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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03


mense skyrocket and trembling all
over at the thought of the explosion
when she went of. And all over the
land people who could not go to the
farm were watching the heavens and
paying very little attention to the 9TH
er fireworks of the United States, be-
cause the papers had told all about the
rocket and had explained that II could
be seen hundreds of miles when it
went up.
When the time came, Uncle Dick
gave Jimmy big piece of lighted punk
and then he stood in front of the tree
and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: You will
notice that this tree is inclined toward
the north. My calculations tell me
that when the rocket is lit It will pull
the tree clear out of the ground and
go north for at least 1000 miles, which
will bring 1t over uninhabited country.
where 1t will fall without hurting any
body, unless bear or moose should
get in the way. Now, Jimmy, touch
her OFF,"
Jimmy touched the end of the fuse
and then everybody ran away to safe
distance. The fire climbed swiftly, and
suddenly with bang that shook the
hills and broke the windows even in
towns 100 miles away, the giant rocket
went off.
Out came the tree. roots and all. and
sailed grandly into the sky with hiss
ing trail OF fire behind 1t. The amazed
spectators watched it for more than
half an hour. getting smaller and
smaller. till it disappeared in the
northern sky.
For days after that the paper printed
reports from distant places from peo-
pie who had seen a wonderful fiery
thing in the night. By means OF these
reports, 1t was possible for Uncle Dick
to pursue the course of his wonderful
rocket until he found that 1t had gone
far over Canada; but he could not
learn where 1t had fallen and he did
not learn until recently.
But about week ago hunter who
had been in the very far north Of Can
ada near Hudson bay, shooting musk
oxen, visited Uncle Dick. He told lot
of interesting hunting adventures. and
finally said:
"The Queerest thing that saw was
far up In the barren lands where there
are no trees. One day | saw something
odd some distance away, and went
there on my snow shoes.
What do you suppose found? A
mighty tree! That was queer enough
up there. But queerer still was the fact
that this tree did not stand in the
ground as other trees do, but stood
roots up with its crown buried deeply
in the soil. 1t was the most marvellous
sight have even seen, and can hard
ly believe 1t yet would give q good
deal to know what caused this strange
freak of nature"
Uncle Dick chuckled and winked at
Jimmy.
did you ever hear of Jimmy's won.
derful skyrocket?" he asked.
mo. never" said the hunter. you
know ! have been In the wilderness.
long time"
So Uncle Dick told him. After he
got through the hunter said; 81 am
glad to know this. intended to write
book about 1t, but now / shall be
able to save myself the trouble
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

He set the men to work untwistlng
ropes until they had more than 400
feet all unraveled. Uncle Dick went
up the derrick and put the end of the
unraveled rope into the bottom part of
the rocket. Then he poured kerosene
oil all over 1t and rubbed gunpowder
into 1t.
That afternoon Uncle Dick sent out
invitations both by mail and by mes
senger to places as far away as 200
miles, saying:
Jimmy Broderick respectfully in
vites you to his Uncle Dicks farm to
see him set off the biggest skyrocket
in the world on the evening of the
Fourth Of July"
Uncle Dick also sent word to the
papers about 1t, and on the evening of
the Fourth more than 10000 people
were at the farm. wondering at the i'm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

Paris Pattern No. 242S, All Seams
Allowed.-Developed in Delftblue In
dian-head cotton, this little dress. with
its unique closing at each under-arm
seam. is very pretty. and practical for
everyday wear. The sQuare-cut Dutch
neck and the wide epaulets are
trimmed with white cotton braid. in
both plain and scroll design. and the
tucks at the front and back, stitched
to nearly the waist line, give the i'm
preston of triple box-plait, and af-
ford ample fullness to the skirt exten-
sion. The belt is fastened to the
sides by the buttonhole, which passes
over the button of the dress, and
crosses in front. The dress is slipped
on over the head, and is known as the
envelope model. The pattern is in
six sizes-two to twelve years. For a
child of six years the dress requires
3B yards of material 27 inches wide,
2$ yards 36 inches wide, or 2h yards
AZ inches wide; 15 yards of soutache
braid to trim.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department." of this paper.
Write name and address plainly. and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

lMMY BRODERICk'S Uncle DICK
was not only great inventor,
: n but one OF the kindest men that
ever lived.
Although he earned his living by in.
venting useful things like automatic
plows that would plow whole field in
the night time while the farmer lay in
bed asleep, and automatic fish poles
that would bait their own hooks and
throw out their own lines and pull in
their own fish and take them off and
bait the hooks over again. still Uncle
Dick was ready at a minutes notice to
drop all that sort of thing and invent
something to give boy pleasure. And
you will agree that a nephew who has
an uncle like that has a treasure.
Jimmy Broderick knew this and he
took great care of Uncle Dick, carrying
an umbrella for him when 1t rained and
watching to see that he ate his meals
regularly. for like all great inventors,
Uncle Dick could not take care of him.
self very we'll
What would you like for the Fourth
of July, Jimmy?" asked Uncle Dick
about week before that important
day.
Il would like most OF all to have
great big sky rocket" said Jimmy.
You shall have one," said his uncle,
and Immediately went into his inven.
tory shop, which is the funny name
that he gave to the little room where
he invented things.
The telephone bell rang a good deal
that day On the very next morning
big truck arrived from the city with
two big casks on it. They were painted
red and marked Danger! Powder!" in
big letters. There were also huge rolls
OF thick pasteboard, each sheet big
enough to make the whole side of a
house. and there were so many of
them that the horses could hardly pull
them.
Uncle Dick rubbed his hands and
chuckled like anything when he saw
the material.
You shall certainly have a sky
rocket" said he to Jimmy. And the
best of 1t is that the greater part of
the country for hundreds Of miles
arcnnd will have one, too"
Jimmy was very curious and still
more puzzled, but he knew that Uncle
Dick did not like to explain his inven-,
tions beforehand, so he asked no ques-
tions, but merely kept his eyes open
and did not go out of sight OF the in
ventory shop all morning.
Before noon great gang OF men ar.
rived, and under Uncle Dicks orders
they began to carry all the material to
the pasture, where they deposited 1t
around huge old dead pine tree that
stood smooth and straight reaching
into the air fully so feet without
branch to break 1t except on the very
top, and that was soon gone, too, for
Uncle Dick sent men up there and
they Topped 1t of so that then the
tree stood sleek and smooth like a
msst.
Then the sheets of pasteboard were
laid on the ground and rolled into
great cylinder 80 feet long and at least
ten feet in diameter.
AS soon as sheet was rolled into
shape the men tied 1t tightly with
yards on yards of rope and then an
other sheet was rolled around the first
and more rope tied around that and
so on until all the pastehoard had been
used up. and that was such lot that
1t took the men all day with the hardest
kind of work.
The next day they opened the casks
Of powder and began to load 1t in and
in,ihour after hour. until the last grain
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
pestruetIvs Power OF water.

Water. looked upon as the tamest OF
liquids. is as great an explosive as 1y-
Mantle under certain conditions. IN
one day water breaks up more earth
and rock than all the gunpowder. gun.
cotton and dynamite in the world do
In . year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
Wouldn't Wash II.

What is that young man doing ou,
there?"
Trying to attract my attention with
the handkerchief Irritation. l guess"
You do not seem to be respond.
ing"
NO, am not his laundress. Mash
vile American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

Paris Pattern No. 1898, All Seams
Allowed.-A useful garment for the
housekeeper or artist is this all-over
apron made in blue-and-white, green
and-white, or brown.and-white checked
gingham. The front and back are
gathered into the shallow, square
yoke, the wide armholes giving per-
feet freedom to the arms. The over
sleeve and dust-cap are of the same
material, the former finished with an
elastic.run hem at the top, and gathered
into narrow wristbands The square
pockets ornament the front of the
apron, and the garment closes at the
center-back. The pattern is in three
sizes-small, medium and large. In
medium size the outfit requires rs
yards of material "a inches wide, or
5% yards SO inches wide.
To procure this patterp send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly and be
sure to give size and number OF pattern.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
just Those Yankees.

It lie rather brazen for Connecticut
to come along with a ready-cookedp po.
tato plant when its wooden nutmeg
bush hasn't yet been listed In the horal
cAtalogueA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

Let us labor to make the heart
grow larger as We become older, Es
the spreading oak gives more shelter
--Jeffries.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
In Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

powder 1t cures, painful, smart.
ing, nervous feet and irgrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, Csc Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
On the Country Picnic.

She hung her head.
Really. Mr.. Mannering," she stam-
mered, "this-er-is $3.50 sudden"
For goodness sake" cried Manner
ing, stop blushing SO. Here comes q
bull!"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

Birthdays. holidays and weddings
are what keep the. average man poor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

Mrs. WlNI0w's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sofens the gurus reduces In
nAnmation ailays pain cures wind collie. 2Sc bottle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03

No. Cordelia, the biggest words do
not always have the most weight.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
Irx Murine Eve Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Murine Doesn't Smart-Soothes Eye Pain.
All Druggists Sell Murine at Scots. The 4s
Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Ask your Druggist.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-03
Important to Mothers.

tUIPOI tdIIt 10 WIUNTISIds
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28

i'll feeling on the part of the assaulter.
Sometimes polling place had to be
stormed to gain an entrance to the
ballot box, and on one occasion the
hail of bullets that was sent in
through the barred door to announce
the intention of the besiegers killed
one of the occupants of the room. No
one was ever punished for this mur-
der. Yet the same men who killed
the sentinel over the ballot box would
have preferred to slug" him and take
the box in that way. But they never
would stand for "tritiing;" and every
man of them carried a gun" The
best-dressed, most gentlemanly, quiet
est and most dangerous of the crowd
afterwards went into the saloon busi
ness. and in a row with coterie of
his old cronies turned up. white-faced
in the middle of the adjoining street
with cluster of bullets in him. 1t
looked as though they had arranged
to get" him for some reason or other.
Another time a local politician of
considerable prominence was stabbed
in a wrangle over the alleged stufling
of a ballot box and instantly killed.
Certain Of the witnesses testified that
some one cried get him" just before
the fatal thrust. An open knife. ready
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
SHE WAS NO HAsBEEN.
Smoking Car Just the One Old Woman
Was Looking For.

Madam said the brakeman as the
train stopped at a village station and
little old woman started to enter
the smoking car. the car back is the
one you want"
How do you know" she tartly
asked.
Because this is the smoking car
She pushed past him and climbed
up the steps, and after taking seat
she pulled out and filled pipe, struck
a match on the sole of her shoe, and
after drawing a few puffs she said to
a man smoking cigar across the
aisle:
THAT young feller out there don't
know half as much as he thinks he
does"
How so?" was asked.
"He took me for an old woman that
had never rode on the cars before, and
told me this was the smoking car"
"And you wanted this carp"
"Why, l never ride in any other
not unless my pipe is broke, my to-
bacco all out and none O. you men
folks will lend me a cigar"
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28

Postmaster General Meyer, discuss
ing the new twocent letter rate to
Great Britain, said that it would enor-
mously increase the postal business.
1.-The mail bags will fill quickly
when this goes into effect" said Mr..
Meyer. He smiled. IF such rush
of business had attended on the NOla
Chucky postoffice, the old Nola Chucky
postmasters ways would have escaped
notice.
Some years ago an old fellow was
appointed postmaster of the small vii
lase of Nola Chucky. A number Of
weeks passed and the Nola Chuciians
and their friends began to complain
about the mails. And no wonder. The
postmaster, it seemed. had sent out no
mail since his entrance into office.
IAN inspector, investigating the mat
ter. pointed to the hundred or more
dusty letters that the postmaster had
kept by him. and said sternly:
"'Why on earh, sir, didn't you let
these go?'
"I was waitin'.' said the old man.
till the bag got full"
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
OPEN DEALING IN FAINT.

Buying paint used to he like the
proverbial buying of pig in a
poke. Mixtures in which chalk,
ground rock. etc, predominated were
marked and sold as Pure White
Lead the deception not being ap-
parent until the paint and the paint
Ing were paid for. This deception is
still practiced, but We have learned to
expose 1t easily.
National Lead Company, the larg.
est makers of genuine Pure White
Lead, realizing the injustice that was
being done to both property owners
and honest paint manufacturers, set
about to make paint buying safe.
They first adopted trade mark, the
now famous "Dutch-Boy Painter" and
put this trademark, as a guaranty of
purity, on every package of their
White Lead. They then set about
familiarizing the public with the
blow-pipe test by which the purity
and genuineness of White Lead may
be determined, and furnished blow.
pipe free to every one. who would
write them for it. This action was in
itself guaranty of the purity of Ma
tional Lead Company's White Lead.
AS the result of this open dealing
the paint buyer to-day has only him
self to blame if he is dcfrauded. For
test outfit and valuable booklet on
painting, address National Lead Com
pany, Woodbridge Bldg, New York.
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
ECZEMA FOR SIS YEARS.
Suffered Torments from 6irth-In
Frightful Condition-Got No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

81 had an itching. tormenting ecze
ma ever since l came into the world
and | am now man 55 years old
tried all kinds of medicines I heard
of, but found no relief. l was truly
in a frightful condition. AT last
broke out all over with red and white
boils. which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great
pain and misery. but / kept from
scratching as well as l could. l was
so run down that l could hardly dc
my work. I used Cuticura Soap, Oint
ment, Resolvent, and Pills for about
eight months, and l can truthfully say
l am cured. Hale Bordwell, Upton,
Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
Il cheerfully endorse the above tes-
timonial. 1t is the truth. know Mr..
Bordwell and know the condition he
was in. Nelson r. Burnett, Upton. la. y
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28

only limit to the scope of such schem
ing. To charge man with laft-
ing" was one way The opposition
make the most of the charges in the
way of publicity. at least and once
you got man explaining" the next
move was to ask him to explain" his
"explanation." Alleged interviews, al
legged treachery to the party or to
particular candidates - these tricks
aud hundreds Of others were rcsorted
to to do away with a candidate or to
beat him if nominated.
AS for counting out candidate"
who was honestly elected, that branch
of the game was a really classic one.
1t required the utmost solemnity and
decorum. surrounded by all possible
legal safeguards and carried on
with that artistic assumption of fair
ness and regard for libertys palladium
commensurate with the dignified
hypocrisy of the proceedings.
1t can be readily imagined from the
foregoing that man had to keep his
eyes open when he went into politics.
Ordinary treachery and double-dealine
he became accustomed to at once. par.
ticularly if he was in ward where he
could depend upon meeting men
whose ideas of honesty were dim and
feeting: and whose word of honor was
something less in substantially than
burned-out match. He might make
half dozen iron-bound compacts with
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28

some eXigencies, a desperate
game. This applies both to the upper
and lower stratas of the men engaged
in it. If the men higher up" wanted
something put over the plate thai
required physical force, they could
always find men lower down in abe
scale who were guaranteed to stop at
nothing. These riff-raff of the under
current relied on political influence
to bring them clear of any crime they
might commit, and it often did gain
them immunity. The code of morality
seemed to be that the other fellows
would do the same thing if they had
the power and needed the trick sc
that not even deliberate murder was
omitted on rare occasions to accom-
plish political end.
If anyone thinks I am drawing on
my Imagination for this statement, he
is respectfully referred to the books
of the various cemeteries and the
record of the murder trials in the
criminal courts of the city.
In the practice of my profession as
a lawyer. | had run across some mem
bers of what were known as the
strong-arm boys" of certain section
of the city. They had figured as wit
nesses in some criminal cases In
which my firm was engaged, and
had an opportunity to study them
They were young fellows as rule
and exceedingly well dressed. Some
of them were very handy with their
fists, and some were regulation gun
fighters" All of them were crooks
in various lines. from ''card-sharps
and confidence men to "shell-game
workers" and rickpockets.
When l broke through the crust
of politics these "strons-arm boys
were very active in local politics, al
though they were far distant from my
political bailiwick. and mostly did not
belong to our party. Sometimes they
held petty political jobs for a year OF
six months, and sometimes they hung
around the saloons and polling places
the henchmen of some local politician
But they were relentless when they
went out after anything, and woe
| to the man or men who stood in theil
way. And curious thing about theiI
| warfare was the utter impersonality
with which they waged it. If re
former or philosophical citizen hap
pened to be appointed to go over tc
some polling place to see that nc
crooked work was done there, and the
'strong-arm lads" were there to Jam
something through they did not wait
any longer than to find out what the
stranger wanted and then proceeded
to put him out of business" This pro
cess usually landed the citizen in the
nearest hospital handy, and the game
went on. Now, If the citizen had put
up good fight. he was sometimes
complimented on it afterward by a
member of the ''strong-arm" contin
gent, and the affair discussed with
perfect equanimity; and no vestige OF
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
European News pisseminators.

A French statistician calculates that
there is one newspaper published for
every $1,000 inhabitants of the known
world. In Europe, Germany heads the
list with $500 newspapers, of which
800 are published daily. England
comes next, 5000 newspapers, of
which 500 are "dailies.'' and then
comes France, with 2,s19 newspapers,
of which only one-fourth are daily or
published twice or thrice week Italy
comes fourth, with 1,400 papers. and
is followed by Austria-Hungary, Spain,
Russia, Greece and Switzerland, the
last having 450 newspapers. Alto
gether, Europe has about 10000 news
PAPERS,
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of indigestion
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen
orally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter. She says:
"Three years ago I suffered from
an attack of peritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years l suffered from nerv'
BUSINESS, weak heart, shortness oi
breath, could not sleep, etc.
my appetite was ravenous. but
felt starved all the time. l had plenty
of food but it did not nourish me
because of intestinal Indigestion. Med
ical treatment did not seem to help
got discouraged, stopped medicine
and did not care much whether l lived
or died.
"One day friend asked me why
didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
coffee, and use Postum. 1 had lost
faith in everything, but to please my
friends l began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
at wasn't long before got some
strength, felt a decided change In my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely l got better.
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and 1 have
better health now than before the at
tack of peritonitis.
my husband and I are still using
Grape-N and Postum" There's a
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, 1.-The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter7 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
In the September Century.

A full account of the Wright Broth
ers' aeroplane, the first popular state
ment OF their experiments and the re-
suits thereof prepared by the invent
ors, will appear in the September Cen
tury. Accounts heretofore have been
only brief statements of bare accom-
plishments, without explanation of the
manner in which results were obtained.
The article will have timely interest,
from the fact that the brothers have
contracted to deliver to the United
States government a complete ma
chine the trials of which are sched.
uled for the latter part of this month.
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
samuel's otion.

"And the steets are paved with rea,
gold, and there will be music ana
flowers, and everything will be Deau
tiful!" finished the Sunday schoo,
teacher, who was telling her sinai'
charges of heaven.
"And now tell me-" she continued
what kind of little boys and girls are
going there?"
Nobody knew. Then from one cor
ner a small brown hand shot up. Yes
Samuel?" the teacher smiled.
please, teacher. dead ones!-
Everybody's Magazine.
The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
The Wisdom of the Serpent,

Down in Bermuda" said a Cincin-
natian Il heard Mark Twain make a
speech about snakes to a group of lit
tie girls. The speech was great. The
only trouble was that the little girls
could not appreciate it. 1t flew over
their heads.
81 remember the humorist's conclus-
ion.
Never warm a serpent in your
bosom he wound up. 1t is far easier
to warm it by placing it under the pill
low of an intimate friend