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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16
Character Actors Passing.

Character actors. according to pro
ducers. are becoming scarce. Not,
however, in the sense of character"
acting as it is known today, for all
comedians and near comedians have
listed themselves under the head Of
character people But the real old
timers, who could change grease paint
with costumes and DO "Brutus2 one
act and Uncle Tom" the next, are
disappearing This condition is due,
actors say, to the managers insisting
that men and women specialize in
one line Of acting It has resulted
in thousands Of AT Liberty" ads be
ing published every season.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16
Frederick the Great.

Frederick the Great was a freema-
son. He joined the order in May, 1873,
very much against the wishes of his
father. Frederick William who. it
seems. had no love for the craft. When
Frederick William died, in May, 1740,
Frederick celebrated his freedom by
holding a great Masonic meeting. The
young king appears TO have taken
great interest in the order, and the
stimulus given Freemasonry by the
great sovereign and soldier is still felt
by the order throughout the Germanit
countries.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16
steamer wrseksa in Hay Field.

The remains Of an excursion steam
er may be seen in a bayfield, 800 feet
above the Lake of Loen, in Norway.
This oddly placed wreck is the sole
relic of a terrible landslip which took
place in 1905. when the whole side Of
a mountain suddenly slipped into the
lake, raising great wave over 800
feet high, which drowned everybody
living along the shore, over 60 people
perishing The steamer, which was
noored on the lake at the time, was
carried on the crest Of the wave over
perpendicular cliff and deposited as
lready stated, more than 300 feet
above the normal level of the water.
over a quarter of a mile away from it's
anchorage. 1t is a torn and battered
wreck, every bit of woodwork has been
wseuched of and the twisted steel
work testiies to the force of the
waive which cast it ashore.-Wide
World Magazine
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16

What sort Of a paper is il? In the
FIRST place, it must be a Home Paper
the Woman's Friend and a part Of her
daily life And it must be NECES-
SITY to the Business Man. 1t must
not only tell what is happening 10 the
world, put il must go farther and tell
WHY it il happening and what 1t
means.
The Best Possible Newspaper has q
staff of correspondents coyerinQ the
world field Of the A Associated and Unit
ed Press, securing the earth for vital
human facts 1t has fashions and art.
books aud music, literature and politics
st its right hand. 1t has the markets
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16

Trespass notice printed or muslin
OK on paper for sale at this Office.
Now is the time to post trespass
notices when gunners with dog and
gun sre won't 10 trespass on private
property. Buy 3 trespsss notice 81
The Capitsl Office
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16

Patent. Medicine Man bid YOU get
any more testimonials for our new
cure for obesity?
His Partner Here are letters from
tree Jockeys and grand opera SO
prauo.--Puck
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-16
"The Best Possible Newspaper =

for the farmer. the merchant, the
broker.
The world has never seen an age OF
greater constructive significance IN
DoIit;cs. in science, in society. Every
move IN the field Of action rs topic
for discussion in cities, villages, ham
lets al crossroads And the Best
Possible Newspaper must equip its
readers for intelligent understanding
of an these things.
That is precisely why it is the sim
truth that for your purposes, aud Tor
the purpose Of the whole South, the
KFST POSSIBLE NEWSPAPER Is
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
OWNING ROD BATTLING
Art of Finding Hidden Water BY Use
of Forked Stick Centuries Old

Some of the most noted scientists
have been endeavoring vainly to solve
the mystery of the divining rod. The
so-called rod is usually twig, held in
the hand and supposed by it's bending
downward to indicate spots where
metal deposits or water may be found.
Although few of tie men of science
have credited the rod with power and
books speak of it as species of witch
craft which cannot be relied upon, the
fact remains that it is often used with
attempted to prove the divining rod a
fraud was so convi4 ced of his mistake,
after demonstration, that he is now
using one in an effort to find minerals
in the ground.
In nearly every community there are
men who claim to possess special pow
ers and gifts in locating underground
water witches" and they work with
various devices. Some of them are
well diggers by profession; they under
take first to locate the subterranean
| flow of water by divining rod and
then sink the well for SO much per
foot if water is found, and no pay il
it is a dry hole There are many
skeptical persons who aver that 1t is
all guess work with these water
witches; that a hole dug forty or
sixty feet into the earth anywhere will
strike water flow eight times in ten,
and that a well-diggor who guaranteed
water or no pay would make money
at it even if he fai I'd twice in ten
times to strike water.
Whether or not there is any virtue
in forked prong of witch hazel OF
peach tree to locate subterranean
water vein will probably be question
always. The art, or whatever it is
of divining hidden water by a witch
hazel prong has come down from ages
long past. 1t is agreed by all who put
faith in divining rods that they will
work only in the hands of certain per
sons. A natural b rn water witch
can take out his knife, snip off crotch
from the limb of handy peach tree
hold a limb in each hand, with the
prong sticking up, G1d walk across q
field, and the moment he steps ovel
the vein of water down under the
ground. the prong will dip and point
straight down.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Woman,s Care of Genius.

Darwin had to be kept pretty much
wrapped up in cotton all his life, like
a precious cracked vase, to save him
from breaking to pieces, and had not
his tender wife nursed and coddled
him, even as an infant, he would prob
ably had died in early middle life of
chronic seasickness, for he never en-
tirely recovered from the years spent
on the Beagle. And this is fine il
lustration of what true woman real
ly is, for nature has so made her that
she does not do such work as Dar-
wins. but Darwin could never have
lived and done his work without the
woman, so one is just as important
as the other
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Autos for the Very Young.

at seems to me-" said the man
who likes automobiles, to New York
Sun reporter, that the next genera
ton ought to be automobile mad. The
toys that children have all are such
as would accustom them right from
the start to machines. Every one
knows the miniature automobiles that
children have, which run with trea-
dies they kick with their feet, but the
other day l saw one that goes even
further back toward babyhood.
II saw a child being wheeled about
in sort of go-cart baby carriage, a
child that couldn't have been over 3
years old. Extending back from the
front of the carriage was a sort of
steering post with wheel attached,
to which the child-it was a girl, too
-clung in the most natural way.
"The wheel had nothing to do with
the management of the carriage. 1t
seems to me that getting children
used to the automobile habit so early
ought to develop Car fiends later on"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Some Suggestions
For FloWer Gardens

Go over the lawn and If you find
moss rake 1t out. Cut we'll below the
crowns of dandelions and plantain. If
possible top dress the lawn with leaf
mold or thoroughly rotten straw or
manure.
The continuous Towering border
recommends itself to the busy house
wife who wants lot of flowers and
who has but little time to give to them.
Prepare border two or two and one
half feet wide and spade 1t two feet
deep, enriching 1t with well-rotted
manure. Into this border plant all
sorts of ANIMALS, perennials and bulbs,
placing the tall growing ones in the
back row and the short ones along
the edge of the border. AS the years
pass the border will grow in beauty
and bloom ten months In the year
almost.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Why People Live Long.

DR.. Won Linheim, a German scien-
tist, who has been making a study of
longevity, publishes the results of his
sons of both sexes, who had reached
the age of so years and upward. His
observations lead to the conclusion
that instances of longevity are most
often met with among persons whose
parents and grandparents have been
healthy, and especially if they have
been long-lived, who have studied
regularity, punctuality and temperance
all through life; and who have post
poned their retirement from active
occupation as long as possible.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Throwino the Stones.

Many unthinking chatterers have
always said that DR.. Samuel Johnson's s
life meant everything that is meant by
gross, almost swinish, laziness and
unkemptness. This same crowd has
always thoughtlessly cackled about
Poe's drinking and shiftless habits,
calling him a "never-do-well." In
deed, these chatterers have said pret-
ty much the same things about and
have had like scornfulness for 9TH
er great men. And had they been as
we'll as malicious, they had said that
old man Darwin was sit-around like
an old sick rooster. But, as matter
of fact this is all merely a higher
variation of the ordinary country
crossroads soapbox gossip.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
NEW INDUSTRY IN THE WEST.
Wyoming to Have First Asbestos
Mills West Of the Alleqhanles.


Casper, Wyo., is in the midst Of an
asbestos boom. Accustomed for years
to the sheep and wool industry, upon
which the chief wealth of the COM
munity has rested, the town is now
enthusiastically concerning itself with
a different kind of wool-that pecu-
liar sort of mineral fiber which nature
has deposited at rare intervals in the
seams Of rocks called serpentine.
Some of the wealthiest citizens of the
town have caught on to the enthusi-
asm and are putting their money into
the development of resource which,
in the mineral world, most nearly re-
sembles the product of the sheep
clip. What the wool of the sheep
does for the human body, the wool
of the serpentine rocks does for the
steam pipe and the heat conduit of
furnaces--it keeps the caloric from
escaping. Asbestos, as it's Greek
name indicates, is indestructible ex-
cept at very high heat, such as is nev-
er reached outside Of laboratory.
The market for asbestos is said to
be limitless-at least, far beyond the
limits of the present supply.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

Ell presume you are accustomed to
doing the marketngf The second
man will show you where l trade"
II have purchased all the feed for
Mrs. Dorian for two years." was his
ungrammatcal rejoinder.
FOOD, not feed. Graham"
Certainly, madam"
While his manner Of serving din
ner might prove to be Graham's
strong point, conversation certainly
was not
The following morning, in pur-
suance Of my weekly custom, visit
ed the stables. Perkins was indus
triously polishing the silver of one Of
the harnesses as entered. He ceased
as addressed him.
do you find the stables in good
order, Perkins?"
"There is need of some slight dust
ing, madam, and the plate is a bit
dingy."
Here was prodigy indeed. A
coachman whose first complaint was
Of the dust, and who prescribed the
harness trimmings as plate!
How are the horses?"
"To tell the truth, madam, have
not seen them as yet" was his as
founding reply.
mot seen them? 1 do not like your
Indifference, Perkins. l supposed
your greatest interest would be in
the horse-flesh."
II regret, madam, that 1 have been
remiss, but slept poorly last night
on account of the odor Of the stables,
and have not had my much desired
opportunity to inspect the animals"
And the horses not twenty feet
from where he was standing! With
all his grandiloquence, he was worse
than Graham.
For the next two weeks every
glimpse Of either of the men brought
fresh cause for amazement. In all
justice l must say that never had
known servants who so unhesitating-
ly obeyed my every order. An in
struction once given was the signal
for absolute and silent obedience on
their part; but their consistent, con-
stant failure to appreciate the char
acter of their employment nearly
drove me into nervous prostration. /
resolved to bear it until Margaret
came to see me before sailing, and
then to ask her where to send the
men. Keep them would not.
Margaret called on the morning of
the day of her departure. Her SYM
pathy at my tale of desperation was
consoling, but she was utterly at a
loss for an explanation. The Incl
dents of the misfit dress suit, and of
the coachman's lack of interest in
the horses puzzled her intensely.
We had tacitly> left the subject Of
her proteges when Graham's appear
ance at the door. to announce lunch
con, brought her close to me with a
movement Of evident surprise.
What is he doing in the house?"
"He is announcing luncheon, which
he will presently serve very poorly"
/ replied with some bitterness.
"And Perkins? Is he in the sta
ble?"
81 trust so, Margaret"
A peal of laughter rang through the
house.
Great heavens, Eleanor!" she
cried. "You have put the butler in
the stable, the horseman in the hall!
Didn't you know?-Perkins is the
butler and Graham the groomi"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
A Widow,s Discovery.

The Look on the Bright Side Socie-
ty got down it's ledger this afternoon
and enrolled among the members the
name of newly made widow. Il
missed John so much when sat down
to meals" she said, that l began
eating off the pantry shelf, and find
in this way do not have to clean my
dining room more than once a week.
and it makes my work So Much
Lighter"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Analysis of Reason.

Reason is always a kind of brute
force; those who appeal to the head
rather than the heart, however pallid
and polite, are necessarily men of
violence. We speak of touching" a
mans heart, but we can do nothing
to his head but hit it.-G. K. Chester
ton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
VALUE OF HORSES
STEADILY GROWS
Increasing Use of Automo-
bile Does Not Reduce
Price of Animals.

According to the government re-
ports the average value of horses in
the United States is S111.57 which is
nearly SO more than it was in 1910.
Since 1900, when the automobile be-
gan to be regarded less as a toy,
and more as a possible necessity, the
average value of the horse has in
creased from $44.61-a gain of $77.07
a head The gain has kept up every
year except one, when there was a
loss of 10 cents a head between 1907
and 1908.
The period from 1894 to 1901 was
the low-water mark for horses. In
1897 the average value dropped to
$31.51. During the years 1895, 1895,
1897 and 1898, the figures were under
$40 for the only time in the history
Of this country.
Although Illinois is the first state
with respect to the number or horses,
the most expensive are found in Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island, where
they average S14S each. Connecticut
and New Jersey are next S142. The
average value of the horse in Illinois
is $123, which is 81 less than in 1910
In Wisconsin the average value is S122
which is 81 more than in 1910. The
gain in Massachusetts has been $2C
head in one year; in Rhode Island
it has been S19 head.
The southern states lead by large
margin in mules. The most expensive
are in South Carolina, where they
are worth S173 each. Georgia is Sec
ond, S163; and Florida is third, S161
Mules in Illinois are worth S130 anG
in Wisconsin Sl22, the same as hor. es
A mule is worth SIS more this yeal
than last in South Carolina, Sc more
in Georgia and Florida, 81 less ir
Illinois, and 81 more in Wisconsin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

To make a cleft graft select a
branch l or Il inches in diameter
and sever it with a saw. Care should
be taken that the bark be not loos-
ened from any portion of the stub.
Split the exposed end with broad
thin chisel or grating tool. Then
with a wedge or the wedge-shaped
prong at the end of the grating tool
spread the cleft so that the scion may
be inserted.
The scion should consist of a por-
tion of the previous seasons growth
of the tree to be propagated and
should be long enough to have two
or three buds. The lower endo of the
scion, which is to be inserted into
the cleft, should be cut into the shape
of wedge, having the outer edge
thicker than the other. In general
it is good plan to cut the scion so
that the lowest bud will come just at
the top of the wedge in order that it
will be near the top of the stock.
The advantage Of cutting the wedge
thicker on one side is illustrated
showing how the pressure of the stock
is brought upon the outer growing
parts of both scion and stock, where
| as were the scion thicker on the in
ner side the conditions would be re-
versed, and the death of the scion
would follow.
The Importance of having an in
innate connection between the grow
ing tissues of both scion and stock
can not be too strongly emphasized,
for upon this alone the success of
grating depends. To make this con-
tact of the growing portions doubly
certain, the scion is often set at a
slight angle with the stock into which
it is inserted, in order to cause the
growing portions of the two to cross.
After the scion have been set, the
operation of cleft grating is COM
pleted by covering all cut surfaces
with layer of grating wax.
Cleft grating is particularly adapt
ed to top-working old trees, that is,
changing them from undesirable to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
A Modern Exotic.

you speak of two kinds of news
papers," "Yes; there's the old relia-
BILE newspaper that prints the current
news; and there's the new-fangled
newspaper that makes its own news"
Kansas City Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

After acting as bench warmer and
pinch hitter for two seasons Ted Eas-
terley hopes to be catcher again. With
Schalk and Kuhn in the game Easterly
stood very little show as a regular re-
ceiver for the White Sox, but with the
Kansas City Feds he will be the first
backstop.
Ted was Walter Johnson's catcher
back in the bushes few years ago be-
fore Washington grabbed the star
twirler.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

Veach, along with Cobb and Craw-
ford, will again comprise the Detroit
outield This gives Jennings one of
the best hitting and base running set
of ielders in the American League.
In 1912 Veach started out like won
der, batting .342, but last season he suf-
fered quite slump hitting 26o, but a
great many of his hits were for extra
bases
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Think II over.

Any man can be thankful for what
he gets, but few of us consider that
we ought to be thankful for what we
don't get.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

The cleanings from the poultry
house make one of the finest manures
available for the garden.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

A MODEL OF
DISCIPLINE
BY ROBERT RUSSELL
3R5555555

Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Company
A letter from Margaret solved my
difficulty:
Dearest Eleanor: Bear with me
for hasty note, but want to help
you in your hour of need, and also to
give deserved promotion to the two
best servants it has ever been my
good fortune to possess. Our pros
pective year abroad forces me to dis
pense with Graham and Perkins, who
will bring this note to you, and l
want you to take them to fill the va
cancies in your establishment OF
which Marjorie told me. In one you
will find instinctively perfect horse
manship; in the other wonderful
tact of service. That they both pos
sess an unobtrusive sense of humor
will not detract from their other quail
tiles in your estimation.
~ will see you when sail, and you
must thank me adequately.
Lovingly,
MARGARET"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

Do not use wooden drinking foun-
tains for poultry. Wood is a germ
breeder.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

Williams WAS supposed to be Fed
eral, but he reported to Branch Rickey
when the ST. Louis Browns went intD
spring training. Gus is a fine ont-
frlder, and although his batting l.
nothing startling, he is good rehablc
hitter.
Harry Williams, Gus kid brother, II
having tryout ON first base with the
New York Yankees and seems to have
good chance of landing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08
Vast Area for Trees

England has 17,000,000 acres OF land
available for forestation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-05-08

slight awkWardneSs-attr to
nervousness, 1 presumed. After the
others had finished dining and left
the room, spoke to him on the sub
Ject.
You must procure evening clothes
of a more perfect fit, Graham. l am
surprised that Mrs. Dorian did not in
sist on your doing So"
In poor taste though it was, could
not resist the temptation of mention
ing the first oversight had ever
known Margaret to be guilty Of
Certainly, madam"
l realized that these were the first
words / had heard him speak, and
was rather curious to investigate his
manner more thoroughly. Having no,
ticed that he was apparently suffer.
ing from slight lameness, l con
tinued the conversation.
"Are you troubled with rheuma.
tism, Graham%
81 have a SPAWN, madam, which
occasionally causes me some annoy
ance."
"Spavin?" / replied incredulously
II thought only horses had spavins'
"Your pardon, madam. my trouble
comes from the kick of a horse, and
for the lack of better word | call
1t SPAWN"
Not wishing to allow any mistaken
sense of humor, which Margaret hat
said they both possessed, to lead the
man to indulge in anything approach
ing familiarity, reverted to the sub
ject of his duties.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-21

was the guest Sunday of local rela- tiYez.
 Alfred Depathy, of Moosup, spent Sunday with his relatives here.
 Charles l. Smith of Boston is visiting his parents.
 Close of School Term.
 The public school closed Friday for the holidays. Friday afternoon the school pupils were royalty entertain ed by their teachers. In Miss Wal ler's room there stood a fine Christ mas tree, while Miss Smith delighted the children with a we'll fitted fish pond.
 Miss Monrean and Miss Chesebro's rooms were the candy stores, while Principal Pike's pupils dressed and masked to suit the season, travelled through the rooms wishing Merry Christmas to all. In the evening in Sprague hall. Principal Pike showed steFeopticon viefs of Panama Canal and gave an instructive lecture on the Latest Period in United States History.
 At St AIary's church a requiem high mass is to be celebrated for Miss Annie Donnelfy..