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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTER
TATNMENT AND TREAT

Wednesday evening, Decem-
Der 29th, is the time for this
happy event. Arrangements are
in progress to make this a joy
GUS evening for all boys and
girls for this occasion.
Sure, Santa Claus will be
there. He will be looking for
you.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
FOR SALE!

= ON ~ 71 - .
Four acres, elegant home, all kinds
of choice fruit and berries; barn, Gel
lar; well tiled; fine poultry farm and
a fine summer home, in Perrysburg,
Ohio. Also two acres adjoining with
tenant house thereon if so desired.
Will give possession Immediately.
Fifty acres, extra loan and sand
farm; house, barn and other build
ings; tiled, fenced. l can sell this
farm at $110 per acre if sold soon.
Cottage house and lot on Second
street; fine location. A bargain for
someone.
Forty acre sand farm in Monclova
township, Lucas county, Ohio, $500.
Seven acres; good house, barn and
several small buildings; 100 fruit
trees, grapes and different kinds of
small fruit; 11a miles from Perrys-
burg. Possession can be given imme-
diately.
M. B. COOK
Real Estate Agent. Perrysburg. O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
A CHECK is A RECEIPT FOR
MONEY PAID
PAY YOUR BILLS BY CHECK

How often have you paid a
bill the second time because you
did not get a receipt the first
time? If you pay your bills by
check you will never pay the
second time. The returned
voucher is an indisputable re-
ceipt and gives you an accurate
record of your expenditures.
We pay 4 per cent interest on
savings deposits cOmpOunding
the interest every six months.
Open an Account Today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

Kimbau Burroughs came of age I'D
/ the autumn OF 1871. His birthday oc.
/ Cured on the sth of October. and he
+ celebrated the event by giving din
ner I was present and have occasion
/ to remember the date perfectly The
sth of October that year fell on sun
day. How 1 happen TO remember this
will appear as l proceed with my story.
Two other events in Burroughs
life were celebrated at that dinner. 1t
was a farewell TO his bachelor friends,
for he was TO be married the next
evening, and he came into possession
of $4,000 invested in negotiable Sc
curities.
The autumn of 1871 was very dry
season. Chicago, the city in which We
were living, had experienced a series
of fires While we were dining fire en-
gines went changing by necessarily.
Lifting a curtain of west window I
saw a great yellow glare. IN less than
an hour every one of US mad left the
dinner table and gone out TO witness
the beginning Of the great Chicago
fire.
Burroughs wedding did not take
place the next day, for his home, the
home Of his fiancee and the church he
was 10 have been married in were all
either in flames or in ruins. What
troubled Burroughs most was fear
that his securities might have been de-
stroyed. They were in the keeping Of
his guardian, and his guardian was
among those who were missing after
the fire fend had satisfied its hunger.
AS soon as the ruins had cooled Bur
roughs began a search for his fortune.
It was not found at the safety de-
post company where his lawyer Sam
uel Coolidge, had kept valuables. The
Office safe had tumbled from the
fourth story of the building, and ey-
erything in it had been burned to pow
der. These two incidents taken to-
gether convinced Burroughs that he
had lost his fortune. for the securities |
were not of the registered kind, but In /
the nature of a banknote. At any rate, /
if he recovered any of his inheritance /
he could do so only after long pro- /
cess.
As soon as Burroughs was convinced /
Of this he went to his fancee ard Of /
Tered to release her. She wept and /
noaned and vowed that she could new
er love any one else, but did not give
any definite answer to his offer But
when month had passed and her low
AZ was hard pressed for money TO
meet his immediate expenses she
urned him down. We who had attend
ID our friends bachelor dinner felt
hat he had made a narrow escape.
Mss Etherling, the lady in question,
lad in her own right something like
10000. This gave her an income of
nut $1,000 a year, and she needed
much more than that TO enable her to
eep up her position in society.
One day about three months after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
INSURANCE RATES.

The Canton Ledger voices its az
prevail Of -the movement begun in The
direction Of a systematic fight agains
I high insurance rates in Canton an,
elsewhere throughout the state" and
says that the movement should not b,
allowed 10 drag.
This and other cities have been
Weighted too long By this burden,
which is all the more unreason-
able because while everything
asked By the insurance under
writers % lessen fire danger has
been done. there has been no APP
probable reduction Ia the cost OF
Insurance. u is time 20 call a
halt. time 10 take this condition
before the state legislature and
demand that redress be granted
by the insurance companies. and
that right soon
The McDouOugh Democrat says that
conditions are no worse al Canton
than To- Bushnell. and goes on 20 give
Instances OF the arbitrary tactics OF
the organized insurance interests In
dealing with Bushnell pOlicy holders.
The Democrat adds
Exchanges OF this newspaper are
all telling the same story all over
the state. and IL IS time for the
people 20 be waking up 20 the fact
that fire assurances in Illinois are
away beyond what they should be.
The Illinois Press association has
an Insurance committee OF three mem
bers. and a legislative committee head
ed by p A. Suively. both working for
necessary reforms in insurance mat
ters- Mr. Suively in a letter % the
members OF the association commends
the report o. Insurance Superintend-
ent Potts for consideration. and
says concerning Mr.. Potts recommen-
dations-
The reform recommended from
a standpoint OF pecuniary benefits
10 the public. Is the greatest OF
legislation undertaken in Illinois
in the last half century. i direct
~ benefits every citizen. II Is
measure that should receive the
heartiest support OF every newspa-
per man In the state. AS legisla-
tive committeeman for Illinois
Press association for the past %
years. feel Justified in appealing
% you 90 give all possible aid 20
superintendent Potts. not only
through the columns Of your paper.
but see and talk 20 your senator
and representative. n possible.
Insurance has become an absolute
necessity to every man in business,
and the furnishing OF insurance has be-
come in the nature OF public function.
Il the state has any power 20 regulate
utilities or banking. 10 certainly has
lOwer 20 make rigid supervision OF
insurance. the Peoria Journal opines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
Trial by Ordeal.

a man suing a railroad company in
the United States court in New Or
leans sought TO convince the jury that
his legs were paralyzed by having fire
applied to the flesh. He manifested
no discontinue during this demon
stration. Next day the railroads at
torney stabbed himself five times in
the back of the hand to prove that
any man could steel himself to endure
pain without wircing. We wait word
that the plaintiff has appeared in court
wearing patent leather shoes two sizes
smaller than his feet: that the op-
posing counsel has pulled his own eye
teeth; that the plaintiff has retaliated
by violently kicking a brick, and that
in summing up, the railroad lawyer
Iours a sackful of bees down the back
of his own neck.-Detroit News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
Brady,M.D.
Every Little Movement.

Two Of the greatest curative prin
ciples in the art OF healing are move
ment and rest.
Why does a surgeon splint a frac-
ture and support the arm in a sling
Not TO hold the bones in place, for
that might be accomplished without
support other than a bandaEe. Not
merely 10 relieve pain. for that. too,
might be done in other ways. The
purpose is 10 put the injured part AT
rest Nature prescribes rest as a rem
edy for every injury or acute infiam-
nation. The surgeon or physician en-
deavors TO follow natural laws.
Why does the doctor interdict food
by mouth in the treatment OF such
conditions as appendicitis. gastric III
Ger. and acute digestive disturbances
OF many kinds? Not because food is
poisonous. but because he wishes TO
give the affected part rest. Physiolog-
teal rest is the more essential part Of
the medical treatment of appendicitis.
All standard measures of treatment
are applied with that supreme pur-
pose-to splint the alimentary tract
TO prevent peristaltic movement of
the bowel so Tar as possible for a few
days.
Why IS cold fresh air so beneficial
in pneumonia? For one reason, il sup
plies the needed oxygen with less ef-
fort on the part OF the inflamed lung:
II you can give the patient sufficient
air with a smaller number OF inspira-
lions per minute you are giving the
inhamed lung a grateful rest-and ev-
cry little movement hurts.
Rest in bed may seem a superflu-
Gus order in certain milder illnesses.
but the doctor knows from experience
that you viii have a quicker eonya-
lescence and smaller bill-more's the
pity,-if YOU do not balk against ma
lures prescription. That is why he
drives you OF to bed. He doesn't want
TO wait 50 long for his compensation.
When Nature Needs a Guide.
On the other hand. IL is frequently
necessary 10 intervene between nature
and the patient Nature Is inclined 10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

fty. the Professor Hiram B.ngham's
expedition TO Peru unearthed the IA
nous Lost Inca city. Of Aachu Picchu
probably built 1000 years ago. and has
undertaken exhaustive studies OF the
first civilization OF he new world
These studies point 20 . marvellous
past development IN what is called the
'-nsE world and what. after all. may
Be the home where eaTth's FIRST culture
Graded
The society has maintained an OK
petition in the neid for three years
Investigating the glaciers OF Alaska.
and its report upon fee and glacial con
disions In this primary home OF great
glaciers r. one OF the most comprehen-
slvs sver made. The largest ice
streams In the world. outside OF the
polar regions. are % be found In
Alaska. and the variety OF conditions
under which they wers studied here
has given something OF picture that
obtained during the ice age OF the
world.
In the diffusion OF geographic knowi-
edge. the activities Of the society nave
been various and unremittant. no ei-
fort being spared In the endeayor to
bring the wide world into the
homes Of all the people. Maps and
works Of geographical importance are
constantly Issuing from the society's
press. while geographic Information
gathered In ali parts OF the world and
made in every land
come 20 the society in great mass
% material which Is prepared and Is
sued for It's members In a monthly
Besides these branches
% the sOciety's work. great wealth
% geographic Information In connec-
ton With matters OF the day OF inter I.
est % the people OF America - pre- 1
pared and distributed. while tens OF /
thousands Of inquiries from members /
and others upon geographic and allied ]
subjects are received and answered I
each year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
AN EDITOR so YEARS.

In managing and editing a news
paper for half a century VI. II. deYoung
OF the san Francisco Chronicle has
established 4 record In American Jour
naIism- Not the least remarkable fea-
ture has been the ability OF AIr. de-
Young TO personally readjust himself
from time 10 time To keep pace with
the revolutionary developments OF
his business during the years he has
been actively in the harness.
There have been other newspaper
editors who have followed their call
ing for long periods. but as a rule they
have gradually fallen behind the times
and their newspapers have reflected
their inability 20 cope with new meth
DDS and new mechanical equipment
Not so In the case OF Mr.. deYoung.
whose newspaper has been maintained
abreast OF It's contemporaries and m
line with the amazing development OF
the Pacific coast
The Chronicle has celebrated its
5Oth anniversary with n Golden jubi-
lee and Exposition" edition which is
a model. measured by modern news
paper standards. and which gives a
review OF the upbuild-
ing OF the Pacific coast states and
shows also how San Francisco has ris-
en- above the effects OF the disaster
which laid the city in ruins nine years
ago The plant OF the Chronicle was
destroyed by the earthquake and fire.
this being one OF several crises which
the newspaper and It's editor have
Neathered-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SOCIETY.

The esth annual meeting o. the
board OF managers OF the National
Geographic society. which has a total
membership OF more than a third OF a
million OF whom 2A0TO live in the
state OF Illinois. has Just been held In
Washington o. II. Tittrnann. superln-
tendent % the United States coast ard
geodetfc survey. was elected president
and Rear Admiral John z Pillsbury.
retired. vice president The other off,
Gers % the society were reelected as
follows Gilbert ~. GFosvenor. director
and editor. John Joy Edison. treasurer.
q. =. Arsttn- secretary: John Oliver
LaGorce. associate editor. Frederick
n. EicheIberger. assistant treasurer.
and George w. Hutchisou. assistant
secretary.
The report OF the director and edi-
tor reveals the fact that no other
Organization ir the world whose aims
the National Geographic society. f.
growing as rapidly as this orEaniza-
tion. the ret growth during the past
year having been iO3.157.
Founded with i;s object the in
crease and diffusion OF geographic
kno~iedxe.- some notable work has
been accomplished recently BY the
society. through its various investiea-
tiors. IN adding 20 the worlds store
Of geographical information Under
It's auspices and those OF Yale univers-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
The Daily Story
An Incident of the Chicago Fire-By John Turniee

the fire ! met Burroughs on the street
He approached me with radiant
! countenance.
You've found your fortune" / said.
Guess again"
Give it up"
i've got a new sweetheart"
You don't mean it."
He briefly tod me how girl who
had loved him long had been grievea
at his engagement with Miss Ether
ling and had consented 20 take him
! with his poverty | congratulated him
| heartily. and we parted each about his
/ own affairs. Burroughs new loye-a
Miss TisdaIe-was as poor as a church
mouse. and l feared that since Kim.
/ ball had been brought up TO expect a
/ fortune they would have a hard life
/ We were all very busy after the Chi.
/ cago fire, and / saw nothing OF Bur.
roughs for some time. on returning
I from a business trip ] found on my
desk AN invitation from him for an.
other bachelor dinner previous 10 his
marriage with Miss Tisdale. to be Civ.
en- at the most expensive hotel IN the
city. / was too busy during the day
to learn anything further about hi7
affairs and went to the dinner with
no knowledge Of them except what (
have stated. The guests were an seat.
ed at the table when 1 entered. and
Burroughs stood at one end.
He beckoned me to a vacant seat be.
side him. but since he was standing
with a glass of wine in his hand. as If
standing. and a waiter filed my glass.
1t was evident from Burroughs man.
ner and that of his guests that some.
thing important was to be announced
my friends" he said perhaps
some of you have not heard of my
good fortune so ! viii inform YOU
Recently the debris left by the fire has
been cleared away for a building to be
erected on La Sale street Under the
ruins was found a safe, the contents
of (which were in perfect condition
One bundle of papers turned out 20
be my securities.
THE remains Of man were dlscoy-
cred also and identified as those of my
guardian. Samuel Coolidge He had
doubtless removed the contents Of bis
firms box from the safety deposit
vaults and carried them out into the
street. Driven by the fire into another
building. he had found an opportunity
to put them into Dafe, but penued
in by flames, was unable TO escape.
Il propose his memory standing
and in silence
It is quite likely that there were
many other cases Of devotion to duty
during that pandemonium. the heroes
and the heroines of which were buried
under the ruins, not to be eXhumed
Burroughs and his wife. their chill
dren and their grandchildren are liF-
ing a happy End united family. Miss
Etherling died a disappointed old
maid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
Sidelights on the European War

3 descendants of their ancestors who
won the victories Of Egmont and WI.
/ liam of Orange.
Great Britatn's efforts" IL adds.
although accompanied of course by
bluff regarding The creating of @ big
army proves a viii to conquer which
We honor in an enemy
The French soldiers. the Lokalau.
zeiger says. have prove surprise
we have seen" it proceeds. "I.ttle Of
the supposedly French theatrical hero
ism and reckless Drawing of every dan
ger. On the contrary they have dis
played estinable and praisew0rthy
military qualities Their field artil-
Iery consists Of good guns and per
forms excellent work and az their head
stands an army commando VINO
though he had won no decisive vic
tory has secured name iu The De-,
of most famous generals"
The Russians, the critic said. had
displayed an unexpected capacity 90
utilize the terrain and tine accuracy in
artillery THE fact that We f1ula
none of the $4,000 enemy wounded in
LODI, they all having been removed
in good time and transported TO War
saw and the further fact that !mmed-
lately after we compelled them To- re-
treat they offered such a stubborn de-
Tense are proofs that the Russian COM
mand has learned much from Celebrat-
ed retreats of Europatkin ID Mau-
churia.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

London.-(C Correspondence of Tn
( Associated Press.)-Aen of bushes,
with d ready eye to changing condi
tons have found that wartime offer,
many new roads to wealth, if the op
/ porunity is seized quickly. Almost
every day since the war began some
alert British manufacturer or trader
has found openings in some new field
The khaki boom, still at its height,
/ resulted in the sudden establishment OF
huge factories in the heart of London.
Hundreds of young women left good
places in the Jam and pickle factories
nearby for the work of making uni
forms. Tailors. pressers, who were
glad TO earn SO q week in normal
times are aOle to take in three times
that sum at present.
A prominent hardware manufac-
turer in Birmingham put his factory
into the hands of manager at the be
ginning of the war and himself hurried
10 a nearby town and erected q plant
for the manufacture of emblems and
buttons. He has been making these
novelties in wartime designs by the
million at a handsome profit
A photographer found a similar gold
mine by turning his entire plant over
to the printing of patriotic picture
postcards, while a struggling novelty
dealer has put his business on its feet
by the sale of a hundred thousand or
more sewing kits for soldiers.
Lesser successes have been achieved
by the men who have marketed such
minor articles for soldiers use as a
boot-tag, pipe lighter, and patriotic
brooch. An American traveller at the
beginning of the war CHANGED to learn
that the supply of cheap buttons in
England was precariousIy low. most
of the English supply having been i'm
ported from Austria He took i'm
mense orders in behalf of an American
firm at prices presumably well above
the ordinary
The war has brought a moderate
degree Of prosperity TO makers and
dealers in foods, clothing, medical
supplies, war munitions, and an i'm
mense number of small articles re-
quired by land or sea forces. Ship
builders and ship owners have scored
heavily. and the British farmer is get
ting unprecedented prices for his pro-
ducts. Even the dentists have had
their share OF war business, for it is
necessary that the man who is going
to the front to serve the king in water.
filled trenchc s, should have his teeth
IN sound shape il he is to enjoy the
excursion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27
No Doubt About It

II is hard to understand the word
neutral. / can find it in the dictionary
and have done so and the dictionary
tells me that it means to stay away
when you see TWO fellows fighting
But the trouble is that two were
fighting with their fists only and the
third stood a little distance away,
enough to be neutral and had a knife
in his hand One of the fighters got
on to it and paid him S1.0O for the
knife and continued fighting. Dinner
time came and the fellow who had had
the knife had bread in his hand Then
one of the fighters paid him for the
bread and continued fighting. Really
the other fellow fighting has a knife
and bread of his own, but he wants
the third fellow who sold the knife
and bread to be neutral And he is
neutral and even the dictionary can't
say he isn't. So what does the word
neutral mean, anyway? If any one
can answer. please explain.-A Kris
berg in Muscatine News-Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA paragrapher re
fers to the evangelist as "the original
nut Sunday"
DOC Wiley favors adjustment of
mems cuffs and collars. Evidently the
laundries agree with him.
IN Abilene, Texas, is the Laughter
Undertaking company, while in Eng
land Lieutenant BURY is engaged TO
wed Miss DeKay
POWER irons creases from the
face" says the Chicago Trib-
une. II isn't possible that Carter II
has been having sittings with the
beauty doc. Some of our men are
the yainest things, girruls.
J. NJ c. !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

Il is perfectly evident that some
body has failed 20 tell the truth about
the results OF Sundays battle In the
North sea When all the facts come
out 10 will not b. surprising II a. de
vclOps that the British lost more heav-
fly than they nov admit and that the
aght was the result OF a cleveriy laid
trap prepared BY the Germans TO draw
their enemy into a naval ambush For
obvious reasons neither power cares
at this time TO have the details made
public
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

With hoof and mouth disease preva-
lent 20 such - extent In both Mercer
and Whiteside counties that close
quarantine has been declared and
with Henry county To- the exposed
quarantine area Rock Island county
live stock interests are virtually Ia a
state OF siege.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

Ray Pfanschmidt % quincy Is now
on trial for the third time for murder.
The crime. one OF the most diabolical
on record. was committed 50 long ago
that the ordinary reader OF the daily
papers viii doubtless have trouble re-
membering the details. but the machin-
cry OF the law - a. far as ever from
establishing the defendants connec-
ton with a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

Picking. Core poHdcnce of The
Associated Press THE Manchu Ina
perial family has agreed TO lay aside
its official robes and to assume instead
the official dress of the repubic-t1e
frock coat and silk hat The present
empress dowager. who rs to an .utenis
regent for the deposed boy emperor
has also been persuaded by the so"
eminent of President Yuan no permit
any palace servants who prefers snort
hair to dispense with his queue. Ius
Manchus of the palace are as a class
the only people I'm Picking "Ao sun
wear the so-called pigtaiIa. Princes
when serving at the court always APP
pear in their robes and wearing
queue; but this queue in a number o.
cases is false aud when the princes
appear elsewhere they are generally
in ordinary Chinese dress or in loi
eign clothes with their hair chopped
short. The servants. however. have
been lOathe TO change without sane
ton from the empress dowager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-27

Win all respect for the skill % the
Krupps a. gun makers % probably e.
an open question whsther II Is much
more dangerous IS miles IN front OF
that new long range cannon which
shoots n proioctile weighing a ton than
Ia 70 within the radius that those who
operate u must occupy.