nine
years. Russell says:
81 speak positively when | say
have found the moon controls the
rain. My researches extend for So
years. Briefly, when the moon is
moving south there is plenty of rain,
when it is moving north there are
years of drought, so there are alter
nate wet and dry periods, the wet
lasting nine years and the dry ten.
So that long beforehand preparations
/, can be made for the coming drought"
Astronomers the world over are in
vited to investigate Mr.. Russells as
sertion. In the meantime, the
drought situation has become ap-
palling.
A severe earthquake has been felt
in Warranbool. 1t was the severest
on record. School children became
panic-stricken, horses and cattle ran
amuck. Many roofs were shaken off
the houses. A tidal wave succeeded
the earunu,,5;!!..G
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
uAe of HydrnNcnne.

The treasures that lie at the bottom
of the sea are now more easily obtain
able by the invention of an instrument
known as the microscope. The contriv-
ance is shortly to be put in operation
in order to find the lost fleet of Xerxes,
which has reclined on the seas bed un-
disturbed for about $500 years. Search
is also to be made for the ship char
tered by Pompey to carry Roman art
treasures to Athens and wrecked in the
archipelago 1850 years ago,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
German city Regulation.

The Leipzig, Germany, city council
has passed an ordinance compelling
city employees to take up their residence
within the city limits. AS the water
works, lighting plants, storage ware
houses, markets, pawnshops, hospitals,
ETC., are municipal, a large number of
people will be affected. 1t is said that
the action was taken in order to foster
Leipzig's growth, to increase the city's
income and to concentrate the conserv-
atiye votes
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
RAILROAD ADVERTISING.
Has Done Much to Reveal the Benu-
tics of Travel In
America.

When the passenger departments of
the railroads began to advertise the
advantages of their respective lines
and the beauties and points of interest
along the right of way, the conserva-
tives stood aghast at the innovation,
says the Toledo Tones. 1t was freely
predicted that they would get tired of
wasting their money or that their en-
ployers would call them down and re-
fuse to countenance such expenditures.
Yet how different has been the out
come. The pioneers in the business
have been followed by imitators and
competitors, until some of the most
attractive and interesting and instruc-
tive advertising of the day is done by
the railroads. 1t is, of course, impos-
sible to know the full extent of the
influence of this advertising, but the
result has been to immensely stimulate
travel. We Americans are just learn
ing to appreciate leisure and to know
that one doesn't have to go a thousand
miles from home to get genuine rec
reation and an education that is a
pleasure to acquire.
The theory that everything worth
seeing is in Europe has been exploded
and the railroads, with their persist
ent, artistic and well constructed ad-
vertising have lighted the fuse that
led to the explosion. Everyone with a
spark of ambition desires to see sur
roundings different from his own. He
wants to travel. But he breads going
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
EXCURSION TO SOLDIERS HOME

On Wednesday, Aug. 2G, the c., IL. &
ID. II. Il. will run an excursion to Day
ten and the Soldiers Home, for ST.
round trip. Children to 10 years 75c.
Eight hours in Dayton or hours at
Soldiers Home. Train leaves Tontog-
ANY, $50 Il. m; Bowling Green, G:44
n. IN. Perrysburg people should leave
on GAO Il. III. train and buy tickets on
train at Tontogany.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
OPIUM DEN FOR THE ELITE.
Frenchman Is Host at One of the Most
Unique of Social Enter
tainmcnts.

M. Pierre Lott gave Chinese fete
at Rochefort, France, recently
which marks red letter day in the
annals of entertaining for those in
search of novel and exotic sensations.
There was an opium den luXuriously
fitted up, where the dangerous delights
of opium smoking could be tried. The
invitation cards bore the mysterious
request that all guests would arrive
before ten o'clock, for at that hour
her imperial majesty Gu Tse-Tsien,
empress of China, was to appear to
receive the homage of the novelis's
friends. For once women were pune
tual.
In the Raphael salon." upholstered
in red velvet, Nine. Pierre Lott clad in
a sumptuous Chinese court dress of
green and orange, embroidered with
gold, received the guests. With her
were her two nieces, also in Chinese
costumes.
In due time the empress appeared
in gorgeous robes, attended by NJ. Lott,
courtiers and musicians, all gotten up
in rich oriental style. NJ. Lofts cos
tune was of black satin, embroidered
with gold. He wore a cuirass of gold
mail and huge gold helmet, with a
graceful plume, the effect of the whole
being at once dazzling and somber in
its magnificence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
scarecrows on Roofs.

Scarecrows are now placed upon slate
roofs in Victoria, b. c. The crows
which swarm the beach and dig for
clans fly over the buildings and drop
the clans on the roofs, by this means
breaking the shells and leaving the
meat free to be eaten In many cases
when the CLAIMS were dropped, the slate
would be broken.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
Action of Poisons.

Nature seems to have provided that
no poison which acts externally shall
have any effect internally, and vice
versa. Thus the most deadly snake
venom can be swallowed with impunity,
the juice of the stomach presumably de-
composing 1t and rendering 1t harm
less,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
PETIT JURORS.

John Barringer, Bloomdale; William
s. Rogers, North BaltimoreI; Samuel
Kochensparger, North Baltimore; A. j.
Dillinger, Hoytville; NJ. j. Walsh, Cyg-
net; Albert Mauer, Grand Rapids;
John Amos, Weston: Peeter Pitson,
Perrysburg; William Plantz. Prairie
Depot; George Bowe, Risingsun; Clar-
ence Eckert, Jerry City; John G. Kaz-
Plain township; Sylvester Hull, Wes-
ton; L. r. Schaeffer Jerry City; w. C.
Harris Rossford.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
An Immense Opal.

An opal has been found in Australia,
on the White Cliff fields, which, with
good fortune in the cutting, will make a
gem eight inches long by five wide. OF
larger than any of the crown jewels OF
Belgium, weighs nearly pound and is
valued at $250,000.