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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
Care of Goldfish.

There are few homes nowadays that
do not have goldfish for household
pets, but the trouble is that most folk
know little or nothing about the fish
and how to keep them in good condi-
ton. They do not need much care or
treatment. According to the best au-
thorities, they should be fed sparing-
ly-not more than pinch of food ey-
cry second or third day. Most per-
sons kill their goldfish by overfeed-
ing.
The fish are subject first of all to
Indigestion. This can be quickly no.
ticed by the fact that the fish in such
condition swims sideways or floats
on its back. In that case take the fish
out of the aquarium and place it in
water in which little salt has been
put. That will revive the fish within
few minutes. The best method is to
starve the fish rather than to give
them too much food.
The aquarium should also be consid-
cred. 1t should be square shaped and
not round it should not contain too
many fish for it's size. and it should
have just enough aquatic plants which
serve to "eat" the waste matter from
the fish, while the fish live on the
waste matter from the plants, thus es-
tablishing healthy balance in the
aquarium.
Water in the aquarium should not
be changed very often-not more than
once month or so, though glassful
of fresh water can occasionally be add
ed to make up for loss through evap.
Grafton. In changing the water care
should be taken that the fresh water
is Of the same temperature as that
from which the fish are taken, other
wise they will be chilled and will suf-
fer. When once in the water and they
are accustomed to the temperature
outside influences will not affect them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
The Pamphlet Traveller.

Do the railroad and steamship COM
panies recognize this pamphlet travel
er? Well, just listen: 1--WE are ma
ton of travellers" said the president
of large coastwise steamship COM
pany. "Those who can't travel in real
ity travel in fancy. Thousands of dol
lars are spent yearly by the railroad
and steamship lines in pamphlets and
advertising matter which goes into
the hands of thousands of people who
do their travelling mainly by street
car.
Pamphlet travellers We call them
and they are the most expensive tfay-
elers we have, for they never produce
any revenue. There are some people
who actually intend to take these
trips, but can honestly say that ma
jority of our pamphlets go to people
who know that they are not going to
leave the city. These booklets are
favorite summer reading around vaca-
ton time and the circulation figures
would make a best-seller envious.
MANY railway and steamship line
presidents have considered dispensing
with their finely illustrated and costly
booklets but is is next to impossible,
for we would then fail to serve the
real prospective travellers. But these
street car vacationists cost us thou
sands of dollars"
One of the best-informed men on
travel l ever met was bookkeeper
for grain concern in Middle West
city. He could talk Familiarity Of ev-
cry corner of the world tell one the
best hotels in Nagasaki, Manila, Flor
ence, Bordeaux or Petrograd. ]
thought he must have been an old and
experienced traveller, until I met a
close friend of his and we were dis
cussing the bookkeeper.
"He is one of the best'traveled men
I ever met" remarked. "He must
have had a remarkable life."
The friend looked at me closely.
John has never been outside the
state" he said.
Then | knew that John was one 0l
the great army of travellers de luxe
] via pamphlet.-Leslile's.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
MISSING WILL IN HER SLIPPER
Grandchild of Wealthy Maker Dis
covers Document BY Accident.

erandchild of Wealthy Maker Dis
covers Document BY Accident.
Jacksonville, Mich.-When Thomas
y. Sestel, pioneer resident of Fillmore
Township, died on May 80 there be-
gan a search for a will disposing Of
his estate, which is valued at upward
of $4,000.
A justice who drew up will and
the men who signed as witnesses
testified to the existence of such
document, but search failed to re-
veal the missing testament. The es'
tate was taken into probate court to
be divided among the heirs according
to their rights by birth.
AS probate judge was about to
take this step one Of the dead mans
eat-granddaughters was busy aid
ing in giving the home of Mr. Sestel
a thorough cleaning. She found an
old pair of carpet slippers, frayed and
torn. AS she threw the slippers away
a peice of paper fvll out. 1t proved
to be the missing will.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
cOMBOY SCOUT TO HUNT
FOR OUTLAWS TREASURE.
Money Is In Greenbacka Cached in
Colorado Years Ago by Bill
OooIin'a Ganu

Pemeta Okla.-Thirty-five thousand
dollars in greenbacks are cached un-
der bowlder which overhangs the
railroad track at Bald Knob, Colo, -ac-
cording to Harry Rhodes, former COW.
boy and Indian scout, who has been
on the border for fifty years, and
Rhodes left this week for Colorado,
accompanied only by his dog, to spend
several months if necessary hunting
for the treasure. He made the an
nouncement recently and says he will
spend the summer on foot in the
mountains, his former haunts.
The $4,000 was put there by out
laws, says Rhodes, nearly twenty
years ago, and until recently he has
maintained that it would be practical
ly impossible to locate the money. He
has changed his mind, however, and
believes he has solved the problem.
He says there is no doubt but that tho
sand, rocks and other debris have
washed against and around the bowl
der, making 1t more difficult to 10.
cate.
This $4,000 was obtained in a rich
haul made by band of outlaws" said
Rhodes recently, "but it became neces-
sary for them to cache the paper mon
ey for the time being. They climbed
the bluff, put the money in cleft in
rock, and then, with crowbars, turned
another bowlder on top of the cleft.
The money was wrapped in piece of
bucl1skin and then incased in some
copper. know that it has never been
recovered and perhaps it may never
be.
"a banker living in Winfield Kan.
paid S1,500 to one man who claimed
to know the location of the green
backs, for a map purported to show
whore the money was hidden. After
almost years search, however, the
banker gave up the job as futile.
Many others have tried to find the
money during the past few years"
Rhodes started life as a freighter
out of Caldwell, Kan, when but 10
years old. driving team of mules for
his father. The team boss was Bill
Doolin, later to become an outlaw
leader In Oklahoma Territory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
Fatlgued Shell Makers Find Pleasant
Stimulation In Sweet-tastinq
Explosive.

Explosive.
Drink is not the only temptation to
which over strained munition workers
are exposed. Quite recently it has
been discovered that a good deal of
the drunkenness" attributed to wo-
men and comparatively young girls Is
due to another and hitherto unsuspect-
ed cause.-the chewing Of cordite, the
smokeless explosive used in the shell
of cannon and the ammunition of
small arms.
The fact that cordite has a pleas
ant taste tending to sweetness has
been a real discovery to many of the
women workers and the primary
source of their danger.
II did not know at all what the
stuff was made Of" said woman who
had been handling cordite for six
months or more. But one day hap
pened to put little bit Of it into my
mouth and to begin chewing it. 1t felt
nice. Then I began to be bit lively.
could not understand what the thing
meant. After tea chewed bit more
and it was nice, too. Next day did
the same thing, and then I got
fright. l began to feel headachy and
well, drunk. That was the end of
it; yes, for me it was. But my mate,
well, she just laughed; but when she
took bit home with her and chewed
it hard she gave us time and half.
that she did"
The explanation Of all this is, OF
course, simple enough. Cordite, when
chewed has all the exilarating ef-
fects of highly stimulating drug and
cannot be tampered with except at
great risk. It's effects on the nervous
| system are immediate and ultimately
| deadly. Besides, like all such drugs,
1t has to be taken in increasing guam
titles of the exhilaration is to be
maintained. And herein lies the great
peril of the worker in cordite who
forms the chewing habit.
How far the habit has spread it Is
difficult to say. Equally difficult is it
| to ascertain whether the authorities
peril exists. In the north it is under
stood that several cases have had to
be sharply dealt with. But quite OBJ
viously there is need for greater eau
tion on the part of workers and strict
er supervision on the part Of factory
managements.
The ministry Of munitions should
nip the evil in the bud if it is not al
ready past that stage. On it's action
much may depend not only for the
worker, but for the maintenance of AN
essential feature Of national effici-
ency.
The effect of cordite as an "intox-
icant" was first discovered during the
South African war Some British sol
diers found to their surprise that by
eating cordite they could get all the
excitement of the most powerful mar
cotic-and all the terrible effects, too
Cordite consists roughly Of about
So parts of nitroglycerin, 81 parts gun
cotton and parts of mineral jelly
Each cartridge contains 60 cylindrical
strands of cordit and when Major
Jennings, ID. S. o., learned that the
men were eating these he experiment
ed on himself by sucking strand. He
found that it tasted sweet, pleasant
and pungent, but it resulted in givine
him the most racking, splitting head
ache, and it lasted for thirty-six hours
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
BAcKFIRE OF AUTO
STOPS FLEEING MAN.
Fuuitive Thinks officer 10 Shooting
at Him and Surrenders.

FuuitIve Thlnka officer 10 Shooting
at Him and Surrenders.
Los Angeles, Cal.-"Captured by
muffler!"
Such was the sad distinction that
fell to the lot of e. q. Campbell, the
man who succeeding in escaping Cen
trail police station and dozen patrol
men, detectives and men and. women
only to fall prey to several sharp ex-
plosions in the exhaust pipe of the big
gray ambulance.
Campbell was brought in by officers
of the metropolitan squad and lined up
against Desk Sergeant Jackson's win
dow, charged with gambling.
Campbell made his way through an
open window, then, like streak, was
off, with the officers and others close
behind.
Twas here that the ambulance muf-
fler came into play. When the COM
motion started Ambulance Driver
Knapp jumped into the seat of his big
automobile and shot away, thinking of
heading the fleeing man Off.
Bang! Bang!" came two sharp re-
ports from the muffler Of the ambu-
lance.
Don't shoot; don't shoot; give
up!" yelled Campbell, and as Knapp
ground the brakes to bring the car to
a stop, the fugitive walked toward
him, both hands up in the air.
Campbell was taken back and book
ed on the charge Of conducting the
gambling.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
FOR MEATLEss DAY

Mock Oyster SOup-Cut into small
pieces, then boil until soft, one onion,
two potatoes and one cup Goldfish.
Add two cups milk and two cups of
the mixture; thicken with one table
spoon -four; add one-quarter tea
spoon pepper and one tablespoon but
ter. Boil for q few minutes in order
to cook the -four thoroughly, then
serve. This is more economical than
oysters, but just as palatable.
Cheese Patties-One loaf of bread
one egg, one-half pound cheese, salt
and red pepper. After soaking the
bread in water, squeeze as dry as
possible; add grated cheese, salt and
pepper, then egg we'll beaten. Stir
all together, then form into patties
and fry brown on both sides, using
half lard and butter. Can be eaten
with white sauce if preferred.
macaroni, two tablespoons butter,
one cup milk, one tablespoon minced
onion, 'one cup bread crumbs, three
eggs, one-half cup grated cheese,
salt and pepper. Bake thirty-five
minutes. Serve with tomato sauce.
Cheese Loaf With Italian Tomato
Sauce-Two cups bread crumbs, one
cup cold milk, one cup grated sharp
cheese, three eggs, one teaspoon salt,
one-eighth teaspoon pepper, one tea
teaspoon table sauce. one tablespoon
chopped pimento, two teaspoons but
terine.
Cover bread crumbs with milk for
twenty minutes; add cheese, season.
ing and fiavoring. Separate eggs;
add yolks, and beat for five minutes
or until smooth and thick. Beat
whites of eggs until dry and fold in
to mixture lido not beat after whites
have been added).
Brush casserole or baking dish
with butterine, put in the mixture
and put into moderate oven. Bake
from thirty five to forty minutes or
until firm. Try it by putting a sill
yer knife in center; if it comes out
dry the loaf is done. Serve at once
in the dish in which it is baked !.
Sauce to be passed with the loaf;
two cups tomatoes, one-half cup
finely cut onion. one-half cup grated
or cut cRrr6t, one-hah cup cut tur-
nip, four tablespoons butterine, two
tablespoons -four, two teaspoons salt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28

He had mercy on thee"
Doubtless his old friends looked at
him with suspicion and probably with
scorn. Many would prefer not to as
sociate with him. Christ has a task
Of witnessing for all of us today. We
shall not be received so unkindly as
this man who had suffered so much.
1t is for us, however, to be as faith
full in telling the good news. What
has God done for you which you ought
to be telling to others? How can the
world ever know about Christ unless
his followers proclaim his love?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
LESSON FOR MARCH 3rd.

LESSON FOR MARCH 3rd.
Lesson Title: "Jesus Bringing
Peace"
Lesson Text: Mark 4:35-5:20.
Golden Text: Jehovah hath done
great things for us; whereof we are
glad" Psalm 1868.
l. After the Storm.
After Jesus stilled the storm on the
lake the disciples had far different
impression regarding Him and His
power. The storms Of life change the
opinion Of men with reference to re-
ligion. Countless thousands have been
driven to God by the awful crisis and
bloodshed of the war. Mr.. II. G..
Wells Is type Of some of these men.
His book, ''Mr. Britling Sees 1t Thru"
is an impression Of the way he him
self has turned to God in the midst
of sorrow. The loss of a loved one
is storm which many people are
able to weather only because their
hearts cry out to God and He gives
them peace. Very real to all Of us Is
the prayer In the old song:
"Jesus, Savior, pilot me,
Over life's temptuous sea;
Unknown waves before me roll,
Hiding rock and treach'rous shoal.
Chart and compass came from Thee /;
Jesus, Savior, pilot me-"
ii. The Allegiance of the Defective.
In the record regarding the healing
of the man who had been possessed
with demons it Is stated that he "be-
sought Jesus that he might be with
Him." The longing to be with the
friend who had brought him relief
was very natural. There are many IL
lustrations of the interest which de-
fective or weak or hard-pressed souls
have had for those who helped them
Such a feeling sometimes creates Il
different situation. 1t brings response
bilities to those who must help the
needy one. 1t would be easier to turn
them off and forget them. 1t is well
to ask whether we shall endure them
or endue them. If we endue them
we shall bring them fresh power.
The story is told of girl who had
been brought up in a foundling's
home. When she grew older she was
''farmed OUT TO family in a coun-
try village. Occasionally she came
back to the city and visited the insti-
tuition where she had been brought up
The hunger of the inmates for infof-
nation about the outside world, as
well as about her own condition, was
pitiful in the extreme. 1t resulted
finally in this girls devoting portion
of time every week to visiting the in.
stitution, just to tell the people there
bits of news and to give them
glimpses of the world outside. She
read TO them out of the Bible and Of
fered prayer. Finally the work was
taken up by the Christian Endeavol
Society, of which she was member
and thus brightness and cheer came
into many lives.
Ill. ale That Had Been Possessed
1t was a hard task which Jesus as
signed to the man out of whom the
demons had been cast. He was mo-
allowed to remain with Jesus, but wa.
told: go to thy house unto thy
friends and tell them now great thing'
the Lord hath done for thee, and how
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

For Those Who Care to Knit
Save all the pieces of medium-sized
white string that comes around pack
ages; tie neatly together and knit
dish cloths. Cast on fifty stitches.
knit back and forth until desired
length, then cast off. These cloths
clean the bathtub and bowl fine and
can be washed and boiled like the
bought ones.
For Washday-Arrange to have
boiled rice the day before washday.
Carefully strain the water in which
it--has been boiled, add few drops
of turpentine and you have a splen-
did starch.
When Mems Linen collars wear
out on top wash out the starch, dry.
iron, rip top from the band carefully,
cut off worn part, even all around.
baste back on the same band and
stitch on sewing machine close to the
edge. Send to the laundry to be
starched and ironed and thev will
last just as long as the new ones.
SPREADING THE MEAT FLAVOR
Fried Cabbage and Ham-Fry
thinly sliced ham with enough fat
to make two or three tablespoons
and remove meat when done. Shave
fine about two quarts cabbage and
fry brown in hot fat, salt and pep
per to taste. When well Drowned
add meat and flour boiling water
over to cover and cook until done.
Buy the first half cut of ham
about four or five pounds in piece
This gives number of slices and
the trimmings can be used for above
dish.
!. Carrot Patties-Cook carrots,
mash, season with butter, pepper
and salt. Cut fine one onion and
mix with one egg, two cups bread
crumbs and one quart of the mashed
carrots. Fry in bacon or ham drip
fpings until q nice brown. Serve hot.
Win serve Ave people.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
JERICHO TAKEN FROM THE TURK

London - Australian mounted
troops entered Jericho on February
21st, establishing themselves in line
between Jericho and Wadi Auja," an
official dispatch from General Allenby
declared.
Wadi Auja is small tributary Of
the River Jordan, which runs about
five miles north Of Jericho.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
Fireside Talks with Rev. Allen
on present day applications
!. ofthe Sunday School Lesson
Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen, ID.

Pastor of the Washington Street Con-
gregational Church and the Marion
Lawrance Sunday School, Toledo, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28

One of the most attractive mas
queraders at recent patriotic func-
lion at Washington was Miss Eliza
beth Walker, popular society bud
who appeared in the costume of
gypsy. The dance was made unique
by the fact that every girl invited
two escorts and at least one of them
was In uniform. This was one of the.
few prominent affairs of the younger
set as their social season has been
unusually quiet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28

DR.. Finley was graduated at Cor.
nell in 1901 and was an inferno in
the New York infirmary for women
and children for some time there
after. She then went to Vienna
where she specialized in obstetrics
Upon her return she was made di.
rector of obstetrics at the infirmary.
She is now director of the "U. S.
A. Women's Oversees Hospitals"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
IT ouseho1d HintC..

Put onion, carrot, turnip and but
terine into frying pan and fry until
tender; add tomato and salt; cook
five minutes; mash through strainer,
return to fire, add -four (Which has
been mi,,ed with cold water), boil
five minutes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
HERE'S MEANEsT THIEF-WHAT
He Steals 50-foot Stone Wall in a SIM
ole NiQht,

Haverhill, Mass.-Frank Leslie,
farmer living near here is hunting for
fifty-foot stone wall foot
thick and two feet high. Some one
stole the wall during the night. Il
was just lifting my foot to step over
it this morning" Leslie said, when /
saw it was gone"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-28
Where Men Are Scarce.

Maude-The vicar says there is no
marrying in Heaven.
Mabel - OF course not. There
wouldn't be enough men to go around.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-07-18

er to confer personally with sucn
objectors at the training camps.
At Camp Gordon, Atlanta, there
was an unusually large number of
men segregated as objectors, Kindly
logic used by the special board re-
suited in 72 of the number accept
ing noncombatant service, and II
withdrew objection or announced
they had misunderstood the original
questions,
The board accepted as sincere the
colelctions of 2S members of relig-
Gus denominations opposed to any
form of military service and recon-
nended them for furlough at priv
ates pay. There was doubt in four
cases and the board recommended
the men be sent to Fort Leayenworth
for further examination.
Tlfty-four men failed to convince
the board of their inability to take
up military service without violation
of their consciences and must accept
service specified for them by the
commanding officer or stand court
martial. Eight claimed to be citi-
2eps of enemy countries but had no
way of substantiating their claims
and it was held should not be so
classed. The board failed to examine
four others who were in hospitals.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-07-18
". II. SCOTT RECEIVES
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT

w. r. Scott, vice-presidsnt and
general manager Of the Southern Pa
ciflc company, has been appointed
federal manager of the Western Pa
clfic railway and the Southern Pa
cific lines south of Ashland, Ore.
ard west of Ogden and FL Paso. The
appointment is effective as of July l..
Discussing his appointment, Fed
eral NJ anager Scott said that the
joint operation Of the lines was ar
ranged for expedition and better ser
vice.
The Ogden line Of the Southern
Taciflc and that OF the Western Pa
Glf.c serve the same territory. In
> large POI ton OF Nevada the tracks
Of the two roads run along together,
and for some time past the question
of operating them as one double
track system has been under con-
slderation. The joint use of Oakland
pier by Southern Pacific, Western
Pacific and Santa Fe is also under
consideration. Between San Fran
cicc and Oroyille, the line of the S.
?. and that of the Western Pacific
can be operated in a unified control
to great advantage"
Federal Manager Scott come to the
Southern Pacific Is years ago as as
cistant superintendent Of the Sac.a-
mento division. Successfully he sery-
cd as superintendent Of the Salt Lake
and western divisions, as general
superintendent, as assistant general
manager, as general manager and
then as yice-president and general
manager.
He is credited with being one of
the able3t railroad men in the coun-
try, and enjoys wide popularity with
the rank and file because of the
fact that he rose from their midst.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-07-18

to mineral soil for distance Of six
feet in every direction and no such
tire shall be left even temporarily
until it has been completely extin-
Guished with water"
The governor also urged everyone
going into the forests to refrain from
smoking.
Fire losses IN Oregon, exclusive Of
Portland, during the month Of June
toialed $224,2OO, according to a
statement issued By State Fire Mar
shal Wells. There were SO fires re-
ported. The following causes are
given: Defective flues, stoves, l l
fires, loss S21,7O5; matches, cigars,
cigarettes, fires, loss $250O; de-
fective wiring, fires, loss $3GO3
sparks, fires, loss $94,550; explo-
slons, spontaneous combustion, 3
fires, loss $14,1OO; forest fires, 2
fires, loss s25OO; incendiary, 6 fires.
loss s66,7S2; carelessness, fires,
loss $lS35.