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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

BUAHDIN0 CONvICr BAh8Hs
mitted to 70 there again, and that after the
publication Of my papers no other foreigner
would be allowed TO make Investigations
there, and ! lost no possible opportunity te
secure accuracy and thor0ughness.
brought back m more than aity pound. ;n.11 OF
OF the latter from secret Government
archives, besides I'VE or six hundred fools.
cap pages. Of manuscript, prepared for me
by polidcal exiles In allparts Of Siberia, and
coyer,pg the most noteworthy episodes Of
therefore, With 8 certain degree Of compla-
cency. The stable-doo ID locked, but the
horse has been stolen-and I've got him."
Mr.. y. A. Frost artist and photographer,
accompanied Mr. Kennan, and 1t - expected
most intsresting series Of pictures Of Rus.
sian and Siberian ufe and scenery eve
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NEW PErERsDuRa, o., May Sd.
The quiet and social dinner at the
homestead Of A. M. Strain, deceased, but
now presided over by the well.known
musical Milton and his hospitable wife
are memorable AZ q pleasant anniversary
Of your correspondent, "Josephaw," and
consort, known in msidenhood as lib
Strain"
The simple ceremony succeeding q
bountiful repast, was brief prayer, and
then the following address
"Dear friends, we meet this beautiful
midday Of Monday, April 30th, 'sS, in cir.
cumstances and surroundings, constrain.
ing heartfelt gratitude toward the resi-.
dents Of this peaceful home-a home en-
deared to most Of us by fond recollect-
ions Of childhood's joys, Of brotherly
and sisterly affections and Of prayerful
parental love and solicitude.
1--WE are met where this day and near
this hour, seven years ago, were joined
in wedlock by your pastor, the Rev. Geo.
Beecher, J. A. Wickerham and Eliza
beth N. Strain in the presence Of many
wishes Of much joy
"Msny the sorrows, vicissitudes and
changes, both in the history Of the then
welded pair, and in the circumstances
Of those present, but in all, we would
recognize the hand OF them, who is the
sll.wise controller and director in the
kingdom and realm of providence.
Sand to-day we would and do rejoice
that our lives are spared, that there is,
in good measure, health of body and
vigor Of mind, also sufficiency of the
things needful, for the continuance Of
both, and above all and priceless, as we
rejoicingly trust, the boon Of faith and
hope and love
To-day we are called to rejoice in the
beauty Of the landscape, in terrestrial
green, singing of songsters, return ol
foliage and flowers, yea, in more excel
lent than these, the kind civilties of rela
tives and friends, the glad gayeties o.
innocent mirth and raillery, the swee,
sentiment Of reciprocated love and es
TEEN, and not least, the companion
ship Of wedlock in sickness, sorrow, joy
Yetall these are surpassed in the length
and breadth and depth of the love of Goo
in Christ, both here and in the celestia
home in heaven"
At close of address was sung:
'Sowing in the morning,
Sowing seeds OF kindness,
Sowing in the noontide
And the dewy ewes;
Waiting for the harvest
And the time Of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing
Bringing in the sheaves."
Unctuous shaking hands with unaf
fected emotion, was the finale Of thi
very interesting occasion.
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me weeds Are Full Of Th,m.

tree was cut few days since ON the farm
Of George W. Watson, Of Preston County,
teen feetof the tree In length yielded 1,s40
feet There are many other trees on this
farm which are much larger than that
mentioned; one Of which measures thirty
three feet in circumference.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10
Girls They Raise on BID SANDY.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 2-In Wayne
County, Whites Creek p. O., on the Big
Sandy river, lives Joseph Davis, who has
. daughter, aged six years, who weighs
$50 pounds. This 10 the largest child for
its ago known In the world, is perfectly
healthy and a. intelligent a. the average
child. The parents are Of average weight,
the mother weighing but 19O pounds and
the father $50 pounds.
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coulda'i Manage q salI.soat

ERIE, Pa, May 6.-Four Germans went
outin sail-boat on Lake Erie from West
field, N. r, this afternoon. Neither Of
them knew how to sail boat. A gust Of
wind drove them out into the lake and cap
sized the boat, August Reicher and VIM.
Brown went under and were drowned. G..
Bader and George Smith were taken of
the boat In an insensible condition.
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Tired Of nsr Husband.

NEBRASKA CRY, NEB., May q - Mrs.
Frank Runyan, Of this city, has been ar
rested charged with conspiring to murder
her husband. She engaged two men to
kill him, and one of them drew Q revolver
ON him last night but was prevented from
using 1t by the arrival Of citizens. The
only reason assigned Il that the woman
had become tired of her husband.
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Above is the title of a bright, catchy
piece of music, dedicated to the Ohio
State Journal, and OF which that estab-
lishment has just printed large and
handsome edition. Copies can be 90.
cured by enclosing five cents in stamps
to the Ohio State Journal Co., Columbus.
Ohio.
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A hotel located at Erie, Penn, ID be-
ing advertised - follows: "There ID no
gilt edge business about this house, and
II you want TO eat pie with knife you
can do 1t without fear Of being ostracis-
Cd from society"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

A Pittsburg man has brought suit
against the city for attaching and selling
his homestead, worth $1,000, for debt
Of $3.50 and that, too, one hs did mot
,we-it having been incurred BY another
man OF the same name.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

Tint Lifs IN Siberia, etc., had spent four
years in Russia and Siberia, was thorough
ly conversant with the people and the Ian.
guage, and had reached the conclusion that
the Russian Government had been misrep-
resented, and that the exile system Of Sibe-
ria was not 20 terrible as was supposed.
Knowing that Mr.. Kennan held these
views, the Russian Government gave him
every facility for thorough
INSPECTION OF MINES AND PRISONS
Of Hiberia-the most thorough that had
ever been made by Q traveller. Armed with
letters from the Russian Minister Of the
nan went everywhere, inspecting mines and
prisons, convict barges and hospitals, and
travelling with chained exiles along the
great Siberian road. He made the intimate
personal acquaintance Of more than three
hundred exiled "liberals" and Nihilists,
many Of whom wrote out their histories tor
his use. The actual facts, a. revealed by
this searching Investigation, were far re-
moved from Mr.. Kennan's preconceived
ideas, - this thrilling narrative OF fifteen
months privation and adventure will show.
As 10 already known, the publication of
Mr.. Kennan'e preliminary papers has re-
suited In his being placed
ON THE BLACK LIST
BY the Russian Government, and copies OF
1he Csnt.ry containing them have the OBJ
ofncials before being allowed to enter the
ii expected. Of course" says Mr.. Ken.
nan, in I recent interview, "to be put on
the Russian black list. am only thankful
that / succeeded In crossing the frontier
with al my material and papers coming this
way. became satisfied before got half
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

Hoods sarsaparilla d peculiar 10 itsslf
and superior 70 I'll other rseparations In
strength. sconouy and medicinal nsrit
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

Z "A Blddeford (lls.) man advertiser
for . wife. and o6ers to the lady who
will take him an ''activ& prouising.
good-looking young man forty years q
age. : good homo and two yoke ot
oxen.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

"A minister overlook . Quaker
lady and politely assisted her In OPEN
Ing . gatA A. she was . compars.
tive stranger In town. he said, "You
don't know. perhaps. that I am Mr..
- Haven't ycu heard me preschP"
u have board thss try" was the
quick rejoindsE Rave Bila
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MnxNNA q the good thinss of thi.
NNNSsS lfe are sorrovfally l:t
~ = ssssS.s % q Dy.p.p.'s AossSs
ss.:sss.s 81 : sG sss 8 zee ssss = =
oesssa ~. eiseglss. \.
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-Dumley (who has been asked to
carve the duck. and II meeting with
poor sucoess) Whew!'' Landlady
-"Isn't the knits sharp Nj. Dunn
leyP ! had It ground to-day" Dunn
lsy-"The knife ID all right Ara
Hendricks; You ought to have had tho
duck ground. "-Hdrpsr's Bas0r.
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Coupt' ymsa. 10 dsntist) )-"Ths
tooth next 70 that 'un aches too
Ooc." u6ntist- Yes Il eohss IN
sympathy Copntsynan-"Yan Il
out, dnrn ssch gupe1hy ~
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THs Burlington railway has, offered &
reward of 100 for tie arrest Of the men
who wrscksd . traia on thatroad near
Chicago.
A CONVENTION Of lawyers will b held at
Washington, May a. for the purpose Of
securing uniformity OF legislation in the
different States.
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.SIBERLA.'



nderful Journey.
MOST interesting contri-
button to secret history
will be the illustrated pa
pers on " Siberia and the
Exile SYSTEM" by George
Kennan, which begin In
the May Csntxry maya
zine. They will embody tho
results Of what 10 be-
heved to be the first sue.
cessful attempt by Q COM
petent investigator to make
8 thorough study Of the
Russian exile system. Be-
I fore undertaking his ardu-
lous journey Of u, ,0OO miles,
In the interest Of The Cestu.
M. Mr.. Kannan. author Of
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
UNCLE gsEk.s WISDOM.
Practical PhIIosophy Served la = TIIshI.
PaIztabfs Way.

Practical PhIIosophy served Ia = Highly
Paiztabfe WaE.
The world has had but few teachers:
score of men have furnished us all
the wisdom and philosophy we possess,
The man who knows but little, and
tells only what he knows, is hard
man to bother in a cross-examination.
1t takes the evidence of two or three
witnesses to prove mans virtues. but
one is enough to faSten his vices upon
him.
The reason why there is so little real
friendship in the world is because most
of the compacts are based upon policy
rather than upon principle
A weak man is harder to steer than
Il vicious one-he won't take the bits.
Pity is treacherous; most OF it is
secret satisfaction that l am not So
badly of as you are.
A lazy man in n great hurry is very
amusingi he is continually stepping on
himself
If we ever do reach the top round OF
the ladder. we shall find it a tlrt.adfully
cold and lonesome place.
Whoever reasons from the heart win
make many blunders. but none that
will not be forgiven.
The line between folly and wisdom
5 often an imaginary one. and men are
,ften seen travelling along with one
foot on each side of it.
A great deal of learning has been
lost. but not one single preccpt OF
wisdom = tcRtury.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
THE HAUNTED CLOCK.
Queer and Uneanny Habits OF an kae
Family Time-Pfece.

Queer and Uncanny Habits OF an kaefex
Family Time-Piece.
In = farmhouse near Devon, Pa
there IS haunted clock. with a veirt
legend of revolutionary times coa
neeted with it A eoid-blooded murder
of a drummer is in the legend, and
once year t-the clock acts strangelyf
and can not be made TO GO This il
true bill you understand. and believe
the story. / know that s.haunted
clock" / have met it In o Pennsyl
vania tavern more than once. Onlyl
the legend doesn' do the haunted clock
full justice. Not only once year. on
the anniversary of the drummer,s ;
death. does it ..act strangely" 1t acts.
strangely all the time 1t chokes and
gurgles in ghastly gutterals for about
FIVE minutes before il strikes, and
heard. in the dead of night, these aw-
ful sounds petrify the terrified gaest
with horror. for he firmly believes that.
the man in the next room Is hanging
himself with his suspenders. When
the haunted clock strikes eleven. il
starts off with ponderous soIemnity
and strikes six. Then it stops. groans
twice, gurgles, makes q muffied noise
with something that needs eiling.
strikes one. wheezes and goes to
sleep. About 1880, however, il wakes
up, grunts. sneezes twice. strikes
the other four, and. with hollow groan
goes on its limping with tick tocks, fof
alternating loudness and softnsss. son J.
times falling asleep and missing two
three ticks altogether, always waki
with q start and tick tocking very louds'
ly for the next minute. And then. along
in the afternoon. when You are anxious
to go to the station to catch the five
o'clock train. the hour hand points TO
three and the minute hand is at Eve
and the clock strikes nine. you know it
is quarter past six and your train has
gone more than an hour ago. There is
also calendar on this clock. showing
the days of the week and the months.
but it is stuck fast between Monday
and Tuesday st the 31st of February.
and there is a hole in the dial where a
the year round. o. it is sure ,nough
haunted clock I've seen it, many
time. and have missed more trains BY it
than there are spooks in Virginia or
'thengs" in Indiana Every body
about the hotel sets that clock. The
landlord looks at it about once or twice
a week and sets it by silver watch
that looks like a slung-shot- Then by
and by the oldest boy comes along and
sets it by the school bell. which rings
about nine o clock. Then the porter
hostler comes along and sets it ..by the
SUM-" And, finally. the landlady comes
in and sets it ''by guess" And the old
clock, remarking. None of these things
move me. haunts on in the same dis
lracted. time-killing old way as of old.
l-Burdette. is Brooklyn Eagle.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
POLICE COURT RsclE
A Harmless Youth.s First Attempt
Practical Ssuspaper- work

a Harmless Youthss First Attempt
Practical SsUspzper Work
In order to afford that variety whic
is the spice of life and papers. we -
cluded TO have man attend the sit
tings of a New York police court IL
happened. however. that the only mem-
Der of our large and talented staff who
was at leisure Monday morning was the
young gentleman who edits Household
Recipes. He is an enthusiast upon the
subject of recipes for the construction
of soft gingerbread. cream pies. dried
apple jelly aud the like. and his mind
seems 10 run on such matters confinu-,
ally. He viii go further TO learn some
new way for getting up salad than
the most enthusiastic naturalist would
to secure new species Of swapping
turtles
The following in his first attempt -
police court reporting:
The first prisoner brought up
he must have been badly brought
by his looks-stood charged with
ing been intoxicated on the streets.
wasn't entirely sober when arraign
looking as though he had about
cupsful Of whisky to six eupsfnI Of b.
too much. mixed with four to
pounds of policeman's club put on
warm The court allowed him 20 ST
about five minutes, and then sem
to the Island for sixty dave to 60
A tramp was hauled UP who locke
rs though he had had not more than
two cups of sour milk, one feaspoonful
of saIeratus. ditto of cream of tartar,
some ginger (pop), and little ear :
way with stale bread crumbs for 81
weeks. He was mixed TO 3 snoof
batter and set before the ire - rise
A thief was arraigned. charged wih
breaking into bakery. He Was IN mis-
cups-about three and a half cuEs.
should say, mixed with sugar. he
said he mistook the bake shop fof
paint store. on account Of the chrome
yellow on the buns. When he resisted
arrest the policeman gave him recipe
for pound cake that he viii remember
for some time 1t raised puff balls on
his head without the aid of yeast. and
made his nose into a batter. He was
laid away in the station-house oven to
brown
eSAAA oaAlst1is OcAhS 0I 1dAs attSn1Pecu
to beat his wife, but found himself in
hot water. with q favoring of lemon
and whisky. His wife added three des-
sert-spoonfuIs of stove leg for every
loaf. the loafer. A lump of sugar was
added. together with lump over the
eye for top dressing. French mustard
and a Mansard roof complete5 u
structure Court ordered q dres@@
vinegar and prison apparel.
Got the ear-ache. have YOUR
marked the court to the prisoner W
his head tied up Court recommend.
as recipe for the cure of ear-aet
two parts water. one part his hair
4 the middle. and one part from b
family aud friends for thirty days
Te1as Siftinqs.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
Henry Georges Wife.

Though Henry George has acquired
such large celebrity, his wife's name
has hardly been mentioned in the pa
pers that speak of him so often and so
much. She is a thorough home body,
devoted to her husband and their -four
children. She is one of the small.
plump. CHEEKY bodies that never get
lown-hearted. and people who have
known them long time say that but
for her unfagging devotion and enthu-
,iastic belief in him Mr.. George would
never have been able to come triumph
antly through the long period of strait
encd means and hard work which pre-
cedcd his sudden success. - Chicago
Tribune
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
The people of St. Petersburg are

The people of St Petersburg are
extremely fond of attending theaters
In one month 81 220 persons visited
the r rssian Opera. 80 900 the Alex
androvna Theater % 972 the circu-
and IL 500 the Michael Theatcr The
average attendance is about 900 per
night all th9 year round.
The Crown Prince Mich, LIS OF
Russia, vino is now seventeen yeaI
old, is described as an aft, C ionaie.
warm-hearted boy, who is great
favorite with every one. and who pos
sesses democratic notions. At the same
time he has his father imperious will.
and does not like to have his plans in
terfered with.
"A great deal of interest has been
excited in Europe by the assertion
that there has been gradual decrease
n blondes in Germany. Almost H.
600. 600 school children were exam
med. and the result showed that Switz.
erland has only IL. 10. Austria 19 79.
and Germany q. 80 per cent of pure
blondes. 5--..-
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
you picture 20 Yourself the beauty

You picture 20 yourself the beauty
of bravery and steadfastness. You let
your Imagination wander in delight
over the memory of martyrs who have
died for truth. And then some little.
wretched. disagreeable duty comes.
which is your martyrdom. the lamp
fer your oil; and if you will not do it.
how your oil is split! How flat and
thin and unilluminated your sentiment
aboat the martyrs runs out over your
self indulgent lifei-P PHILIPPE Brooks.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

Miss ALMEDA TAFT, of Sadorus, H..
has canary bird that snores. About
two O'Clock one morning its snores be
came so loud as to arouse the house
hold. The bird being awakened, the
noise instantly ceased. The owner Of
the bird regards it now as very musi-
cal canary, and the neighbors all de
clare they never heard the like of It's
snores which become more pronounced
with each succeeding day.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

A PLASTER cast of a fossil egg,
found in the tertiary strata of the
Island of Madagascar, the original oi
which was in the Paris Academy oi
Sciences, belongs to the National
Museum at Washington. 1t is thirty.
four and one-half inches one way and
twenty inches the other.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

THE city of Liverpool is to be sup
piled with water from a reservoir in
Wales, which is to be four and one
half miles long by half mile to a
mile broad, ani eighty feet deep
There will be three lines of pipe, each
sixty-eight miles long, with hltering
beds and secondary reservoirs. The
acqueduct alone will cost $4,000, 600
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

MORTAR made in the following man
ner will stand if used in almost all
sorts of weather. One bushel of un-
slaked lime; three bushels of sharp
sand; mix one pound of alum with
one pint of linseed oil, and thoroughly
mix this with the mortar when max
ing it, and use hot. The alum will
counteract the action of the frost on
the mortar
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

THE cooling effect of ice is actually
dependent upon its melting, as in this
process the heat which Causes it TO
melt is absorbed from the surround
ing bodies. A pound of ice in melt
ing will absorb sufficient heat to cool a
pound of water from 174 degrees Fab
renheit to freezing point, or to cool
I42 pounds of water one degree.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

WIN. McPHERsoN, of Greene County,
Ohio, has four young hogs that can't
hear it thunder. They will tand per
fectly still while gun is fred right
over their heads. They have no ears.
and no signs of any, though in other
respects they are well-shaped pigs.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

Miss ELIZA Bliss, of Rehobathi
Conn. invited an applicant for charity
into her house the other day. While
she was preparing food the tramp
sang, Nearer, My God, to Thee" and
at the same time stole the lady's
pocket-book and S25 from the bureau
drawer.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

IT is said that Mommsen, the histor-
rian of the Romans, when walking
along the streets of Berlin, keeps his
eyes fixed on the ground and pays no
attention to the situations of those
acquaintances who meet him. He is
in his list year.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

THE richest child in America is said
to be May Sharpless, little miss of 8
years, who is worth 50 100000 in her
own right. Ex-Gov. Leon ALBEIT, of
New Jersey, is her guardian, her father
being dead.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01
Soft water should be used in cook

Soft water should be used in cook
ing vegetables. and the only way city
folks can soften water is to add little
salt to it Six or eight potatoes will
need teaspoonful of salt to the water;
urnips and parsnips require about the
same-that is. a teaspoonful of salt to
quart of water. If any scum should
happen to rise to the surface when the
vegetables are boiling. it must be
fully skinned Off
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

ABOUT $500 words are all that are
used in ordinary talking and conver
sation, although there are some 20,
600 words in the English language
Different authors vary In the number
of the words they use, but the differ.
ence is but slight. Shakspere found
1900 words sufficient for all his works
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

DURING the past year 2,200 miles OF
railroad have been constructed in the
State of Kansas, thus adding one
fourth to her total mileage.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

THE whole German empire is but
little more than twice the size os Ore
gon, but her population is over 40,
100000.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-01

WHILE fighting grass fire at Car.
rollton, Ohio, Mrs. Susan Hess was
burned TO death.