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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
Numbor Of Nail, 10 a Horsoabos.

Centuries ago there lived farrier,
Walter le Brun by name, whose dex-
terity at the anvil on the occasion of
a great iilting meeting on the banks
of the Thames was noticed by the
then relguing monarch. Edward Ill,
who rewarded the blacksmith by
granting him sufficient land adjoining
the fitting green for the erection there
on of Il forge As quit reut he had to
present annually to the king six horse
shoes and sixty-one horseshoe nails.
To the modern mind the number of
nails would appear to be supertluous.
but when II Is remembered that the
horseshoes of that period required teu
nails apiece II will be seen that the
calculations of Edward Ill. merely al
lowed one over In case of accident.
Furthermore. the shoes were all to be
for the horses fore feet, from which
fact some historians draw the infer
ence that the animals ridden In the
knights tournaments were encouraged
to injure each other with their front
hoofs.-London News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06

old clOistered dreamer, you want to
rub elbows more with the world"
Dollars and cents, dollars and
cents" chanted the banker. That's
what the world is really after"
The bishop smiled with patient toler-
alton. Dear, dear, Pm glad l haven't
the perspective of you twov' he said.
what a queer world you see through
your black goggles! Romance! Why,
that's what makes the world go
round"
knowing winks. They looked at the
bishop with unconcealed pity.
'Speed UP a bit and catch up with
the procession" the banker advised.
Perhaps you're the ones that are be-
hind it," the bishop suggested, with a
chuckle. "That reminds me-" he con-
tinued. "Just twenty-five years ago, on
this very spot, when 1 was a young
minister, was fishing here alone.
You know Robert Harding, of course
you two," he interrupted himself
fine, cynical beggar like you; never
saw any romance In life and is all dol.
lars and hustle, isn't hep
"Well, so he is" growled the judge.
"What's Robert Harding got to dc
with romance"
"Oh, nothing much now, l suppose
laughed the bishop, "only 1t happens
that twenty-five years ago there was q
big camp OF city people a few miles
from here, and Robert Harding and
May Fenelon were there with their
parents. Those parents most unroman
tically had arranged unpleasing match
es for those two, and they jumped into
q canoe one morning and padded
down here and got me to marry them
Wouldn't have thought 1t was In
him." said the banker. 'Hello! Who's
this?"
Down the stream came a canoe driv
en- by the powerful strokes of the mar
at the paddle. In the bow was an at
tractive-a decidedly attractive-girl
who also essayed to paddle, but whose
strokes really counted for little excep
as moral support" as the bishop sug
gested chucklingly.
AS soon as the man In the approach
ing canoe saw the little group on thu
bank he stopped padding, looked
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
A SURPRISE PARTY.

A stag surprise party was given
Wednesday evening at the Refs home
in this village. in honor of the 10th
birthday anniver rsary of Chas. l.. Refs.
Those present were: S. j. Refs,
Geo. Dibling, John Refs, Floyd Red
man. Robt. Kazmaier, Lester Snyder,
Karl Schuster, Lewis Hillabrand
Philip Killian, Gust Buchhardt, Floyd
Harmon and Harry VanN
The evening passed only too rapidly
with card playing, music, refresh
ments and other means of entertain
ment, and the boys (all except one,
were unanimous in the verdict that
girls were an unnecessary adjunct
when it came right down to having a
royal good time. But they do say that
Lester Snyder was nearly unconsola-
BILE over the fact that there was not
some fair damsel present on whom he
could lavish his taking smile and
breathe soft words of endearmen5 ir
her ear.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06

A certain Chinese taotal (magistrate)
having told his men to have two ingots
of gold sent to his treasury for pur
chase, the shopmen brought them in
and in answer to TIE query of the tao
tai told him that the price was so much
in taels, but added. This is the Or
dinary price, but for your honor we
will knock off oneh half of the price"
Then the taotai said to his underlings:
Seeing that they are to sell to me at
only one-hulf price, just give them
back one ingot of gold and put the
other in my treasury, and thus their
account Is settled. Gooiby." So the
underlngs Of the yamen did So but
still the shopmen hung around wait
ing. The taotai asked them why they
were waiting, when their account had
been already settled. Said the shop
men, "When did your honor pay your
humble servantsT" Then the magis-
trate answered with a very fierce air:
"Taio nu ts-ai" Gmpertinent slaves),
did you not say that these two gold
ingots were half price to me? Then
did not give you back one ingot and
keep the other and thus settle your ac-
count without the least injustice ac-
cording to your own proposition? So
be off with you or my lictors will give
you a taste of the scourge. -Harper's
Weekly
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
ne and NV Father.

The commercial traveller tlicked the
dust off his boots. Strengthened his tie
md entered the emporium of Mr..
Brown the village grocer. He was
new {, he ,';'i;rict otherwise lie would
not haye G.,ic thc error which we now
livulge.
Behind the counter was young
gentleman Of fourteen, with bulging
eyes and n high collar. To him the
traveller addressed himself.
My boy" he said, is Mr.. Brown
ln?
I'm NJ. Brown" the boy replied.
Put possibly you want 10 see old Mr..
Brown, my father. Tn get him"
And as the boy went IN search of his
prematurely aged parent it dawned
upon the Traveller that this is indeed
IN age Of young men.-London An
swecs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
FIGURE II Out,

A beggar boy asked an old gentleman
in the street for sixpence.
What will you do with 1t If 1 give
you one?" asked the old gentleman.
Turn it into ninepence quick" re-
piled the boy.
How"
Give me the sixpence and III soon
show YOU
The boy got the money, darted of to
a bakers shop and bought three
penny loaf, with which he returned to
the old gentleman and handed him
back pennies.
"How's this? You said you would
make the siXpence into ninepence."
$50 have. The bakers got three
pence, you've got threepence. and I've
got threcpenny loaf. That's nine
pence."-Pearson' Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
PROGRAM FOR
FRESHMAN SOCIAL.

AS announced last week, the Fresh
man class of the High school, will
hold Japanese social at the town
hall, Friday evening, April 29th. The
following program will be given:
Music-Orchestra
Recitation-Donald Hagemaster.
Piano Trio-Beatrice Van Norman,
Florence Hiclller, Dorcas Wetzel
Solo-Madeline Yeager
Violin Solo-Raymond Jameson.
Reading-Nona Meagley.
Character Song-Madeline Yeager,
Florence Hickler, Dorcas Wetzel,
Beatrice Van Norman; Geisha Girls,
Mildred Witzler, Madeline Hoffman,
Katherine Pew, Nellie Pew.
Solo-Irene Clay.
Music-Orchestra.
Piano Solo-Fern Kazmaier.
Drill by Twelve Freshman Girls.
Violin Solo-Ocie Phillips.
Orchestra.
The program will begin at eight
o'clock. Refreshments will be serv
ed. There will be no charge save the
entrance fee of fifteen cents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
"Crocodile Tears."

The phrase crocodile tears" owes
its origin to the imagination of some
of the old Travellers who invented the
fable that the crocodile weeps over its
prey. One of the earliest English globe
trotters to mention this fiction was Sir
John Vaudeville, who in his Travels"
Q499), speaking of "Ethiop," "Ynde"
and an lyle clept Silla,' says:
"That Lond is full of Serpents and
of Cokadriles. These Cokadrilles ben
manner of Long Serpente, zalowe
and rayed aboven, and had four Feete
and schorte Thyes and CRETE Nayles as
Clees or Talonns, and there ben sumo
that had five Fadme in length and
sumo of six and a halfendal. And In
the night thei dwellen in the Water
and on the Day won upon the Lond.
Theise Serpentes slue men. and thei
eten hem weypnge, and when thei eten
thei moven the over lowe and noughte
the neither Jowe. and thei have no
tonge."-St Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
Missed the Towpath.

There was little girl five years old
or so living in an inland town up the
state. Near her home there was no
river nor, in fact, any water but tho
Erie canal.
The child's mother made a visit to
New York and on her return was tell
ing of her trip down the bay and Of
how wonderful the sea had looked to
her. Her little girl was listening
eagerly.
Tell me just what the sea, is like,
mamma" she said.
Her mother made an effort.
There's the beach," she said, "all
smooth white sand. You stand on il
and look out over the ocean, and all
you can see is water. just moving wa
ter waves coming in and breaking
nothing but water and sky"
The child sat trying to picture it.
then in an awed little whisper asked:
"Oh, mamma. isn't there a tow
path"-New York Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
A SINGULAR Calculation.


It would require, according to the
calculations of scientist. the power
of 10000 horsepower engine about
70,000,O00,000 years to lift the earth
a foot in height, and to do this work,
allowing thirteen pounds of water per
horsepower per hour, would require
some 100000 OO00,000,000,0O0 gallons
of water or more than would be dis
charged at the mouth of the Mississip-
pi in 6,000 years. This would be
enough, the writer estimates, to cover
the entire surface of the earth to a
depth of not less than 300 feet to
convert which into steam, using good
boilers. would require some 100000,
000,000,000 tons of coal. If the latter
quantity of the mineral was loaded on
cars of twenty tons each 1t would de-
mand O0O,0O0,00O,O0 such cars.
If the latter were thirty feet long and
all coupled together in one train it
would reach around the earth 45,000,-
600 times and, If running twenty-five
miles per hour. would consume 25.000,-
600 years in running the length of it
self. So much for figures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
"Correct TO a TW

Our earliest quotation for this or for
the kindred phrases ito suit one to
T." ito fit to T. ITO know one to
t." is of 1G!H Can any one help us
to an earlier example? No one OF our
many instances throws any light upon
It's origin. current obvious conjec.
ture would explain "a w. us meaning
"a r square" but to this there are va.
rious objections. We have no evi
dence as yet that the name ''r square"
goes back to the seventeenth century
and no example of its being called
simply "a r." and In few If any of
our instGn5 Is wNtlid the substitution
of "a L square" for "a ~ make any
tolerable scnse. The notion seems
rather to be that of minute eXactness.
as 1t were Ito the minuteSt point"
But the evidence Is mainly negative.
If examples can be found OF 1T
square" before 100 or of its reduction
simply to "r' or of earlier examples
of Ito r. they may help to settle the
actual origin. London Notes and
Queries.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
The First Wire Nail.
Queries.

Although the wire nail is small
thing. il would be a big thing TO do
without. Probably no one could esti-
mate the millions or billions or tril-
lions whatever the number may be
that are used in single year. Yet
the first wire nails in the United States
were made no longer ago than 1872
The first machine for their manufac-
ture was brought over from Dussel
dorf and set up in Covingtun. Ky
Later this single machine was multi.
piled by four and a company was or
ganized In iNSl the manufacture of
wire nails WAS begun in Beaver Falls.
Pa. and the product WAS already be-
ginning to grow in popularity aud use
fulneSs. just n year later strike
temporarily shut off the manufacture
of cut nails. and the wire nail was in
such demand that the manufacturers
were swamped. From that time dates
the supremacy uf the wire nail.-Chi-
cago Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
DEATH OF EDWARD VAN TINE.

Edward Jesse Van Tine was born
in Perrysburg, Dec. &c, 1905; died in
Toledo, April 20, 1910. The little fel-
low, who was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Van Tine of this place, had
been in poor health for some time.
His illness began with a severe at
tack Of pneumonia. from which he
had so far recovered that he was
taken to the home Of his grandpa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Strass-
burg, of Toledo. His health seemed
to be improving, when he contracted
spinal meningitis, which was the i'm
mediate cause of his death. He was
bright and active and from the time
he was large enough he was always
found in his place at Sunday school
and will be greatly missed by his lit
tie classmates. He leaves sorrow
ing mother, father, sister, brother,
grandparents and a host OF friends
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon, Rev. Webster officiating,
and the remains laid to rest In Forest
Lawn cemetery. Frederick Yeager
and Loren Barnett OF this place, with
other little friends from Toledo, acted
as pail bearers.
Mrs. Van Tine was unable to at
tend the services, as she is very Ill
with lung trouble.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
NEW CENTURY CLUB.

The New Century club held its
regular meeting Wednesday after,
noon at the home Of Miss Margaret
Pargellis on Second street. The sub
ject of the meeting was Hawaii and
Miss Maybelle Lampman, who spent
several years on the island, gave a
most interesting and instructive talk
on the subject.
At the conclusion of the program
refreshments were served, which in
cluded literary salad and literary
nuts to crack.
Besides the members, there were
present as guests, Miss Maybelle
Lampman, Miss Anna Beach, Miss
Kate McMaken, Miss Emma Witzler
Mrs. Zachman, Miss Zella Gunder
Mrs. Emma Eberly, Mrs. Kate Crank
er. Mrs. Letta Barton and Mrs. Clara
Williams.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
The Watch of wren,s swee.heart.

The betrothed of Sir CHRISTOPHER
Wren, the architect of St. Paul's cathe-
dral, accidentally dropped her watch
into bucket of water. Knowing that
her lover was an ingenious man. she
sent 1t to him to be repaired. Wren's
reply ran as follows: "Madam-The
artiticer, having never before NETT with
a drowned Watch, like an ignorant
physician has been soc long about the
cure that he hath made me very un-
quiet that your commands should be
soc long deferred. However, | have
sent the watch at last and envie the
felicity of it, that 1t should be soc
neer your side and soc often enjoy
your Eye and be consulted by you
employ your hands in excellent workes.
But have care of it, for l put such
a Spell into it that every Beating of
the Balance will tell you it's the pulse
of my Heart which labors as much
to serve you and more Trewly than
the watch, for the watch l believe will
sometimes lie, and sometimes perhaps
be idle and unwilling to goe, having
received so much injury by being
in that bath that dispair 1t should
ever be Trew Servant to you more
But as for me-unless you drown me
too In my Teares-you may be conf
dent 1 shall never cease to be your
most affectionate, humble servant
Chr Wren"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
Little Mamie Rose Rose.

at doesn't take these little Russian
children long to catch on to things in
this country" remarked a teacher of
the Educational alliance. when one
explains a word to them they never
forget it, and they are always ready
with an illustration of its meaning
too. | remember that some time ago
l had explained to the class the meaf
ing Of the word ambiguity and then,
as the custom is, turned about and
made them explain the word to me.
"'Now, is there any one,' l asked,
who can give me an illustrationT
"a grimy little urchin ut the back
Of the room stuck up his hand.
"'Here's ambiguity fer ye,' he
cried. Little Mamie Rose sat on a
tack-little Mamie Rose. See?'p
"Oh, no." concluded the teacher, "you
don't have to explain u thing to the
east side child twice."-New York Sum-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
EHectuAllY saueIehed.

The clerk in dry goods store was
waxing sarcastic at the boarding
house table because the schoolteacher
said she was tired. 81 don't see how
you have the nerve to say that" he
said "You have snap. Your hours
are short, and, although you say you
have to look over papers in the even
ing, / reckon you don't have to spend
much time on them. Then look at the
vacations you have-a week or two
at Christmas. another in the spring,
two or three days at Thanksgiving
time and then the entire summer.
Look at me. / have to work eight
hours every day, with only half hour
at noon, and once in awhile | have to
put in an evening at the store when
they take inventory of stock. And my
vacation! I get the legal holidays
two weeks in the summer and during
the hot months half day off, and
heaven knows what good half day
does! Gee! Schoolteachers certainly
have a cinch."
During this harangue the school
teacher listened carefully to the noise
he made while he talked. When he
finished she said sweetly: "Well, why
don't you become schoolteacher'
There's no law to prevent you that
know Of"
And the rest of the table grinnet
audibly, while the clerk grabbed {
toothpiclS and went out.-New Yorl
press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
,ooooooooooooooooo
; Ge Eternal
; Thing.
BY II. d. SHELTEN.
o Copyrighted, 1909. by Associated {
o Literary Press. c
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
By r. b. sIIELTEN.

The fishing was bad. Even the judge,
who had whipped the pools along the
Little Beaver for years, could not re-
member a day when the trout had ig-
nored the tempting flies so persistent
ly and annoyingly.
When they gathered on the bank Of
the stream for lunch-the judge, the
bishop and the banker--the subject of
fishing. after few tart remarks by
the judge and the banker which made
the bishop elevate his eyebrows in
mild reproof, was tactfully avoided.
So eager were they not to mention
or even think of those miserable trout
that they talked of everything, any
thing. and finally the conversation
drifted into an uncharted channel.
Romance" said the judge dicta-
torially. taking up a remark of the
banker, 'is dead. There is no room
for 1t in this hustling age. 1t has gone
| the way of sentiment and old time
courtesy and the gentlemen of the old
school,"
"Good riddance to It," said the
banker lazily. Let it go. 1t has given
way to better things-good horse
sense, for instance"
| The bishop looked at the purling wa
ter. He was a gray haired man, with
kindly eyes and the most winning
smile. lie was smiling now as he
turned 20 the two men.
Yea are beth wrong" said he, with
deep conviction. Romance is eternal!
You can't kill it with club or will
hustle. But, of course, you two would
not admit it even If you saw it,
The judge bristled. The banker
reused himself. and his pipe glowed
like q blast furnace.
Romance" grunted the judge, Will
carefully unpleasant emphasis. "You
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
On the Dynamite ships.

There is a service whose conditions
are little known to the outside world,
that of the men on the dynamite ships
that lurk in the shadow of Canvey is
land. 1t once happened that cargo
boat took fire near Canvey island. The
crew could not extinguish the flames,
the vessel had to be abandoned. and
the tide carried her straight for the
dynamite ships. BY a miracle the
blazing hulk steered safely between
them. But the tide turned, and with
1t back again she came. Another mir
acle and the floating inferno missed
them all a second time. A spark from
her blazing timbers, the least shock
from a collision and she had exploded
such a mine as would have blown the
half of Essex into Ireland. She float
ed, Kissing and spluttering, down the
tideway and passed away, to burn her
self to the waters edge beyond the
reach of dynamite. And the silent
lonely men stayed unstirring at their
posts and twice saw the grave open
and close before them. - Army and
Navy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
WHY SALvES FAIL
TO CURE ECZEMA.

Scientists are now agreed that the
eczema germs are lodged not in the
outer skin or epidermis, but in the
inner skin. Hence, penetrating
liquid is required. not an outward
salve that clogs the pores.
We recommend to all eczema pa
tients the standard prescription Oil
of Wintergreen as compounded in
liquid form known as d. d. d. Pre-
scription. A trial bottle of this D. d.
d. Prescription, at only % cents, will
instantly relieve the itch. We have
sold and recommended this remedy
for years, and know of wonderful
crues from its use. We recommend
it to our patrons.
Chas. P. Champney.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
The Lady and Her poa.

There are any number Of men who
would ask who you were talking to If
you limited that they were not absolute
ly masters in their own establishments,
yet these very men are often the slaves
of their dogs. By the way, unless you
really want to make her your sworn
foe, don't, whatever else you may say
or do, speak disparagingly of lady's
dog, even If it is the most unholy mon
grel that ever wagged tail.-Fry's
Magazine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
The First EireIess Cooker.

Soon after the Uatt!e of White
Plains, \. l., while the American
forces were drifting toward North Cas-
tie, the lone occupant OF IL house, one
of the Pierce families. Oh the Bedford
road at Pleasaniville. y. Y. looking
out of the window. deserted posse
of HesSian SolGtriN rurling mp the
pike. Having j'iSi pln e'i number
of loaves of hr'iI ~ the I'D lmtrh
oven. she heihouGnl hersr,t that Il
would be- we'll to Serrptp them until
the soldier band passed. She at once
removed the loaves. which had already
become heHted. and ran up in the at
tic and placed them between two
feather beds The soldiers arrived in
due time and soon appropriated every
thing removable. After their depar-
ture the housewife remembered the
bread exodus. ran up the stairs. and,
10. the bread was done TO the queen S
taste!- !-Magazine or American His
tory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
Death Of Mrs. Chapman.

Mrs. r. B. Chapman died at her
home in Westerly, r L. on Saturday,
April 23, 1910, at the advanced age of
S4 years.
She was the mother of Mrs. VIM.
Comstock of this place and resided
here for several years, and had many
friends who will regret her death
and extend sympathy to the relatives.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
What We Want Daily.

Protein to make blood and muscle,
bone and brain, and corresponding
quantities of fat. starch and sugar and
the like to be consumed in the body to
serve as fuel to provide warmth and
give strength for the body. The pro-
tein is found in lean meats, fish, eggs,
cheese, gluten of -four and in beans
and peas and the like.-London An
sWerS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
British English.

Englishman-I say, ye knaw, what's
the bookage to Boston? Railroad
Ticket Clerk-The whatage? English
man-rhe bookage, ye knaw-the tariff.
What's the tariff? Ticket Clerk Il
haven't time to talk politics. - New
York Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-05-06
Late Hour EXPLAINED.

"What kept yen until this late hourT'
asked the husband of his sut'ragette
wife.
well, my dear" she answered meek
ly. you see it took us an hour to
greet one another, the meeting lasted
thirty minutes. and tue rest of the
time was spent in saying goodby."-
Detroit Free Press.