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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

Of earth's paragon of human great,
ness. Let it's foundation be laid deep;
In the solid earth, and let its summit
tower high above all surrounding OBJ
jects-the delight and admiration Of
every eholder-beautifu in the sun
shine, majestic in the storm, the last
object that shall linger in the gaze of
the wanderer as he steams down our
noble bay, and the first that shall
break upon his enraptured vision when
he returns"
The humble cartman estimated the
probable cost of the monument at,
100000, although the design, as after
wards adopted, called for an expendi-,
ture of about $1,000,0OO. Lyon, how
ever, worked out simple method
for raising the money and had the
citizens responded there would prob
ably now be a towering shaft as
memorial to Washington within a
block or so of the Normal College
building
"A correct census of the CITY," ex-
planned Lyon, would probably exhibit
population of 100000 souls, one
fourth, at least, of whom would be
able to contribute something towards
such a noble work. Suppose that
100000 of our population should agree
to contribute one dollar year for FIVE
years toward defraying the expenses.
At the end of five years we should
present the country with a monu
mental structure to the memory Of
George Washington such as no coun-;
try has ever reared to the memory
of it's most distinguished benefactor." ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
ADVICE ALL SHOULD HEED
Pithy Sayings Attributed to Washing.
ton Show Strong Good Sense of
the First President.

Undertake not what you cannot per-
form; but be careful to keep your
promise.
Vile words should not be used in
jest or in earnest. Scoff at none, al
though they give occasion.
Haste not to relate news if you
know not the truth thereof. In talking
of things you have heard, name not
your author always. A secret dispose
not.
Associate yourself with men of good
quality if you value your reputation,
for it is better to be alone than in bad
company
Speak not when others speak, sit
not when others stand, walk not when
others stop.
zealously strive to keep alive in
your breast that little spark of celes.
tial fire called conscience.
Think before you speak; pronounce
not imperfectly, nor bring out your
words too hastily, but orderly and dis.
tinctly.
Speak no evil of the absent; it is
unjust.
Let us have government by which
our lives, our liberties and properties
will be secure.
Be not hasty to believe flying re
ports to the disparagement of any.
When you speak of God or his at.
tributes, let it be seriously, in rever.
ence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
Voters Dissatisfied.

Farmers of New England don't
like the way things are going under
the new administration even a little
bit" remarked former. Gov Nahum ].
Bachelor OF. Nashua, N. H., at one
time master of the National Grange,
at the Willard. Governor Bachelor
came to Washington, not particularly
to attend the meeting of the Repub-
lican national committee, but he timed
his visit so as to be here when the
committee met He expressed salts
faction at the result of the meeting,
and prophesied that the spirit of har-
mony and evident determination to
make vigorous campaign next year
and in 1916 would bring results. The
governor was for 2G years secretary
of the state board OF agriculture of
New Hampshire. Democratic victory
last year caused him to become a pri-
vate citizen.-Washingto Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
GREAT MONUMENT
MERELY PROJECTED
Citizens of New York Planned to
Honor Washington, But the
Idea Was Abandoned.

IXTY-five years ago the chief topic
~ of interest among the citizens of
New York, apart from the Mexican
war which was then in progress, was
the great Washington monument
which it was proposed to erect in
Hamilton Square, which covered the
blocks now contained between Third
and Fifth avenues, Sixty-sixth and
Sixty-ninth streets.
That was six years before Central
Park had been outlined. Hamilton
Square was portion of the old COM
mon lands of the city, and in the
new city map prepared in 1907 by the
street commissioners who laid oul the
city on it's present rectangular lines,
this plot was retained intact as a
park. 1t appears on the maps of the
city up to 1869, at which time it was
wiped out of existence, tke western
part being sold and the eastern, in
cluding everything east of Park ave-
nue., being allotted by the city to
various institutions, as the Normal
college, the Seventh regiment, the
New York Founding asylum, Mount
Sinai, and Hahnemann hospitals,
most of which still occupy large Sec
tions of the old square.
The very name of Hamilton. Square,
as well as the towering monument,
for which several thousand dollars
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
High Cost of Government.

Democrats in control of congress
who are preparing to spend almost
ISL, 100, 100000 a year should read the
report of Secretary of Agriculture
Houston.
The total value of the principal
crops of the United States for 1918
was about $4,000. 100000. More than
one-fifth of this goes for the national
government alone, to say nothing of
the states and municipalities.
The corn crop, with value of ST.
500,000,000, was the only one that ex-
ceeded the national expenditure. The
cost of government is greater than the
combined value of the wheat, oat and
barley crops. 1t is greater than the
combined value of the hay and pota-
to crops. 1t is greater than the COM
bined value of the cotton, tobacco
and rice crops.
One reason why the cost of living is
high is found in the fact that the cost
of government is high.-New York
World (Dem.).
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
WHERE'S THEPROOF2
Democratic Claims as to Peoples
Satisfaction Are Weak.
Latest Election Reports Certainly Do
Not Show That the Party ls As
suredly Developing Strength
With the Voters.

II Is the custom of those who burn,
incense before the present national
administration and do all that they
can to prevent its natural opponents
from uniting to make their strength
effective, to say that the country Is
well pleased with Mr.. Wilson, his pol
icies and his party. 1t is often assert
ed that he has completely satisfied
"the people" and made effective op-
position to his program impossible.
How do these supporters of the ad-
ministration know all this? Where
is their proof? How do they deduce
such conclusions from the latest cleo
tion returns? What foundation have
they for their assertions?
The record tells a different story.
1t shows no such conditions. On the
contrary, the statistics furnish abun-
dant evidence that the party in power
at Washington is still minority
party, that its head is still opposed in
respect to his policies and his political
methods, by strong majority of the
voters of the United States and that
he stands in no better position than
he did when he was elected, with his
two leading opponents polling about
100000 more votes than he received.
That is the lesson of the returns
from Michigan last spring and from
New Jersey, Massachusetts, New
York, Ohio, Maryland and other states
where more or less extensive tests of
public sentiment were made at the
polls in November. 1t is the only
reasonable conclusion to be drawn
from the elections in Chicago and ST.
Louis and from many other tests of
the position of the Democratic party
In the estimation of the public.
1t is a commonplace of politics that
there is much increased activity and
confidence in the Republican party, in
many parts of the country, and that a
corresponding diminution of Demo-
cratic hopes is clearly discerned by
those who watch the currents of pub
lie life and popular sentiment.
In short, the pretense that the Will
son administration has won the peo-
pie and broken down effective opposi-
ton Is transparently insincere. Those
who understand the conditions exist
ing have no such delusions, whatever
they say for publication.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

was raised, are among the things
which have passed into history They
have wellnigh been forgotten. The
Washington monument got as far as
the laying of the cornerstone. 1t was
IA big event, calling forth what was
said to have been the largest and
most enthusiastic parade held in the
city up to that time.
George w. Morris, the most popular
poet of the time, wrote a poem in
honor of the occasion; the governor
of the state, the mayor of the city,
and host of lesser lights and off,
cials were in attendance. Backed by
an organization known as the Wash
ington Monument association, incor-
porated by the legislature, and includ-
ing among it's trustees many of the
wealthiest merchants of the city, the
patriotic citizens looked forward
eagerly to the completion of a monu-
ment costing at Least $1,000,000, which
promised to rise to such height on
the high land of Hamilton Square as
to make it visible to mariners so miles
at sea.
The history of this Washington
monument movement, which reached
its climax on October 10, 1847, and
then suddenly lapsed into oblivion,
dates from 1888 when, headed by Gov.
Morgan Lewis, large number of in
fiuential citizens determined that New
York should erect to the memory of
George Washington the grandest
monument in the country. They were
incorporated by the legislature as the
Washington Monument association.
No serious effort appears to have
neen made to raise money. In 1843
the project was renewed, but this
also met with no better success
Spurred on by the efforts of Isaac s..
Lyon, one of the noteworthy charac-
ters of the time, whose occupation
was that of humble cartman, the
third association under the same
name was incorporated in March, 1847,
and this was the only one that showed
any genuine activity Lyons efforts
for the cause consisted chiefly in q
pamphlet which he wrote and widely
circulated, entitled The Washington
Monument, Shall 1t Be Built?" an ad-
dress which he dedicated to the citi.
zens of New York In 1846.
Let it be such a monument as
earth never saw before" he saiG, "fos'
1t will be dedicated to the memory
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
Food for Thought for Wilson.

In that somewhat academic detach-
ment in which President Wilson is
frequently observed to dwell he ap.
pears to have overlooked another fact
If his system of nominating presi-
dents had prevailed in the summer OF
1912 it is quite certain that Woodrow
Wilson would not now"be president.
And it is equally certain that the pres
ident now, if Democrat, would be the
Hen. Champ Clark, with Mr.. William
Randolph Hearst as the power behind
the throne.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

and 1t is usually transported from
place to place in the manner shown.
In use it is drawn by one of the native
cattle or by water-buffalo. The 9TH
er woman holds in her hand a hook
of the kind used for cutting the long,
coarse grass on the uncultivated hill
sides (there is much of this done), and
across her shoulder she has a carry
ing pole. The bead-dresses of both
women are quaint and characteristic.
What appears to be rough crushing
mill is partly shown in a corner of the
photograph. 1t consists merely Of a
circular slab of granite resting on an
other larger slab, which has a chan
mel cut round its outer edge with
Tipped outlet. A hole in the side Of
the upper slab is apparently intended
for the insertion of bar or hand
spike, by which it could be turned,
while another hole, through it's center,
provides means of ingress for the ar
ticle to be crushed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
THE LIGHT CHINESE PLow
Made Entirely Of Wood Except for
Peculiar Shaped "share"
Which ls Iron.

London.-Here is a snapshot Of a
village scene in South China. The
village is near the coast, and conse-
quently most of the men find employ
ment in fishing, while the women cul-
tivate the land, the crops grown con-
sisting chiefly of rice and sweet pota-
toes. The woman in the foreground
OF the photograph is carrying on her
shoulder a plough of the kind univer-
sally used in the district. 1t is made
entirely of wood except for the pecul-
iar-shaped SHARE" which is of iron,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
$4,000 FOR STAMP ALBUMS
Late Earl of crawford's British Col
lection Sold In London Includes
Rarest of Specimens.

London.-The late earl of Craw.
ford's collection of British stamps
was sold for $4,000. The purchasers
are Edward Healey & Co. of London.
The sale of the British stamps from
this philatelic collection, leaves in the
possession of the Crawford family
only the American stamps collected
by the late earl. All his other stamps
were sold in 1912. They included
some of the rarest specimens extant
and filled 60 volumes. The price paid
for them was not made public.
The late earl OF Crawford, who died
In February last, was elected presi-
dent of the Philatelic Society of Eng
land on the accession to the throne of
King George, who is an enthusiastic
philatelist and was president of the
society for many years. 1t was an.
nounced at the time that the earl of
Crawfords collection was second only
to that of the king, who has been col
lecting since his boyhood.
Among the rare stamps of this coun-
try in the collection which apparently
has not yet been disposed of are the
provisional issues by postmasters be-
tween the years 1S45 and 1S47, prior
to the earliest general issues by the
American government, One of the
stamps is the very rare 20-cent St.
Louis specimen, with a picture of two
bears. This stamp is valued at $1,500.
Another rarity is the Annapolis five.
cent envelope stamp of 1876, the value
of which is estimated also at $500.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
A Washington Note.

One of the minor historical myster-
les Is whether George Washington
ever held commission in the British
army. In 1743 one George Washing
ton was gazetted to colonelcy in the
Queens Royal Regiment of Dragons.
The George Washington in question
was never on the active list. and it is
quite within the bounds Of possibility
that the man who made the great
American republic may actually have
held a British commission. n.-Dundea
Advertiser.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
Was Too Late to Vote.

Watertown, N. Y,-One month after
election day, a farmer appeared at the
polling place in Gouverneur and In
quired where he should vote. He was
bewildered when informed he was thir-
ty days late.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

The chances are you would never
have heard William j. Bryan criticise
the senate rules permitting speeches
without terminal facilities If he had
succeeded in wedging his way in.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20
The Reason.

prospective juror in Judge Coop,
er's court yesterday was asked:
What are you doing now?"
Nothing, Wilson Is PRESIDENT
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

AS d Diplomat, Mr.. Bryan is the
most Droft2ble lecturer In the world
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

Observe the methods of others In
making money. but work out your own
individual problem In the dairy. There
are no two persons with exactly the
same conditions and facilities. Use
the experience of others to guide you.
but still do your own driving.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

1t is recognized fact that animal
food must be given during the winter
months to get satisfactory egg yield
and keep the fowls in healthy con-
dition. and while 1t may be supplied
in other ways. green bone Is the most
economical
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

Dairying compels farmer to d.
versify and to adopt a rotation in
crops, and there is nothing that the
average farm needs more, unless 1t is
fertility and the dairy business pro-
vides that too.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

Sweet clover is a great soil builder.
1t is great feed and 1t is great crop
but 1t Is Snly few years since sweet
clover was looked upon as the rankest
sort of weed to be guarded against
and fought under every circumstance,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-02-20

The farmer who arranges his work
so as to be busy all the year around
and to keep his men busy all the year
around is the man that gets the larg-
est profit and has the least trouble
with help
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-09
Alaska ProspectOr Lives
Ia Days on Dog Meat

Valdez, Alaska After narrowing
experience on the trail, Max Lichten-
berg reached Valdez recently to report
to the authorities the death of his
partner, Fred Greenough, November
rs, five miles south of Tazlina lake,
where the two men were camped
while on hunting and prospecting
trip.
Greenough was i'll for 81 days prior
to his death, and during the last seven
days could not be induced to eat.
Unable to bury his partner because
of the frozen ground, Lichtenberg
wrapped the body in his blanket,
placed it in tepee to protect it from
animals and started for the coast, de-
Gliding to come out over the Tazlina
glacier, then drop down on the Column
bia and Shoup glaciers to reach the
mining camps.
Caught in storm on the glacier,
Lichtenberg was forced to lie in camp
for many days. He finally ran out of
food and had to kill his two dogs to
keep life in his body. For IA days his
only food was dog.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-09
Says Appetite Is Not
Identical With HUNGER

Philadelphia An apparatus By which
D'ood may be removed, cleansed Of
'mpurity and returned to the system.
ana 2 contrivance by which It can be
determined whether one Is sufferino
from hunger or merely has an appetite
were among the inventions demon
s1rated Wednesday by members Of the
E eoeration OF American Societies for
sion here. '1A' 'eS-
a aog was utilized to illustrate the
Dlood-purifying apparatus. which WAS
the result Of the work Of Drs
Abel, L. G. Rowntree and 3. r Trr.
ner, OF Johns Hopkins UNIVERSITY n
A. :. Carlson, Of the University of
Cnlcago, demonstrated on himself the
efficiency Of the hunger-testing ma
cnine, which was his own invention.
Dr. Carlson defined hunger az .
sensation which arises in the stomach
while appetite, he explained. is q
nervous phenomenon Of the brain
swallowing small cigar-shaped rub
Der balloon, to which had been at
tached long rubber tubes, he inflated
the balloon in his stomach throu0b
the tubes and then attached the latter
to sensitized paper.
Hunger, he declared, caused the
muscles Of the stomach to grip the
balloon and drive out the air, which
registered the amount of hunger on
the sensitized papers.
White rats and mice were used in
an experiment designed to illustrate
the diffusion of the blood supply.
Dyes injected into their blood vessels
circulated in short time until the
little animals changed the color of
their flesh without much apparent dis
comfort. One rat was green to the
end OF his tail, while even the film of
his eyes was the color of an emerald.
The other was similarly tranformed by
the use of red dye.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-09
The Human Family Pays Annual
interest of $1,732, 000, 900.

Engineering News: This is the age
of extravaganza. According to figures
compiled by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, United States De-
partment of Commerce, the national
debts of the world now aggregate AZ
billion dollars, having increased 20
per cent in the last decade and doubl-
ed in the last 40 years. The interest
and other annual charges amounted
in 1912 to 1892 million dollars.
The largest national debt is that of
France, 1884 million dollars; the next
largest being Russia, 1853 million; the
United Kingdom, 3486 million; Italy,
2707 million; Spain, 1915 million; Brit
ish India, 1475 million; Japan, 1912
million, and the United States, 1923
million. The debt of the German en-
pire is stated at 1178 million dollars,
and of the German states, 1886 mil
lion; that of Austria Hungary, 1851
million; that of Austria, 1434 million,
and of Hungary, 1858 million dollars.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-09
Offers Husband for Sale;
Preferes Company of Cat

Boston-"I am willing to sell my
husband for $1,000 cash." wrote Mrs.
Agnew Bedell, Of Quincy, to Miss
Mary E. Chandler, in letter which
Miss Chandler has made public. Will
liam Bedell, the husband, is alleged to
have expressed his willingness to be
"sold."
The letter, after explaining that
Mrs. Bedel had seen Miss Chambers
name in the newspapers, continued:
81 see where you need husband to
take care Of your property and to be a
father to your baby. My husband is a
working man, tired of supporting q
family on small pay. | want money
to open boarding house. He will be
content to sit with you and to tend
the baby. AS for me, I'd rather have
nv cat"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-09
Banking Committee Is
Perfecting New Plans

Washington, D. C. The Federal
reserve bank organisation COMMITTEES
has supplemented It's plan for Iocat-
ing Federal reserve cities with IN nm
official announcement pointing the
way for all cities to present their
claims for banks. Before the COM
mittee, consisting Of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo and Secretary Of
Agriculture Houston, starts on its tour
Of the country. it will advise clearing
house associations and boards Of trade
in cities that are in the field for re-
serve bank when they can be heard.
Only Ia cities in addition to Wash
ington will be visited, but it was the
understanding that any city and any
community can be heard at some point
on the trip around the country which
has been mapped out.
Although details for the hearings
have not been worked out, it is prob
able that the claims of Baltimore.
Philadelphia and Washington will be
heard here. Pittsburg will have an
opportunity either in Cleveland or
Cincinnati. Fort Worth, Tex, which
is in the field, will be allowed to argue
in Houston, and st. Paul and Mime
apolis in Chicago. Information the
committee procures will be used in
determining the depositaries Of the
reserve districts. It was said that
neither cabinet officer on the organiza-
tion committee had determined on the
number of reserve districts and cities.
The trip to be taken is almost as much
for this purpose as actually locating
the cities and defining the districts.
Officials Of the Treasury praised the
decision of the committee to work out
the district limits and cities by public
hearings.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-01-09
Following His Trade.

Speeches. with wrath, a little man
was ushered into the court. An orna-
ment of the police force had found
him lettering about and had arrested
him as a suspicious character.
What were you doing at the time
OF your arrest?" asked the weary mag
istrate. s
Simply waiting!" spluttered the
prisoner.
What were you waiting for?"
my money"
Who owed you the money!"
The man I had been waiting for. /"
What did he owe it to you for?"
For waiting"
The magistrate took his glasses off
and glared at the prisoner. M
DO not jest with me-" he said.
Now, tell me, have you trader"
"Of course I have" s
Then what is it?''
Il earn my living waiting. You see,
I'm a waiter. - Cleveland Leader.