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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

spots on the SUM- We handed over the
bones and what meat there was left
to poor widow, whose husband died
fighting for the confederacy, and
whose son was also in the army. 1
fed the roasted skin to my horse, ana
he ate it in double-quick time.
This reminds me of a favorite story
Gen. Bankhead Magruder used to tell
about dinner he had while he was
serving in the army of northern vir-
ginia. That army was not much more
than 10000 strong, reckon, and it had
to do some right sharp work to stand
off three well-fed, well-equipped fed
eral armies, each of them nearly twice
as large. Well, one day Magruder
was out reconnoitering with his staff
In the Shenandoah valley, and he
stumbled across likely looking plan
tation.
He sent his orderly off on the jump
to present his compliments to the mis-
tress of the mansion and tell her
that he and the. officers were powerful
hungry, Would she be kind enough
to give them some dinner? OF course
she sent back word she'd do her best.
Along comes a yellow-haired young
soldier right after that, and he tells
her the same thing. 1t seems he was
on his way to join his regiment, and
was covered with dust and looking
tired to death.
My young friend, I'm doing my
best to get up a good dinner for Gen.
Magruder and his staff. Get down and
come in, and if there is anything left
after they get through you shall have
it, said the hospitable lady.
"The young chap was hardly out Of
his teens, and it happened that he
came from one of the finest families
in Virginia. He dismounted and went
into the house. Just naturally he
knew how affairs were conducted in
the old plantation households. and
when Magruder and his staff arrived
he did some pretty tall scouting
around the dining-room. AS soon as
dinner was announced he marched in
at the head of the procession and took
seat next to Magruder. The general
looked at him pretty savage for a min
ute, and said:
"'Sir, do you know with whom you
are dining?'
No, sir; don't. Before I Joined
the army was mighty careful whom
l ate meal of victuals with, but now
1 make no distinction whatever
THAT settled it. Magruder looked
nettled for a minute, and then burst
out laughing. So did the others, and
the dinner went on with everybody in
high good humor."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

: THE BETRAYER :
s BY NELLIE CRAVEY GILMORE


I Bettison lay face downward on a
lounge in his room. The dinner had
been a great success-socially. So had
the joke. The joke had been huge.
| The host had been toasted and toasted
again. 1t was a very merry crowd,
indeed, and 1t had taken quite reluc-
| tant leave.
| Bettison was bafled. His artifice
had succeeded well-and ill., 1t had as
sured him in one respect and left him
fioundering more hopelessly than ever
before in another He laughed. Some
malicious person, an unsuspected
small enemy, perhaps, was trying to
| work him harm, trying to rob his
, peace of mind. 1t was a startling CO.
| incidence. Again he shivered. There
was something strangely impressive
and confident about the letters-or
rather the writer of them--that sent a
chill to his marrow. So he dreamed
and argued and solved and unsolved
and wondered and almost went mad
at times.
Presently a shrill whistle aroused
him and he started up swiftly as the
postman repeated his whistle He
seized the letter with trembling fin.
fiers and broke the seal 1t ran:
This will inform you that the po.
lice are already on your track. l did
my best to head you off, but it was flu.
| tile. / was forced to do this thing in
the name of Justice | warned you
that | should notify the authorities if
I you continued 1t will be useless for
you to attempt to leave the house, as
it is even now under surveillance"
Bettison ran his cold fingers through
his hair and read and reread the
words with hunted eyes. He passed
the next hour in a trance. Finally,
worn out in body and mind, he sank
into stupid sleep.
Crash,
The door was pushed violently open
and two armed policemen entered the
room.
Bettison started up wildly, glaring
about him as the meaning of it all
rushed to his muddled brain. His
hands dropped Imply. AS they fell
pen-staff clattered to the floor and
rolled under the table. One of the
men stopped and picked it up. The
point was wet with ink. Bettison
glanced at the table in quick horror
A sheet of paper with few written
words on it stared up into his eyes.
And this is what it contained:
Fool that you are, why did you not
take my advice and save yourself?
Now it is too late, too late. Justice is
bound to claim it's own in the end.
Hope"
1t broke off abruptly and great
ink spot smeared the page.
Bettisan recalled with a sinking
heart that he had been more or less
addicted to somnambulism all his life,
especially when Ill or worried. Fear
had egged him on and he had written
all those letters himself! Conscience
| had made him his own betrayer.
What he had lived in constant ter
ror of some one else doing he had
done himself.
! Copyright, 1907, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
Hawk Attacks Hunter.

Albert Baker and Charles Yeager
of Reading, Pa, have returned from a
two days hunting trip in the vicinity
of Fritztown. They shot rabbits, red
squirrels. polecat hawk and a red
fox, The hawk measured four feet,
ten inches from tip to tip of wings.
Baker, who shot the bird. had most
exciting experience. He only wound
e6 1t. and when he went to obtain 1t
the bird attacked him and sank it's
claws into his face. shoulders and
hands. Baker fought the bird for 10
minutes before he succeeded in killing
1t. The hawk was flying across a
field when he shot IT, tits one of the
largest birds of Its species caught
In this section for some time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
BRING GOOD HEALTH
Dr. William Pink Pills, Used After
the Grip, Arrest Fatal Decline and
Rebuild the System.

Any bodily weakness caused by q
by the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
because these pills actually make new
blood. After attacks of the grip the
blood is generally run down and the
patient continues to decline.
about three years ago." says Mrs.
Jennie Cowan, of 718 N. Henry
Street, West Bay City, Mich, 81
caught severe cold, which ran into
the grip. | was confined to my bed
for two weeks. At the end of that
time l was able to be about, but was
completely run down. l was so weak
/ could hardly stand, my cheeks had
no color and l felt faint. My heart
would flutter and it was difficult for
me to breathe at times. Neuralgia
settled in the back of my head and
stomach and I suffered from rheuma-
tism in my shoulders.
81 had the care OF the best doctor
In town but became no better until a
friend told me one day how she had
been cured by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills and l decided to try them.
soon felt better and continued using
them until l was entirely cured. They
built me up again to perfect health
and use them now whenever / feel
at all sick and they always help me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are inval-
unable in such cases, as well as in
other blood diseases, because they not
only drive off the germs of the disease
but build up the system. The pills
have cured anaemia, rheumatism, af-
ter-effects of fevers, neuralgia and
many other severe disorders.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box,
Xix boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
shakespeare as Novel Hero.

William Shakespeare is the hero OF
new and striking novel by the Dam
ish woman writer Sophus Banditz.
Moreover, British and American read
ers will probably soon have a chance
to read this tale, for Queen Alexandra.
who recently read it in the original.
was so much impressed by it that she
advised the authoress to have it
translated into English. This transla-
ton is now proceeding and the Eng
lish version is to be dedicated to the
queen, who Is herself Dane.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

Peruna is a household .Jriend in
mare than a million homes. This
number is Increasing e0ery day.
Peruna has become a household aOord
all oUer tie English sbcakin.g zo0rla.
IT is an cid tried remedy fer all ca
faryhaL diseases Of the head, thrOaf,
lungs, stomach, kidneys, biaddcr and
female organs.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
BY WAY OF THANKS.
What Monroe Once Did for General
Lafayette.

That Lafayette's services to this
country are still held in cherished
memory is shown by the great value
placed on relics of the generous
Frenchman. The marquis's chaise, in
good preservation, has just been
placed in the Memorial Hall at Gin
cinnati. But America once had an op-
portunity to express her thanks in a
more practical and satisfactory form
than by giving ovations or collecting
souvenirs. Mr.. Murat Halstead, in an
article in the Cosmopolitan, gives an
account of how James Monroe did the
good turn which the marquis's SER
vices deserved
Lafayette, favorite at court, a gay
young soldier married at the age of
16, was an officer at the garrison of
Metz when the impulse came on him
to seek adventure in America. He
came without leave, without the con,
sent or the countenance of the French
government. He was an enthusiast
for humanity and liberty. What he
did for America every schoolboy
knows.
Later, when the war was over, the
marquis and his family were back in
France. James Monroe, American
minister, arrived in Paris just after
the fall of Robespierre. The news
was brought to him that Madame La
fayette was in prison, and that all
efforts for her release had failed.
Monroe was placed in delicate po-
sition, between his official station and
his sense of his country's obligation.
In his report of the affair he declares
; that he is prepared to "go beyond the
line of official reserve" to save the
lady. Behind those dull lines of re-
port there is a story full of interest.
Monroe was not a man to weigh
consequences when he bore in mind
how much his nation owed to Lafay-
ette. An extremity was threatening
and he CROSSED the line"
Learning that Madame Lafayette
was soon to be led to the guillotine,
he sent his wife to La Force prison
in the official carriage of the legation
| The trappings announced to every one
the dignity of the American minister
then the only representative in Paris
of any of the nations of the earth.
Mrs. Monroe played her part with
charming audacity. She did not go as
a suppliant, bat in state, demanding
admittance.
Madame Lafayette, expecting every
moment summons to the scaffold
was told that the wife of the Ameri
! can minister wished to see her. Feel
ing the hope of reacue, the poor wo
man fell sobbing at Mrs. Monroe's
feet. The wife of the minister raised
cheer. Then she announced in tone
(, which was heard by the officials that
she would call the next day. When
that time came, however. it was moi
necessary 10 keep her promise. Mad
anne Lafayette had been released.
She hastened Immediately to the
house of the Monroes to express hel
gratitude for their timely aid.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

at times dizzy spells when everything
was a blur before me. The passages
of the kidney secretions were irregu-
lar and painful. and there was con-
siderable sediment and odor. l cont
know what I would have done but
for Doan's Kidney Pills. couit see
an improvement from the first bog.
and five boxes brought final cure"
SOLD by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
Keeps Young by Outdoor Exercise.

Although James Bryce. the new
British ambassador to this country,
is 6S years old. he has not by any
means exhausted his physical ener-
gies or his fondness for exercise in
the open. His favorite recreation is
mountain climbing, and he is presi-
dent of the English Alpine club.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

was so weak
ened and gener-
ally run down
with kidney dis
ease that for q
long time l could
not do my work
and was five
weeks in bed.
There was con-
tinual bearing
down pain, ter-
rible backaches.
headaches an d
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
, A Serious Drawback.

NO" said Miss Lissom. II can't
bring myself to believe that 1t woulo
be we'll to have trial marriages. How
could we under such system man
age about making the sllyer?'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

There is nothing that stands still in
time, so that no duty at all admits OF
delay; each is strictly the duty of the
moment.-Martineau.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

Choose always the way that seems
the best, however rough it may be;
custom will soon render 1t easy and
agreeable-Pythagor
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

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Great Nerve Restorer,. Send for Free 81. 90
Id, 93l Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
A Positive
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25
TERRIBLE TO RECALL.
Five Weeks in Bed With Intensely
Painful Kidney Trouble.

Mrs. Mary Wagner, of 1867 Kossuth
avenue, Bridgeport, Conn, says: II
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-25

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

by no other person that its writer, a
lady OF the Empress Elizabeth OF Rus
sia's court. and the Empress herself
This was Vera Psskin, who wrote about
200 lines OF verse satirizing the Empress
vices
In youthful pride and impudence the
girl showed the manuscript to one OF the
court ladies. To curry favor with the
Empress this woman showed it TO Eliza
beth, who thereupon ordered Vera Pas
kin 10 be cruelty knouted and banished
for life TO Siberia.
A poem has even brought about the
death or It's writer. and in England. too
James I was the Offended monarch.
John Williams the poet. Williams. for
safety. inclosed the verses IN an iron
box and sent than 10 the king, who, al
ways fearing assassination. Jumped to
the conclusion that the box was none
other than an Internal machine.
When the news OF the real nature of
the boX's contents leaked out, however.
James grew so angry at the ieers that
were leveled at him from all parts of
the kingdom that he had the unfortu-
nate John Williams hanged. drawn. and
artered--Pearson's Weekly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

he Rad married again meantime. The
law 20 Arkansas was taken bodily
from New Nork's. and the courts, Ar
kansas and elsewhere's. bow down TO
precedent.
He further finds that. since the law
declared the marriage annulled BY rea-
son Of his long absence. this first Ar
kansas wife has no standing as such
outside the limits OF that State He
now examines his Oklahoma divorce
from Arkansas wife No. 2, 20 whom he
had been legally married (slnce at the
time his marriage with Arkansas No.
! was annIlled by law. Here he finds
that his failure 10 sign the affidavit
makes that divorce void IN Arkansas.
though good everywhere else. Lack
OF Jurisdiction" say the Arkansas
courts, which means anything and
everything.
Now Mr.. Man sums up and finds
again he is still bachelor and benedict
benedict four times. lie has one lie
gal wire in South Carolina because that
State holds void all the mulTipieK mar
rying and diTorciug he has engaged
la elsewhere. one legal wife in Chi
cage because Illinois recognizes the
South Dakota divorce but holds The
Arkansas divorce from the CHICAGO
wife as null and void because there
was no legal. personal notice served
on her, q resident OF Chicago. though
the divorce is elsewhere recognized a 3
valid He has one legal wife in Ar
kansas because she cOndoned his de-
seruon and came back 10 him; and ne
has another legal wife in the same
state because while his marriage to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

Frederick Augustus Of Slxony. 10 elope
with Andre Giron. 3 tutor OF her chill
dren.
The Confessions OF a Princess" dealt
with the wretched and scanda lous daily
life Of various royal houses on the
Continent. When the news OF the vol
ume's publication reached Emperor VIII
lam's ears he ordered all copies TO oe
seized and destroyed. and forbade edf-
tors OF newspapers. under pain of i'm
prisonment. TO review or mention il.
In times gone by monarchs gave
short shTift 10 the authors of books
that offended them. The Bourbcns. for
instance. did not scruple about paying
assassins to remove" those writer's.
such as the gifted Paul Courier. whose
works oisple2sed them. Nor did the
great Napoleon hesitate at ell IN shoot
ing or hansing the unhappy author who
crossed his path.
On one OCCASION he executed the pub
lisher-one named Palm OF Nurnberg-of
a book attacking him because that tndi-
vidual refused 10 disclose the name OF
its author.
A terrible fate befen a nineteen-vear-
old authoress Of a poem which was read
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Some Books That Brought Death to Authors

The Emperor Of Germany has been
very much worried recently. An m-ad-
vised young man. Prince Alexander Of
he-sehiuingsfurst. has published
the memoirs OF his father the late I'M
perial chancellor. which made pubic
facts about the private life OF German
ruisrs and statesmen ana home ard
foreign policies.
And as result OF the Ksiser's in.
dignstion, Prince Alexander has tender
ed 10 the Imperial statthaiter OF Alsace.
Lorraine his resignation or the post OF
president OF the district OF Upper Al
SAGE.
In on-ndins Emperor william. how
ever. by the publication or a book. The
prineely cuiprit does not stand alone.
Not many months back the Kaiser was
very indignant because OF the publica-
ton in German OF a book entitled "The
Confessions OF a Princess" said % be
from the pen OF ex-Cr0Wn Princess
Louise OF SaXony. who. IL viii be re-
membered, left her husband. now King
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

HEN Miss Mary Csssatt
was named among the
beneficiaFies OF Priest
dent Alexander J. Cas-
satt. Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

Arkansas No. 1 stood AnnuTed and
before thu conformation and return,
he married Arkansas No 2, which
he had a perfect right to do, being
az that time an unmarried man
everywhere except in South Carolina
and Illinois
His Oklahoma divorce from Arkan-
81 wife number two. good except n
Arkansas. as explained, frees hina IN
most other States from his second Wits
in that State
So that Mr.. Man, sitting alone IN his
Washington chambers finds that while
ne has four legal wives, one IN SoE.h
carolina, one in Illinois and two IN
Arkansas, he IS still a bachelor, or
rather an unmarried man and free 70
marry Whomsoeyer he wishes IN nearly
every Stale IN the Union save IN those
wherein he Is already supplied with
But how about bigamy, ne thinks,
and poiygaIny and sueh-like criminal
horrors. redolent OF dungeons in q
highly developed state OF darknessg
SllEnt investigation shows he need fear
nothing from that quarter. a man can
only be nied for an act charged a.
criminal In and under the laws OF the
state where such act was committed
ana MI Mans every act was IN ao-
eofdance with and sanctioned by the
laws or the State wherein IL was per
Iormed While q much married, ne Is
no poly gamist or otherwise criminal
% away goes Mr.. Bachelor Benedict
Man. Ike giant refreshed, WOoing
anew and crying In the words OF ST
Faui The Law is Holy and fts Com
ntandmentE Righteous"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

inherited ssaIth. Miss Cassatt has
quietly. but emphatically. dispr0ved
the tradition that poverty must be the
handmaiden OF successful ART. and has
thereby scored another triumph for
American womanhood-
Though equally al home I'm New
York. Philadelphia. Pittsburg. her ma
tive city. and the art capitals Of Eu-
rope. she has resided for several years
in Paris. Her house and studio on
The Champs Elysees have for decade
been an artistic center Of she French
capiLal-a comfortable rather than i'm
posing old mansion which Was once
palace ia the sristocratie quarter OF
the city.
According 70 a congress OF foreign
critics the dominant note Of her art
is strength combined with a subtlety
Of teehnique and a daring manipula-
lion OF coiOrs which have made her,
1n the same authority, one OF the
most virils women painters OF record
Her draughtmanship II exceptionally
firm. her colors notably bright. pure,
and harmonious. She If equally facile
with oil, charcoal, water color. pastel.
and etching. and Is a foremost disciple
81 Degas and. through him. OF Japa-
nese art.
Her speciality has been the study OF
children. as shown in the accompany
ing pictures, and she is said by the
great French critic Jerome Doucet @
be the artist OF this period who has
understood and expressed childhood
with tbs greatest originality. In her
rendering OF adults that hover around
the child figures there is the same
search for character and truthfulness,
with even less regard for the mere
prettiness OF expression 90 often
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Child Life Her Hobby.

one realizes in her paintings. be-
sides the solid technique. correct val
ues and adroiU Interpretation OF ma
ture, a profound sentiment OF infant
life. childish gestures. clear and uu-
conscious looks. ana the loving sz-
preston OF mothers. She Is IN other
words. essentially a painter and
psychologist Of infant life.
Prior 10 settling permanently IN
Paris, Hiss Cassatt travelled extern
sively through Spain, Italy, and Hol-
land. with occasional excursions 10
this country and 10 Japan. whose art
is 50 distinctly reflected IN her paint
ing. the Toilette. shown here. Al
the subjects IN this collection ars
notably casual. as though caught By
a camera II the artist has theories.
has been concerned R-ith com position,
arrangement. or color themes, consfd-
Grafton OF these has not been thrust
forward obtrusiyely. It's absence
gives a sense Of spontsneity and VI
tality 10 a rare degree. In no case
does the 5anality of mere prettinsss
appear. Fully 0ne-half OF the paint
ings are devoted 70 child ufe-tha
bath. the toilette. children playing on
the sands, the lesson, and 90 or-and
usually I'm the protecting arms or
their mothers. The absorption ~
the figures. as characteristics OF nearly
all her studies OF children. shuts out
the spectator so that one has a sense
" peeping over the fence or IN Al
the window and seeing somethinE OF
pleasing interest. but not intended for
the eyes OF strangers.