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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-03-15
Clear Away The Waste.

Bowel regularity is the secret of good
health, bright eyes. clear compilations,
and DR.. Kings New Life Pills are
mild and gentle laxative that regulates
the bowels and relieves the congested
intestines by removing the accumu.
lated wastes without grlplng. Take a
pill before retiring and that heavy
head, that dull spring fever feeling dis
appears. Get DR.. Kings New Life at
your druggist, 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-03-15
SOME OBSERVATIONS
Concerning Nothing Very Serious
But Worthy of Thought.

As a dove of peace, First Chief
Carranza is tough old hen hawk.
Universal training service is a
system just broad enough to match
the benefits.
At the present price of pork, it
is something of compliment to
call man ga hog"
One may be permitted to hope
that Congress is not too proud to
legislate for the nation s defense.
Some people want a referendum
on war. Why not have one on
possible change in the earth S or
bit2
Just where is w. j. Bryan hid
ing those million men trained to
arms that could be raised over
night?
During the next six weeks we
may expect the Toledo newspapers
to capture the 1917 baseball pen
nant for the Toledo team.
The old Maumee river woke up
from her long winter sleep and
kicked off the covers on Monday.
Another and very certain sign OF
Spring. ,
In case the expected strike of
railroad men takes place, it is un-
derstood that should war be de-
clared the railroad men will re-
sumo work.
The Kaiser has frequently said
that God was on his side. But he
took pains to get a raft of heavy
artillery and a few million men
before he made the claim.
About six inches Of the "beau-
tiful" dropped from the skies
early on Tuesday morning. 1t was
a surprise and quite unwelcome to
those who are weary OF winter.
Are the American people who
are tamely submitting today to the
German embargo any kin to the
American people who two years
and a half ago applauded the Bel
gians because they wouldn't tn
The question of street car serv-
ice is now receiving considerable
attention, especially by those
whose business and employment
requires their prompt arrival in
Toledo every day. One of the i'm
portant factors in the welfare of
Perrysburg is the residence in this
village of several hundred people
who are employed in Toledo and
Rossford and unless the car serv-
ice is maintained at a higher
standard Of efficiency than is now
being given many of these people
will find it necessary to change
their residence to the city and take
from Perrysburg many who now
earn their money in the city and
spend it in Perrysburg, thus max.
ing the maintenance OF prompt
and regular street car service as
important to the business men OF
town as it is to those who are em
ployed in the city. 1t is not a
question Of good or ill will toward
the Maumee Valley r. & L. Co.
but merely one of having a service
that will insure prompt, safe and
regular passage to and from the
city. There is no public question
that should be given more careful
consideration by our people and
if the Civic association (whose first
duty is the furtherance of the wei
fare of our citizens) can possibly
do anything to bring about an i'm
provement in present conditions, i
will demonstrate its usefulness an6
power for good in the village by
30 doing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-03-15

MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Vietch had
as their Sunday guests, Mr.. and
Mrs Chas. Oberst, of Fremont, Mr..
Geo. Allmendinger and Mr.. Albert
Allmendinger and son, Robert, of
Toledo.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-03-15

--Mf. and MIS-. James Martl
spent Wednesday in Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Reetz had
as Sunday guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jno. Klagg, Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Klagg and family, and Mr.. Albert
Klagg, of Toledo.
The Misses Leona and Francis
Klear of Holgate and Mrs. G. E.
Carroll of Hamler were guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Stewart last Thursday.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
ELECTRICAL

no one had had the courage to blaze
the new trails? Where would the
present generation be if no one had
had the will and the determination
to leave the beaten paths and take the
untravelled roads?
1t is only the will that is needed TO
take all OF us out of our ruts. If we
are dissatisfied with our present con-
dltlons, only the will to better them
Is necessary in order to find the way.
| once we make up our minds that we
are going to pull up out of the deep
ruts we determine to improve our
conditions, and we will soon find the
means Of doing so.
THE power within us lies There
IS no need for lamenting our condi-
tions, no need to envy others the COM
forts, luxuries, or advantages which
they enjoy. The power within us
hes and We have only to make use
OF it. The trouble is that it is much
easier to stay where we are; it is
much easier to envy the advantages
of others than to set about to earn
them for ourselves. And most of us
choose the easiest way. We may envy
others in their possessions, but not
enough to bestir ourselves to win
similar possessions for our own.
Crawling out of rut is the hard
est work imaginable, for it takes
strength. and will and perseverance.
1t is easy to fall into rut; it is even
easier to stay there; but to decide
that one has been in rut long
enough and that it is time to pull out
OF 1t-that requires more strength of
purpose than most of us realize.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
WHAT is SENTIMENTALITY?

| started out by asking people,
What is sentimentality? and What
is sentiment" A breezy party from
Chicago answered as follows: Sen
timent is what makes you pay fifty
dollars year to store worthless
furniture worth ten dollars all todd
because your first-born bumped his
head on that table, and your eldest
sister started housekeeping with the
other stuff. Sentimentality is why
wives leave home and children to go
and live in a bungalow with long
haired affinitieS who finally desert
them. 1t is why some of these seven
teen-year-old girls come TO Chicago
from little country towns and marry
thieves and degenerates, when the
butcher-boy at home would have made
them ever so happy and they would
have been sure OF at least their saus-
age"
This is quite true-we feel it to be
so-and it is also very hard common
sense rather dehciously put, not a
definition.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
ONE THOUSAND YEARS OLD.

Do you know how old the eight
hour law is?
1t dates back to the time Of Alfred
the Great.
He was known as the good coun-
selor and he laid down the maxim of
eight hours of work, eight hours of
sleep, and eight hours of recreation.
L. j. Ryan, in a recent issue of
the Plate Printers, gives a complete
history of the eight-hour law from the
time when it took hours to carve out
a proclamation on stone down to the
latest developments in the Adamson
measure.
Mr.. Ryan claims the law had it's
birth as far back as thousand years.
President Martin Van Buren, thought
a short work day a splendid idea, and
he cut down the hours of Government
workers to ten per calendar day. The
first organized fight of labor in this
country for an eight-hour law was in
1856, when William H. Sylvis was
elected president of the National La
Dor Union.
I'm 1868 Congress passed the first
eight-hour law" declares Mr.. Ryan.
President Johnson signed it. s. s s.
President Grant subsequently sup
ported the law
But earlier than this the attention
OF the people was directed to the de-
mands of workers for an eight-hour
day by parades and mass meetings.
The movement started in 1865 by
the Columbia Typographical Union,
according to Mr.. Ryan, was directly
responsible for the law being placed
upon the statute books.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
UNDERTAKES

Once more she started for Mrs.
Whites place. When she came to the
house she found it an old hut. She
gave slight rap at the door. A gen.
tie voice said, Come in"
She opened the door, and what a
sight! All alone on her little bed lay
Mrs. White with no food and no fire
to keep her warm. The snow drifted
in through the cracks. When she saw
this sad thing Virginia made up her
mind to be kind to the poor.
Mrs. White, here are some things
that my mother has sent you,' said
Virginia, showing the basket.
How kind of your mother to think
of me" said Mrs. White
Before Mrs. White had got through
talking, Virginia had nice fire going.
Virginia took some Of the food and
gave it to Mrs. White.
We'll, | must co." said Virginia.
Come again, DEAR" said Mrs.
White.
Yes, / WILL" said Virginia.
She soon left and was home and
seated by the fire, telling the sad news
to her mother and father.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
SUNG IN MANY COUNTRIES.

The air of God Save The King" and
Hell Dir i'm Sieger KranZ" also
figured in the national or patriotic
songs of many other countries. In
the United States is was adopted by
Samuel S. Smith for his famous song,
beginning My Country IT'S of Thee"
This was first sung in Boston in 1882
and has often been called the national
anthem Of the republic, although that
honor is now more generally accord
ed to The Star Spangled Banner"
In Bavaria the same air is used to
Hell! unserm KONG. He'll" In
Switzerland it becomes "Rufst du,
mein Vaterland," 1t is sung with
other words in Denmark, Norway and
a number Of the German states, in
Gliding, besides Prussia and Bavaria,
the kingdoms Of SaXony and Wuert-
Iemberg, and in Brunswick, Weimar
and Hanover.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
THE LITTLE BLUE SPOOL,

There was once a little blue spool
in a great loom that was weaving
beautiful silk of many colors. But
one day, the little shuttle, or spool,
that carried certain shade of blue
thread, said to himself
There isn't very much blue that
[ can see, in this silk | don't be-
lieve that I'm of much use, and I'll
just not work any more
And he didn't. And when the silk
was taken from the loom, it was
found that the silk was ruined, for
there were great gaps in it where
the little spool should have run
through.
We have all a part in the great
loom of life; and, like the little blue
spool that spoiled the beautiful silk,
we each must do our share of work,
no matter how insignificant it may
seem, or we will spoil the whole web.
Davenport Messenger.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
"PERHAPS A LOCAL SHOWER"

Local thunder storms" is fire.
quent phrase in the summer weather
forecasts. Sometimes they come,
sometimes they do not. The truth
is that no way has been discovered
to predict Just where summer thunder
showers will occur. Under certain
conditions they are likely to occur
almost anywhere, and they are just
as likely not to occur at all.
The reason for the uncertainty is
that under the influence Of the sum
mer heat the atmosphere becomes
more or less unstable. Currents are
apt TO get started here and there and
shoot up or down in the most unac-
cOuntabIe way Rain comes when
there is a strong rising current, for
that cools the air and squeezes out
the moisture in drops heavy enough
TO fall to the earth.
The air at the earth's surface is
considerably heavier than it is mile
high This means it is packed to-
gether at the surface, and that it is
expanded in the upper atmosphere
When you pack air together, as in
pumping UP a bicycle tire, you find
that it gets heated. When it expands
it cools off. Air expanding and rising
loses one degree of heat for every one
hundred and eighty feet that it rises
Cold air cannot carry so much mois-
ture as warm ar AS the air rises
the moisture in it begins to condense
into clouds. If the rising continues
the drops that compose the mist may
become large enough to fall as rain.
Sometimes the air rises so rapidly
that it carries the drops up with it so
they do not reach the earth, but are
broken up and taken into the atmoS-
phere again as water vapor. Occa-
sionally a rising current is checked
and the drops it was carrying upward
are suddenly dropped in a deluge
which we call cloudburst.
There are times when the atmos-
pheric movements are so strongly
marked that the forecaster may feel
fairly confident in predicting that
they will bring rain. But for long
stretches in the summer no strong
movements develop, although condi-
tons make it probable that there will
be here and there upshoots of air that
will cause rain. Then he must take
refuge in adding to his prediction of
generally fair and continued warm,
the words, perhaps a local thunder
shower"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
THE FATAL ADMISSION,

He's a failure." said his neighbor,
But he wasn't one, you bet!
For he started out to labor :
AS he'd never labored yet;
And he did his daily duty with a grim
determined smile
For a fellows not failure who keeps
busy all the while.
He's failure" said his fellows,
But he wasn't-not just yet
Though he had a leaky bellows
And a staggering load of debt.
Hes failure!" said his father
He's an ornery, yellow pup!'
But a fellows not a failure if he
hasn't given up.
He's failure!" sighed his mother,
He's a failure." sobbed his wife:
There was never friend or brother
Who could help him back to life.
Then he murmured I'm failure"
But he wasnt-not a bit,
Till that fatal moment came when he
himself acknowledged it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
RULES FOR MARRIED LIFE.

From Cleveland, o., comes a recipe
for making marriage happy without
great effort. Judge Charles /. Estep
a grey-haired jurist of years of expert
ence with divorce cases, is the great
benefactOr who discloses the secret
of matrimonial bliss.
He says: For all those who wish
to follow my well-considered advice
have listed the following six
lessons:
L. You husbands never neglect
to kiss your wives affectionately on
quitting the house in the morning for
the office or workshop. And when
you return in the evening have a
cheerful word for your LIES partner
who has prepared tasty repast for
you and whose hands were not idle
While you were away working for
your daily bread.
=. Be careful, you wives, not to
interrupt your husbands while they
are reading the newspapers. Don't
grud9e them this little mental recrea.
ton which they need after a day of
toll.
-. Husbands and wives, don't
forget that it is Just as easy to see
the good points in each other as it is
the faults, and that the former is a
wiser and more practical policy.
Il. And then be truthful TO each
other. If You men intend TO go out
for a game of cards don't try to tell
your wives that you are going to a
meeting or to visit a sick friend Mu-
absolute truthfulness. And without
this respect a happy married life is
out of the question
%. And then above all. YOU
women, don't nag your husbands
Men are overgrOWn children and with
love and smiling indulgence a clever
woman can strip her husband Of
characteristics which she does not
like, but never by nagging.
'6. And in conclusion, you young
men and women who contemplate
marriage, take your time before you
take this fatal step. Learn to know
each other thoroughly, insofar as this
is possible before marriage. Learn
to respect and understand each other.
And then regard each other when
with the same loving eyes
as in the cOurtship period
Truly, six splendid lessons on matri-
mony. Perhaps they appear to be
somewhat naive and overlook the
most important element, the religious
factor, nevertheless the more one
ponders on Judge Estep's recipe, the
stronger grows the conviction that he
hit. the nail squarely onsthe head..;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.

Though the Arabs number less than
the population of London, their lam
guage is one of the most widely
spoken and influential in the world,
for it is the language of the Koran.
Seventy millions of people in Asia
and north Africa speak some form of
Arabic as their vernacular, and quite
as many more know something of
the language from the Koran, which,
in the original, is a textbook in the
day schools of the Mohammedans
from Turkey to Afghanistan and New
Guinea. Nor is Arabic unworthy of
this extensive use. Renan, after ex-
pressing his surprise that such a
language should spring from the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24

present because she had to go to Mrs.
Whites house for her mother.
You wouldn't catch me doing such
thankless thing" said Doris Gray.
IF | were you, l would go skating
first. Then you can go to Mrs.
Whites house AFTER" said Gertrude
Smith.
Skating will not last very long, be-
sides you can go and see her any
time" said Mary.
The girls did not have to say an
other word. She hid her basket and
wood and was soon on the pond,
where there were many girls having
a fine time
1t was clear moonlight night and
the air rang with shouts of the
skaters. At first Virginia was not
very happy. Her mothers words,
60 at once" were ringing in her
ears. But it was not long before she
forgot about Mrs. White. The time
passed away so swiftly that, before
she knew it, it was ten o'clock.
1t was too late to go and see the
poor woman that night. Then Vir-
ginia ran home and went to bed with
out seeing her mother. 1t was the
first time she had gone to bed with
out saying Good night" to her mother
and father.
The next morning when she came
downstairs her mother said to her.,
We'll, Virginia, how did you find
Mrs. White last night?"
Her face became red and she did
not dare to look her mother in the
eyes.
She never forgot the pain, when
she saw her mothers face. when she
told her mother the truth. Her sad
face told her ALL
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
HOW A THoUGHTLEss GIRL
OBEYED.

There was once thoughtless girl.
When she was at school she was al
ways at her games. When her
mother asked her to do anything she
always refused
One night, at supper, her mother
asked her to take some wood and
some food to a friend.
1t was winter and there was fine
skating on the ice pond. Her play
mates would all be there. On her
way to Mrs. Whites house she met
some of her friends. They had their
skates. They asked Virginia to go
skating with them.
She told them she could not go at
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE.

Have you ever heard of the Sugar
Plum Tree?
'Tis marvel of great renown,
1t blooms on the shore of the Lollipop
Sea
In the garden of Shut-Eye Town;
The fruit that it bears is so wondrous-
ly sweet
CAS- those who have tasted it say
That good little children have only
to eat
Of the fruit to be happy next day.
When you've got to the tree, you
would have hard time
To capture the fruit which | sing;
The tree is so tall that no person
could climb
To the boughs where the sugar
plums swing!
But up in that tree sits a chocolate
cat,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
MILK AND CREAM

And a gingerbread dog prowls be-
low;
And this is the way you contrive to-
Those sugar-plums tempting you SO:
You say but the word to that ginger
bread dog,
And he barks with such terrible
ZeSt
That the chocolate cat is at once all
agog,
AS her swelling proportions attest.
And the chocolate cat goes cavorting
around
From this leafy climb unto that,
And the. sugar-plums tumble, of
course, to the ground
Hurrah for that chocolate cat,
There are marshmalfows, gum-drops,
and peppermint canes,
With stripings of scarlet or gold,
And you carry away of the treasure
that rains
AS much as your apron can hold.
So come, little child, cuddle closer to
In your dainty white nightcap and
gown,
And I'll rock you away to that Sugar
Plum Tree
In the garden of Shut-Eye Town.
Eugene Field.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
Kansas Clip Star
NO MISERS IN BURMA.

When a Burman has earned little
money he Immediately proceeds to
spend it all, for the Burmese have no
ambition to be rich and never hoard.
Consequently there are no large land
owners, and, there being no aristoc-
racy, the people are as near being on
an equality as possible. Poor people
are quite as rare as rich people, and
the only beggars to be met with are
the lepers, who sit on the steps of the
pagodas. Should Burman find him.
self in possession of a large sum OF
money he builds a pagoda and posi-
bly, a Zayat, or rest house. If any
money still remains he gives a theat-
rical performance.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
ABOUT RuTs.

1t is always easier to stay in the
old ruts than to blaze new trails for
yourself. To pull out of a rut and
start on an unbroken path means
endless labor and trouble. So most
of us stick to our ruts. And yet
where would the world be to-day if
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24

desert regions of Arabia and reach
perfection in nomadic camps, declares
that 1t surpasses all it's sister Semitic
languages in richness of vocabulary,
deilcacy of expression and the logic
OF its grammatical construction.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24
NOTICE.

The poem recently published on.
Titled, The Rosary in Ireland,'I ap-
peared originally in the Ave Maria
1t is by E. w. Nilsson.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-24

To take and do Gods will as gladly
IN little things as in great, is conduct
wholly Diyine.-Fathe Elliott, C. s. p
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-01-11

The dance at the Armory last even
ing under the auspices of the Out-of-
Doors sports club was a success, and
about $40 was cleared. Pleasing dance
melodies were discoursed by Ander-
sons orchestra, and those present en-
joyed every minute of it, The club
served tempting hot lunch during
the evening. /, The .Armory was taste
fully decorated for the occasion, and
toboggans, skis and evergreen boughs
and Christmas tree were in evidence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-01-11

The remodeled and re-decorated
basement of. the Methodist church will
be formally reopened Wednesday, JAM
.uary IT, at 1880 p. m. The pictures
which are to be hung on the walls will
make it the art gallery of the church.
DR.. w. E. J. Gratz is expected to de-
liver an address. A short program
and refreshments will be provided.
Those of all other churches are in
.vited. Ten or fifteen cents please to
cover expenses. Il.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-01-11

Certain members of the Minneapolis
basket ball team that opposed the
high school quint Friday evening,
started something while here, and as
a result, the leader, Chester A. Gle,
was gathered in by Marshal King, who
brought the culprit before Justice
Dickey. A fine of SIS and costs was
assessed; which was paid. Disorderly
conduct was the offense charged.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-01-11
home one day last week.

nome one day last week.
Miss Karen Uglem spent Thursday
and Friday with Mrs. Arthur Larson.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Carlson passed
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson.
We are very sorry to hear that the
Misses Sophie and Constance Thomp-
son are i'll and hope they will soon
recover. ...s...- ~" = -
A few from here attended the party
given at Dan Anderson's on Saturday
evening at Freer. At e = IF
Eugene Hill returned home from the
hospital Sunday afternoon. 90. ;.
Ed Preston Of Minneapolis was a
guest at the Miller home Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Schanhaar and Miss
Freeze of Princeton spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lipp:
Miss Selma Elslager is employed at
Ole .Bye's, while Mrs. Bye is at the
hospital, ,t ~ @.-C 4.
A few friegs11s gathered at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Larson Thurs
day evening. Gard playing was the
chief amusement:
An eight pound girl was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Bye Friday morning
at the hospital. r
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Polsfuss and
family spent Sunday at the, home Of
Gust Thofnquist. .ssz 'sto.S1 z'ss.