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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

nearly one o'clock and not word said about
the window or the playwright's strong right arm!
For man of his brusque threats Mr.. Shaw
has very mild and notwithstanding ghost.
Halle Erminie Rives has a ghost that might
be of Oriental origin, for 1t resembles an antique
and elaborately carved of Chinese design
more than anything else. perhaps it is meant
for the urn that contains my shades" the novel
list laughingly remarked.
OF course one may just care to have the
ghosts of ones friends and not particularly those
of people celebrated in the art literary or politi
cal worlds and then 1t will be simple matter
to fill up ones ghost book, for the making of
ghosts will be found to be quite a novelty at
tea or other social affair, and taken along with
ones hand luggage on an ocean voyage a ghost
book will prove source of endless amuse-
ment while it will make lasting souvenir of
the trip. The ghost book itself is small affair
that can be gotten in the pocket of an overcoat
or can be carried easily in a muff big hand
bag, so that one can always take it along with
out any trouble.
When you ask for ghost signature you prepare
the page for the writing by folding it and the
person whose ghost you after writes directly
on the line of the fold stub pen which holds
a large amount of ink Is best for this purpose
as the size and mystery of the ghost depend
largely upon the ink. After the name is written
the page is folded together again without blot
ting and 10, the ghost appears. Try it and see!
1t is not necessary to have book. One can
have the signatures written on separate sheets
of paper and collect them. but care must be
taken to use soft paper that will absorb the ink
readily. These separate sheets can then be
pasted into scrapbook but the little ghost
book itself will be found more convenient At
the top of page in the ghost book is a small
dotted line for the date and below, appears
another line for the writing of the name after
the ghost is made. that after all in ghost
book one gets genuine autograph as we'll az
the spook signature.
While several ghost signatures of the same
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

for work
The rich American going abroad counts only
one on the passenger list, but he must be carefully
considered In any estimate
He spreads out the chart upon his desk. An
exceedingly anxious-to-pease agent of the steam
ship company Is at his side. Here is something
up near the bow that is just right-so the steam.
ship man says mot for minute" says the man
who has the last say 1t is too far up in front.
The motion Of the boat would put him out of bust.
the first day. What else?
Oh, exquisite suite amdshps. It's great
The Countess de Spitzbergen takes any.
thing else when she is going to or coming from
America. Beautiful parlor, mahogany finish. Bed.
room in ivory. Bathroom in baby blue Maids
quarters. And the rate for two adults and one
servant is only $17OO.
Will the gentleman take it?
Indeed he will not. The Countess of Spitzber.
gen may travel in the hold if she likes but no
baby blue or mahogany can lure him to a point
over the engines. Why, didn't he come once
in suite thus located? Didn't the incessant
coughing, wheeling, trembling and sneezing of the
machinery nearly drive him wild? Not a wink
of sleep from the time he went abroad until he
got home. Friends thought he had been sick
when he showed himself in the street.
oh, very well. Here's an equally beautiful
suite far removed from the engnes-back toward
the stern. Occupants of these apartments often
call for the captain to ask what makes the boat
go, because they hear noise nor feel any
vibration. Highly recommended by the best ply.
sicans to nervous patients, Price, the same.
Did any ever hear of such stupidity? Here
our patient multmillionare has explained in de.
tail that he cannot travel at the bow of ship
because the motion is too great and the agent has
shown him a suite near the stern What's the
difference between the bow and the stern. any
way? Isn't each end balanced In the middle
where 1t will go up and down like the end of a
wakng-beam? Well, a steamship man who
doesn't know any more than that can go back
home. Mr.. Muti-Millionaire will travel by some
line that at least employs persons of intelligence
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
CAPTURE OF GOLDEN ROCKET
confederate's First Prize When He
Started Out on His Career Of
Burning and Destruction.

When Capt. Raphael Semmes was
put in command of the confederate
cruiser Sumter he was instructed ito
do the greatest injury to the enemys
commerce in the shortest time" He
succeeded in escaping from New Or
leans and started for the path of the
American vessels on the south side of
Cuba, says the National Tribune. He
soon sighted vessel near the Isle
OF Pines and gives this story of his
first captures:
"Resuming our course, we now stood
for the other sail, which, by this time,
there was no mistaking she being
plainly American, although she had
not yet shown her colors. A gun soou
brought these to the peak. when, as
| had expected, the stars and stripes
unfolded themselves gracefully to the
breeze. Here was our first prize and
a most welcome sight it was. The
capture, l find, upon looking over my
notes, was recorded in few lines,
barren of all incident or remark, ex-
cept only that the doomed ship was
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

just finished brilliant first season in America,
said that she could see in her ghost the shades
of the late empress dowager of china. That fancy
may have occurred to her because when she
made her ghost the news of the death of the
Chinese empress had just been received.
George Bernard Shaw hasn't time for ghosts
or interviews or writer folk at ALL he says, yet
this most inconsistent of generally gives
his interview and sees the writer person, and
here we have his ghost. Mr.. Shaw generally
makes 1t uncomfortable possible for the
interviewer before allowing him to be admitted,
but after that the genial blue-eyed Irishman is
Irresistible and readily forgives him any
thing that has seemed rude. The writer sent
note asking for interview with Mr.. Shaw in
his chambers Just off the Embankment in Lon
don last summer and in response Mr.. Shaw char
acteristically wrote:
My Dear Miss -: 1 will have ten minutes
rest tomorrow some time between IL and 12: 80
If you catch me during the ten minutes l will
see you. If you stay longer will throw you out
of the window. GEORGE B. S.
The writer went at quarter to twelve and
Mr.. Shaw talked and talked and talked until
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
Severe.

Samuel Gompers was talking in the
smokeroom of the Baltic about re-
cent newspaper attack on a rich cor
poration.
1T was a cruel attack" Mr.. Com
pers chuckled. 1T was as cruel as
the Jonesville Clarion's paragraph
about old Deacon Hiram Ludlow.
This paragraph headed the Clar-
ions obituary column. It said:
Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Frisble
township. aged So. passed peacefully
away on Thursday last from single
blessedness to matrimonial bliss after
short but severe attack by Maria
Higgins. a blooming widow of 81 sum-
mers.' Detroit Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
TROUBLE IN ROYAL PALACE.
Tldlngs Borne by Amateur Actor Suf-
flclent to Lead Hearers to Ex-
pect the Worst.

The Shakespeare club OF New Or.
leans used to give amateur theatrical
performances that were distinguished
for the local prominence of the actors.
Once social celebrity, with a gor.
geous costume, as one of the lords in
waiting, had only four words to say:
THE queen has swooned." AS he
stepped forward, his friends applauded
vociferously. Bowing his thanks, he
faced the king and said, in high
pitched voice: "The swoon has
queened."
There was roar of laughter; but
he waited patiently, and made an
other attempt:
THE sween has cooned."
Again the walls trembled and the
stage manager said, in voice which
could be heard all over the house:
Come off, you doggoned fool.r
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender, and in a rasping fall
setto, as he was assisted off the stage,
he screamed: 'The coon has
sweened. d."-Success Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

enough, II one will look at the prima donna's
ghost 1t will be found quite true
Miss Geraldine Farrar was enchanted with
her ghost, which she said looked like veritable
butterfly How splendid to be so picturesque a
ghost! MISS Farrar commented.
Miss Emma c. Thursby has one of the most
remarkable ghosts of ALL and for beauty and
symmetry 1t is quite as pleasing as a wrought
iron work design Japanese brass candle
stick Il prefer to think of it as something that
was designed by the shades of some Japanese
artist which idea / absorbed when visited some
OF the great temples in Japan" said Miss Thursby.
Lady Warwick says she doesn't believe in
ghosts at all, but she was very much impressed
by the appearance of her titled name when her
ghost became reality. 81 think l shall design
book plate out of it. That wouldn't be a bad
idea, would t?" the countess added as she
viewed the strong, bold writing that formed her
signature.
Lady Cosmo Duff-Gordon was enchanted with
her ghost and ghost-collecting has become such
rad with her that she has purchased a dozen
OF the little volumes for her friends. 81 put my
ghost in each one and / suppose | must be a
woman of a number of selves or else there are
number of warning ghosts in my ancestry for
each one of my signatures produced a ghost so
totally different from the others that one would
scarcely believe that they came from the same
name and handwriting. But am rather pleased
with the idea, for what is prosaic than lack
of variety? / have made my fortune by original
and diverse designs in the making of frocks,"
said the titled dressmaker, $50 why shouldn't
my ghost signatures portray that characteristics"
When Mrs. Elinor Glyn, author of "Three
Weeks" had made her ghost she thought that
II bore some resemblance to tiger and eagerly
pointed out It's claws THE tiger is essentially
one of my transmigrations, or shall say mani
festations?" remarked Mrs. Glyn. Hence my
tiger ghost. Paul would be pleased with that,
wouldn't he?" she added with smile.
Emmy Destnn, the gnted Bohemian prima
donna of the Royal opera house, Berlin, who has
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
Your Salary.

The universe pays every man in his
own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon
you in return; If you frown, you will
be frowned at; If you sing, you will
be invited into gay company; If you
think, you will be entertained by
thinkers; and If you love the world
and earnestly seek for the good that
is therein, you will be surrounded by
loving friends, and nature will pour
into your lap the treasures of the
earth. Censure, critise and hate, and
you will be censured, criticised and
hated by your fellow men.-N. w.
Zimmerman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

Il have been coffee drinker, more
OF less, ever since can remember, un.
I'll a few months ago l became more
ana more nervous and irritable, and
hnally ! could not sleep at night for
l was horribly disturbed by dreams
Oh all sorts and species of distress.
ing nightmare.
Finally, after hearing the expert.
ence OF numbers of friends who had
quit conee and were drinking Postum.
and learning of the great benefits they
had derived, 1 concluded coffee must
be the cause of my trouble, so got
some Postum and had it made strictly
according to directions.
Il was astonished at the favour and
taste. 1t entirely took the place of cof-
fee, and to my very great satisfaction,
l began to sleep peacefully and sweet
ly. My nerves improved, and 1 wish
l could wean every man, woman and
child from the unwholesome drug-or-
dinary coffee.
People really do not appreciate or
realize what a powerful drug it is and
what terrible effect 1t has on the hui
man system. If they did, hardly a
pound OF 1t would be sold. 1 would
never think of going back to coffee
again. l would almost as soon think
OF putting my hand in fire after I
had once been burned.
"A young lady friend of ours had
stomach trouble for long time, and
could not get well as long as she used
coffee, She finally quit coffee and be.
gan the use OF Postum and is now per-
fectly well. Yours for health"
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
enc appears from time 10 time. They
1nteEest.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
And Ma tainted.

"Wh7 did she refuse you?" she
asked her son. with fine scorn.
Well" the boy replied between his
sobs, "she objects to our family. She
says pas loafer that you're too fat
and that everybody laughs at Dayse
Mayme because she's fool and talks
about nothing but the greatness OF
her family" (Chauncey threw water
In his mothers face. but at three
o'clock this afternoon she was still
In swoon, with four doctors working
on her.)-Atchison (Kan) Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

this year it was Broadway, Bath
Beach, Kokomo or Kalamazoo for a
large number of worthy American
citizens whose custom it has been to
spend the sultry months across the
water.
It's the old story of Balaklava over
again-only worse. Some millions
have blundered. Times are twisted
up in hard knot and we are just
beginning to get the kinks out. No
body knows what is going to be the
outcome of the new tariff law. The
indications are good for a poor wheat
crop. Panama hats and overcoats
are selling side by side in the open
market.
In short, there is no time like the
present for staying at home and at
tending to business. In these crucial
circumstances 100000 persons have
consented to make the sacrifice. At
any rate, such are the present indi-
cations.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
Destruction of Golden Rocket.

from the black Republican state of
Maine
The boarding officer soon returned
from the captured ship, bringing with
him the master with his papers. There
were no knotty points of fact or law
to embarrass my decision. There were
the American register and clearance
and the American character i'm
pressed upon every plank and spar of
the ship. Nothing could exceed the
astonishment of the master, who was
rather a mild, amiable looking gentle
man. not at all disposed to go either
into Mysteries or the heroics. "A clap
of thunder in cloudless sky could
not have surprised me more said he
to me as 1 overhauled his papers,
than the appearance of the confeder-
ate flag in these seas My duty is a
painful one said l, to destroy so
noble ship as yours, but must dis
charge it without vain regrets; and as
for yourself, you will only have to do
as so many thousands have done be-
fore you, submit to the fortunes of
war; yourself and your crew will be
well treated on board my Ship The
prize bore the name of the Golden
Rocket, was fine bark, nearly new.
OF about 700 tons, and was seeking, in
ballast, cargo of sugar in some one
of the Cuban ports. Boats were dis
patched to bring off the crew and
such provisions, cordage, sails and
paints as the different departments of
my ship stood in need of, and at about
10 o'clock at night the order was Civ.
en- to apply the torch to her.
"The wind by this time had become
very light and the night was pitch
dark-the darkness being of that kind
graphically described by old sailors
when they say you may cut 1t with a
knife. regret that I cannot give the
picture of the burning ship as 1t pre-
sented itself to the silent and solemn
watchers on board the Sumter as they
leaned over her hammock rails to
witness it. The boat which had been
sent on this errand of destruction had
pulled out of sight and, her oars ceas-
ing to resound, we knew that she had
reached the doomed ship, but so i'm
penetrable was the darkness that no
trace of either boat or ship could be
seen, although the Sumter was dis
tant only few hundred yards. Sud
denly one of the crew exclaimed.
There is the flame! She is on fire.
The decks on the Maine-built ship
were of pine, calked with old.fash-
ioned oakum and paid with pitch; the
woodwork of the cabin was like so
much tinder, having been seasoned by
many voyages to the tropics. and the
forecastle was slowed with paints and
oils. The consequence was that the
flame was not long in kindling, but
leaped, full grown, into the air, in
very few minutes after its first faint
glimmer had been seen. The board.
ing officer. to do his work more effec.
tually, had applied the torch simulta.
neously in three places, the cabin, the
main hold and the forecastle, and how
the devouring flames rushed up these
three apertures. with fury which
nothing could resist
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
,AUT(9@Apt Qh06D
Or FAN OWS EOpLE

person will often show
an apparent wide differ
ence in conformation,
owing to the shape of the
pen, the flow of the ink
and the amount of pres
sure used, a more careful
scrutiny will make 1t
clear that the chief char
acteristics hold through
out. The ghost is true to
its type.
Who, then, will inter
pret and reveal the true
meaning of our ghost au-
tOPraDhS2 Hero iS q naw
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

est interest in seeing how their
ghosts would turn out. The big
statesman adjusted his glasses, fold
ed with the utmost precision the
paper on which he was to inscribe
his ghost, looked around for stub
pen, which, unfortunately, he could
not find on his desk in the Hot
Springs bungalow and then he
wrote his name and hastily folded
back the paper.
Cannot say that for such big
man as ! am in the flesh my ghost
cuts such a wide swath," he laugh
ingly remarked as he held the pa
per up for Mrs. Taft to view. But
anyhow, the smaller ones ghost the
better-perhaps," he added.
Mrs. Taft was more pleased
with her ghost than she was with
that of her husband. you are more
important just now, but my ghost
is far, more artistic creature than
yours and really more spirituelle,"
she laughed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

it gets beyond the secretary at aand the auto
graph is stamped in such manner that 1t serves
the purpose well and saves Mr. Author Mr. Actor Vi
Mr.. Singer a lot of time and trouble.
But request for name in ones ghost BOOK mas
certain novelty and there is too, considerable
curiosity to just what sort of ghost ones name
will make that nearly everyone will take the trouble
to picture his ghost for you.
In making the collection for ghost book, partially
reproduced here. many welknown men and women
were asked for ghosts. President and Mrs Taft were
immensely the idea and both took the Keen
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

T h is m e a n s
something to the
rest of the coun-
try. Paying to see
Europe is our an
nual blood-letting
operation. Millions
upon millions are
taken out of our
national circula-
ton. We work
hard during the
winter, either at
earning money or
at getting it from
those who have
earned it, then
hustle across the
water to fatten up
the Swiss guides
and the hotel
keepers. That is,
about 100000 of
us do. The other
7S,S0O,000 do their
travelling IN their
sleep, so they can
b e b a ck n xt
morning in time
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

field for investigation and amusement.
With the advent of the ghost book we have
new twist to an old, old fad Travellers in central
Europe early the fourteenth century used
to carry their Book of Friends" an octave vol
ume in which and sentiments were in
scribed. On their return home they could show
an interesting record of the famous personages
they had met These the first autograph al
buns of which we hear, but the passion for col
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

IL Will be no
ticed that a part
of Mrs. Taft's
ghost bears a re-
markable resem-
blance to a Ma
sonic emblem.
Miss Mary Gar
den practiced sew
eral times on her
ghost before she
would allow the
final one to ap-
pear in the writ
er's ghost book.
Ghosts, like ev-
erything else, i'm
prove by practice,
and i look upon
my final ghost as
a worthy effort"
laughed Miss Gar
den. "In fact, I
see the urn above
from which my
spook must have
hoped out" she
said, a nd sure
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

Cycle Dealer-Here is a cyclometer
[ can recommend. 1t is positively ac-
curate; not at all like some cyclone.
ters, which register two miles, per-
haps, where you have only ridden one.
Miss de Byke-You haven't any of
that kind, have you?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

the history of cultured society and is not without its
romantic side One of the Ptoemies paid the starv
ing Ahenians in wheat for the privilege of copying
treasured manuscripts of the immortal Greek dramatss
The wretch kept the originals and returned the copies
II 1t had been the ghost signatures Of Eurpdes and
Sopheces that the unscrupous ruler after he would
not have found to perpetrae hearess trick
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

These little books becoming very popular
both in London and in New York They have
an advantage over the ordinary autograph album,
because the collecting of signatures has been so
overdone that many of the great ones have
had rubber facsimiles made of their very best
autographs-not the kind that appears on their
checks-and instead of taking time to respond
whenever a stamped and addressed envelope Is
incosed all they do is to pass the letter. request
and envelone nver N their secretary-Or perhaps
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20
MONEY THAT GOES ABROAD

Europe is lovely place. the of Shakespeare is
noble sight and It's worth money to the hilsides
that produce the wine that made the Rhine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

German proverb: At evening the
sluggard is busy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-08-20

1T HE autograph
eJQMM fiend has a
" MSAk ( ar more
.HA N amusing fad
SN>N1 just now than
&s@ the mere col
lecting of or
dinary signatures of ex-
traordinary folk, and the
newest thing in this
hobby necessitates the
possession of a ghost
book" to hold the sigma
lures which portray the
ghosts" of the eminent
1rno
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
COlLfCTOROfPORT
IS MUCH SHOCKED
Scientific Importation From
China for Chicago University
Said to Be Indecent

CHICAGO, Apil 10.--A scientific COL
lection made in China by professor
of the Chicago university has been held
up here by Collector of Customs Ames.
1t became known today that the col
Iector's action was based on his belief
that the collection, valued at several
thousand dollars, Is indecent
United States District Judge Lands,
to whom the case was submitted, said
that he had no doubt the photographs,
paintings, manuscripts, etc, were
brought into this country for a per-
fectly proper purpose, but he saw no
way. without a technical violation of
the law, of releasing them.
He informed counsel for the museum
that he would withhold a decision
Apparently no solution of the case has
been found.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
Aoki With Bride
Leaves japanese
Hotel for Cottage
Archdeacon's Daughter and
Brown Husband Take
Suburban House

SEATTLE. April 1o.-Mr and Mrs.
Gunjiro Aoki have taken a suburban
cottage at Dunlap. Mrs. Aoki is a
bride of few weeks and was Miss
Helen Gladys Emery, daughter of
Archdeacon John Emery of San Fran
cisco. Aoki is the former Japanese
house servant of the Emery family.
He and his wife have been living In a
Japanese hotel in the lower part of the
city.