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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23
HOUSE OF SURPRISES.
The Homo of British Diplomacy, No.
10 Downing Street

The Homo of British Diplomacy, No.
10 Downing Street
Why does the residence of the prime
minister Of the kingdom resemble the
dwelling of retired grocer Of simple
tastes? The reply to this is forthcom-
ing. 1t does not. 1t only pretends to
resemble the dwelling of retired gro
Ger. No. 10 Downing street begins to
reveal itself as Il surprise packet when
you have rung one of its three bells
and persuaded its front door to open.
You then discover yourself in an en-
trance hall whose mats. walls and gen.
eral shubbiness would be the instant
hotel. and you perceive that you have
unwittingly done an injustice to the
retired grocer. You decide that no gro
Ger. at any rate no English grocer.
would tolerate such Il kennel.
But when you have penetrated lit
tie farther. and especially when you
have mounted the first flight of stairs.
you will be ready to remodel your
views once again. Within thirty Sec
onds you will have lost your bearings.
Within sixty you will admit that you
are in "a palace full of bpwidering cor
ridors and endless sumptuosity. with
here and there glimpse of some i'm
mense and stately apartment. No. 10
Downing street begins just exactly
where you might have expected 1t to
finish. Its rainitications are innumer-
able, its geography an enigma even to
the most ancient janitor. From Phil
potts and Arnold's The Statue"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23
An Accurate Description.

did you ever run into telegraph
pole?" inquired the elderly passenger.
Eyes, ma'am," said the chauffeur,
slowing up the taxicab to avoid a col
lision with street car. 1--WE bumped
into telegraph poles, I reckon, two or
three times"
Brings you to pretty sudden stop,
doesn't it?'
mo, .ma'am; the machine stops, all
right, but l always keep on going."-
Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23

Don't let the baby suffer from &C.
zema, sores or any itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe
for children. All druggists sell 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Estate Of Peter Ruckhouse, deceased.
The undersigned has been appoint
ed and qualified as administrator of
the estate of Peter Buckhouse, late
OF Wood county, Ohio, deceased,
Dated this I'd day of Dec, A. d. 1910,
MAURICE B. COOK,
Perrysburg, Ohio
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Estate of Elijah Whitmore, deceased.
The undersigned has been appointed
and qualified as administrator of the
estate of Elijah Whitmore, late of
Wood county, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this End day Of November A.
D., 1910.
Perrysburg, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23
A Mlsnonnnr.

1t is becoming daily more dangerous
to refer to "the weaker SEX on ac.
count of the increasing doubt in the
readers mind which sex is meant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23
Curious.

II had a curious experience yester-
day." said Farmer Corntossel.
~What was itY
"a stranger came along and told me
a funny story and didn't try to sell
me Observation-Disclosures Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-12-23

Obedience is not truly performed by
the body of him whose heart is dis
satisfied. -Saadi
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
How Animals Learn.

DR.. T. Zell, an eminent German
naturalist, has collected many in
stances to prove that animals learn
by experience and thus become
wiser than their uninstructed par
ents. Game animals of all kinds,
he AYERS, have learned the range Of
modern rifles. Greyhounds quickly
learn to let rabbits alone, and fox
hounds pay no attention to either
rabbits or hares. Killer whales and
gulls follow whaling vessels, just
as vultures follow an army. Crows
begin to accompany the chamois
hunter as soon as they have seen
the result of his first successful shot,
and rough legged buzzards follow
the sportsmen after winged game.
The number of birds that kill or in
iure themselves by flying against
telegraph wires is much smaller
than it used to be. DIR. Zell also re-
fers to the fact that birds and
quadrupeds have learned to disre-
gard passing railway trains, as
horses quickly cease to be frighten-
ed by motorcars.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
KEEP KIDNEYS WELL.
Health is Worth Saving, and
Some Hopkinsville People
Know How TO Save 1t.

Many Hopkinsyille people take
their lives in their hands by neglect
ing the kidneys when they know
these organs need help. Sick kid
neys are responsible for a vast
amount of suffering and i'll health,
but there is no need to suffer nor to
remain in danger when all diseases
and aches and pains due to weak kid
neys can be quickly and permanently
cured by the use of Doan's Kidney
Pills. The following statement leaves
no ground for doubt.
K. M. Coffman. Hall street, Madi-
sOnville. KY, says: 81 used Doan' Is
Kidney Pills and considering the re-
suits received frow their use, high
ly recommend them as very effect
i've remedy. About nine months ago
| was suffering from severe attack
of backache. 1t was not a constant,
steady ache but sharp twinge that
caught me when attempting to arise
from stopped position or did any.
thing which caused a strain on the
muscles of my back. Doan's Kidney
Pills disposed of the attack. Some
time later there was recurrence of
my trouble but this remedy soon re.
lieved me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
A Million Ancestors.

1t may be little surprising and
of interest to learn that a person
may have had more than million
ancestors within comparatively re-
cent years, and that without taking
into account uncles and aunts.
Starting with ones parents, each
person, of course, has two. father
and a mother. The father had his
two parents, and the mother had
hers. Thus each person has four
grandparents. One step farther,
and we have eight great-grandpar-
ents. A simple calculation gives
the astonishing result that our
lineal ancestors during twenty gen.
erations number no fewer than
1,048, ,576, or sufficient people, if all
living, to populate the whole Of
Wales.--Dundee Advertiser.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25

choice lots, live 81
Fresh country eggs, 30 cents per
dozen
A good demand exists for dressed
chickens, turkeys. geese and choice
lots of fresh country butter
Young dressed shoats, 7c pound
Hay AND GRAIN.
Choice timothy hay, SIS SIC
No. l timothy hay Sl3 to Sl4
No. 2 timothy hay, S12 tt. Sl3
Choice clover hay, $l2 to $3.50
No. clover hay, $11 to $l2
No. 2 clover hay, $40 to Sl1
Clean, bright straw hay, %OO
Alfalfa hay, SIG 90
White seed oats, Csc
Black seed oats, Csc
Mixed seed oats, 65c
No. 2 white corn. 85c
No. 2 mixed corn, SOC
Winter wheat bran, S28.0O
Chops, $500.
RooTs. HIDES, Wool AND TALLow.
Prices paid by wholesale dealers to
buthers and farmers:
Roots-Southern ginseng, $500 lb'
Golden Seal" yellow root, S1.40 ID
Mayapple, &c; pink root 12c and 13c
Tallow-No. l, DC; No 2. BIC.
Woodbury., lOc to 2lc; Clear
Grease, 25c. medium, tub washed,
33c to 35c; coarse, dingy, ,tubwashed.
l8c to 23c.
Feathers-Prime white goose, 45c;
dark and mixed old goose, 15c to Soc;
gray mixed, 15c to 30c; white duck,
22c to 35c, new.
Hides and Skins-These quotations
are for Kentucky hides. Southern
green hides &c. We quote assorted
lots dry flint, 12c to 14c. $40 bet
ter demand.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
HOpkinsViIIe's Retail
Mlrket Report.
Corrected January 10Th, 1910.
GROCERIES

GROCERIES.
Country lard good color and clean.
18c per pound
Country bacon, l7c per pound
Black-eyed peas, 1926 per bushel
Country shoulders. l5c per pound
Country hams, 20c per pound
Northern seed Rose potatoes, 81 90
per bushel
Northern eating Burbank pota-
toes, S1.00 per bushel
Northern eating Rural potatoes,
$1.O0 per bushel
Potatoes, Irish, 25c peck
Yellow eating onions, $l.20 per
bushel
Red eating onicns, ,Sl.00 per hushel
Dried Navy heans. 1925 per
bushel
Cabbage, &c Xxx $l.75
Dried Lima beans. &c per pound
Country dried apples, 10c per
pound
Country dried peaches, l0c per
pound
Daisy cream cheese. 25c per
pound
Full cream brick cheese, 25c per
pound
Full cream Limberger cheese. 25c
per pound
Popcorn. dried on ear. &c per pound.
Sweet potatoes, S100 per bushel,
Choice lots fresh, well-worked
country butter, in pound prints. 30c.
FRUITS.
Lemons. 25c per dozen
Navel Oranges, ,25c, soc, 45c per doz
Bananas, 25c doz
New York State apples $500 to
$3.50 per barrel
POULTRY.
Spring Chickens l0c per pound
Dressed hens, l23c per pound
Dressed cocks, 7c per pound
live hens, 10c per pound; live cocks,
4c pound; live turkeys, l4c per
pound
Dressed geese, lie per pound for
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
ANCIENT VESSELS.
The Eye, the Fiaurehead and cihsr
Devices on Their Bows.

DeVices on nelr BOWS
On the boats of the ancient
Egyptians the sacred ibis, the lotus
and the phenix were favorite de-
signs for fgureheads, sometimes
placed on the raised up prov itself
and at others rather behind it. A
huge eye painted on the bow just
below the figure illustrated the gem
eral feeling that ship was endow-
ed with a personality of its own.
In one form or another the eye has
maintained its position on the bows
century after century up to the
present day, in which it is often
seen on the bows of Maltese "dy-
SOS" and other gaudily painted
European craft, to say nothing of
its almost universal use in China.
eff no have eye how can see"
asks the Chinese sailor, and the ex-
preston "Right in the eyes of her"
is still usual ahoat among seamen,
meaning as far forward in the ship
as possible. The ships of the
Greeks and Romans preserved the
eye on their bows and carried
distinguishing emblem or figure
head at the bow, while their tute-
larry deities were generally given a
billet at the stern, All these YES
sells had their distinguishing de-
vices and fgureheads, in addition
to which those named after noun
tains and rivers had a lion or croco-
dile respectively painted or carved
in relief on either bow Numbers
of representations of these may be
seen on old coins.
A special class of Phoenician
vessels had a fgurehead represent
ing a horse and were therefore
known as "hippi,' the idea of riding
over the sea as on horseback being
evidently the origin of the adorn-
ment. In the year 112 B. c. one
of the fgureheads was found
thrown up on the east coast of Af-
rica and taken to Egypt, strong
circumstantial evidence that some
early Phoenician mariners had al
ready doubled the Cape of Good
Hope. Ramming being the most
usual form of attack among the an
clients in their sea engagements,
the bow decoration often took the
form of the head of a ram or of a
wild boar, the well known butting
tactics of these animals rendering
the figure very appropriate.
When Rome in the days of her
decadence lost the command of the
sea the most formidable navies
were those of the Scandinavian sea
robbers, the vikings. Their YES
sels-the famous long ships-were
adorned with fgureheads. But the
vikings conception of this form of
ship ornamentation started from
standpoint quite different from
that of the ancients. 1t was not so
much a distinctive design as re-
ligious emblem. Its intention was
to strike terror into an enemy.
The fgurehead of warship, ac-
cording to S. Baring-Gould, was
designed in like manner to strike
terror into the opponents and scare
away their guardian spirits. An
Icelandic law forbade a vessel com
ing within sight of the island with
out first removing its fgurehead,
lest it should frighten away the
guardian spirits of the land.-Chi-
aaOo News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
IN NEW QUARTERS.

Winfree & Knight having dissolv-
ed by mutual agreement Jan. /, l
will continue to do a real estate,
loans and insurance business under
the firm name of T. S. Knight & Co..
Office rear Waller & Trice, next door
to Frank Rives' law Office.
T. S. Knight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
Shoe!

IF the shoe fits, wear IT," is a time
worn saying, but with woman If the
shoe fits she takes it back because IL
is too big.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-25
In the Way.

From one mans point of view an
other man may be all right in his
way, provided he isn't in the way of
the first man.-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02
Ohio Village a Family Affair.

Examiner d. o, Hester of the State,
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision
Of Public Offices today returned a report
showing that the village counclmen of
Jacksonburg have paid their salaries of
$1S6 without the formality of passing an
appropriating ordinance. Jacksonburg is
bly, the smallest incorporated village In
America. 1t has but sixty-eight inhabi-
tants and seventeen voters. Of the sew
enteen voices twelve hold village Offices
of one sort or another.
The village is run as a sort of family
affair and the counclmen did not think
1t worth while to pass appropriating or
dinances.-Hamilton Correspondence In
Gianapolis News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02
Electricity Wins Washing Race.

At the recent electrical show in Chi
cago electricity won very pretty race
with hand labor to see who could wash
the most clothes in a given time.
Five pretty girls, operating new
types Of electric washing machines
and motor-driven wringers, raced with
six ladies Of pronounced color who
did their work by the world-old hand
method, using the old fashioned wash
tubs, wash boards and hand wringers.
The girls started the electric motors
to work on the clothes and spent the
most OF their time laughing and
chatting with the visitors while the
machines ran themselves. The col
ored women worked as hard as ever
they could, for if they washed half as
many clothes as the girls and cleo
tricity did they were to get one hun
dred dollars. The suds flew fast and
furious about the colored girls but
when time was called they had not
washed third as many clothes as
their contemporaries did, so they lost
the prize, but were handsomely re-
Warded for their honest work, demon
strating the vast difference between
ancient and modern laundry methods.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02
Interesting Coincidence.

The steamer Bermudian reports by
wireless from the sea that ON the night
King Edward died and Prince George
became King a remarkable phenomenon,
was observed at Bermuda and recorded,
by an experimental scientist. Halley's-
comet, which first became visible about
2 o'clock in the morning, later displayed
a most decided red tinge on the tail. At
1890 the fort near the city of Hamilton.
began firing the salue of 101 guns to the
new King at intervals of two minutes.
Just as the last gun was fired at exactly
1852 a. m. at the report of the last gun
the comets tail flared decided red end
The head, now distinctly visible, became
a ball of red fire. The phenomenon last
ed only five minutes, but was observed
by many negroes working on the docks
loading the steamer Bermudian, who fell
on their knees and prayed, refusing to
work Does this signify war in Georges
reign? Shall some great calamity befall
the earth?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

The two heads of the lions move the
eyes and tongue. The astrolabe shows
the hours in its degree and the move
ment OF the moon. Moreover, the per-
petual calendar shows all the days of
the year, the feast days and the bis
sext1le. The hour at which the chimes
are complete are and 6 o'clock in the
morning, midday and 1 and 2 o'clock
In the afternoon. The chimes at the
ocher hours are restricted so as not to
interfere with the cathedral services.
Complicated indeed is the clock of
Beauvats cathedral. 1t is said to be
composed of $4,000 separate pieces on
the fifty-two dial plates, the hour. the
day, the week and the month: the ris-
ing and setting of the sun, phases of
the moon, the tides, the time in the
principal capitals of the world. to-
gether with series of terrestrial and
astronomical evolutions. The frame
work Is of carved oak, eight meters by
i've meters, or 26 by 1615 feet.
When the clock strikes all the "edi-
fice' seems in movement. The designer
wished to depict the Last Judgment"
This wonderful work recalls the work
or Strasburg and is of modern con-
structlon. 1t is the work of a Beau
vasian, M. Verite, who was in the en-
g1neering department Of tn Nord Rail
way. He died in 1887.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02
Science
N 4 SJAaksa@. Akc
s ss.eI11VentiOn|

An acre of 12-inch ice usually will
provide a harvest of 1000 tons.
During 1909 the patent Office issued
1854 patents, while 22.328 expired.
Fifty thousand tons of SCOT are TAX
en- from London's chimneys each year
Venezuela has nearly 5000 miles of
telegraph lines with nearly 200 offices.
Each of Germany's four new Dread
noughts will require crew of 1000
men.
Not many years ago only natural
indigo was known, but already the
manufacture of artificial indigo has
reached a point where it has threat
ened ruin to many of the cultivators
of the indigo plant in India. Never
theless, the superiority of the natural
product in some respects has induced
continued investigation of improved
methods of cultivation and preparation.
It is now predicted that a new era of
prosperity for the natural indigo in
Iustry it at hand The introduction of
Java-Natal indigo is said to have re-
to have increased the production one
half. 1t is predicted that in the future
1t will cost less to produce natural in
digo than the synthetic dye. Science
has played part on both sides in this
competition.
Comparative immunity for hun
dred years seems to have made the
French forgetful Of the danger to their
great capital from sudden floods in the
River Seine. But the lesson taught
this year will evidently have import
ant consequences. 1t is suggested,
among other things, that large chan
mel be constructed to lead off the flood
waters from a point above the city to
a junction with the regular channel
below the city limits. The cost of this
is reckoned at, at least, $20,0000 900.
But Paris lies In great basin, and the
proposed cutoff would not save some
of the suburbs from inundation An
other suggested solution is to construct
in the higher valleys, through which
the Seine and its two principal tribu-
taries, the Yonne and the Marine, flow,
great reservoirs, to be filled in times
of flood. This water, it is argued,
would be useful for irrigation purposes,
as it could be distributed at will any
time after the inundation had ceased
1t is probable, also that local protection
will be secured by means Of higher
entertainments within the city.
During 1910 it is expected that siren
uous efforts will be made to improve
the already great efficiency of the gas
engine. Although this form Of engine
enjoyed triumph in 1909 through the
achievements of the aeroplanes, yet it
is pointed out that it's old rival, the
steam engine, at the same time greatly
advanced in fuel economy, achieving
a thermal efficiency of 10 per cent,
figure hitherto associated with gas
rather than with steam engine tests.
ut has recently been discovered that
owing to erroneous assumptions, the
gas engine has not been credited with
having approached as close to the the
bretic limit of thermal efficiency at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

William Gordon, 10 years old, of
Clinton, n. j., saw picture of hui
man hoopsnake on circus poster and
he stole into the hayloft when his
brother Sanford and his sister Belle
went to the Sunday school. There
wasn't much hay in the loft, and the
boy, after few preliminary stunts in
the hand-springing line, buckled his
heels to the back Of his neck with a
strap and began to roll around in imi-
tation of hoopsnake. On the third
lap William inadvertently rolled across
a corner Of the hatchway and lamost
went through. He bumped his ribs
on the edges Of the opening in the loft
That scared him and made him very
tired. When he tried to unbuckle his
legs from his neck he found he was
too near exhaustion to loose the strap.
He rolled up near window opening
toward the farm house and tried to
shout for help, but his voice was all
in and the hoarse squeak could not be
heard ten yards away. In a panic the
boy decided on a desperate measure.
He rolled himself over to the head of
the stairs, and then, closing his eyes,
let himself go bumpety-bump to the
bottom. He had such momentum he
rolled right on out through the door
Of the barn and over between the legs
of Ketchup and Solferino, the team of
horses the elder Gordon was hitching
up. Gordon gave shout of astonish-
ment, yanked the human hoopsnake
out Of danger and cut the strap with
his knife. Then he laid the young
hopeful across his knee and famed
him with shingle until the boy had
no other pain save that.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

1t transpires that the recent report
from Germany that a certificate of in
spection Oh importations of pork from
America would be deemed adequate was
erroneous. The German government
has not removed its interdict in this
regard. Knowing that the special in
spection for trichina has been abandoned
In this country, Germany will no longer
request special certificates as to that dis
ease because it is realized that no such
certificates can be produced. This. of
course, leaves matters unchanged But
at present there is no worry as to ex-
portations of American pork because
short supply of hogs and an avid mar
ket for pork at home have caused prices
TO mount to heights at which expectation
is improbable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

tainable by the prevailing four-stroke
cycle as it really has approached. Thus
it has been shown that gas engine
which by the old standard of efficiency
was supposed to have attained 80
points out of a possible so, has really
attained 80 out of a possible 35. This
leaves so little room for improvement
that experimenters are turning their
attention to radical changes in the
method Of operation which will afford
a larger margin for advance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02
"Chanteclero Kissed in Italy.

"Chantecler" is having but little sue
cess in Italy. AT Bologna it was hooted
and Kissed At Naples, after the third
act. the play was stopped, owing to the
sence Of Nine. Simone and Guitry may
account to some extent for the failure
but the public seems to condemn the
play. 1t will be in Rome next. and in
spite of it's failure elsewhere all the seats
at the theater have been taken. There
are not wanting signs, however, that
hostile reception awaits the play there.
also.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

years ago, but is in full accord with that
of today. The water should be changed
as fast as it becomes warm.
de"Burns of the second degree require
more care. In the first place, do not in
terfere with the blister. The primary OBJ
ject in treating burns is to exclude air.
and the skin remaining intact viii Do
this much better. than any artificial
means.
''The Indians of the northwest prepare
d dressing for burns by cooking deer
suet with balm of Gilead- buds This is
the most effective application for severe
burns have ever seen. If deer suet is
not available, any fresh tallow that has
been cooked will serve as WELL Throw a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-02

At public hearing held by the dock
commissioners of New York city Fred
erick G. Stevens, state commissioner of
public works, stated that the decadence
of the old Erie canal was due to the
want of proper terminal facilities. This
remark is of great weight not only in
connection with canal enterprise, but also
in regard to water transportation of all
kinds. No city is too large to escape
the consequences of neglect of naviga-
ton facilities. Chicago has discovered
this to her sorrow in the decay of her
lake commerce as a result of the back
ward condition of her river channels, as
TO depth, width and straightness.