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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-04-18
Boards LONG AGO.
How They We're Worn by the Ancient
saxons, Normnns and Greeks.

How They We're Worn by the Ancient
saxons, Normnns and Greeks.
Our Saxon ancestors delighted In
wearing long, forked boards; the Nor
mans. on the contrary, at the period Of
the conquest, not only shaved their
chins, but also the back part OF their
heads. They had not, however, been
long established in England before
they permitted their boards to grow to
extravagant dimensions. Long boards
were also in fashion in the reign OF
Richard L., and continued so until the
time of Henry w., after whose reign
they grew fine by degrees and beauti-
fully less, until a beard was as rare as
the dado. But the reformation came
to the rescue Of the beard, and in this
way:
After the separation OF the Greek
and Latin churches the practice Of
shaving became religious duty among
the Roman ecclesiastics, by wey Of op.
position to the Greeks. who. to this day.
have continued to pay reverence to ,
well-clad chin, and are greatly shocked
by the beardless images OF saints In the
Latin churches. The shaving of the
chin by the clergy was imperatively
commanded by various statutes in the
Romish church. By the monastic laws
the lay monks were commanded to let
their boards grow, and only the priests
to shave; and writer, previous
to the reformation, complains that
the manners of the clergy had
become so corrupt that they could
not be distinguished from the laity by
their actions, but only by their want
of boards. Consequently the early re-
formers suffered their boards to grow,
to distinguish them from the adherents
to Rome; and tile reformation becom-
ing general in England, the beard by
this means came into fashion.
AS to the shapes OF the beard worn
by our forefathers, they seem to have
been Of infinite variety. At period
when almost all the men wore swords,
and those weapons were frequently
drawn to decide very trifing quarrels.
beard cut to look terrible to an
enemy was, probably, no small advan-
tage to the wearer. london Standard.
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a Novel Bridge Test.

The old wooden bridge known a.
the Lower bridge. at Bridgeport,
Conn.,. which was built in 1871, has
been removed, and q new one Of mod.
ern construction has taken its place.
When the now bridge was completed
and ready TO be tested, the flrSt test
iwas made with . seventeenth road
roller. The mayor Of the city then
suggested to Mr. p 4. Barnum that
the test be further made BY having
twelve Of his elephants pass over II.
These heavy, animals, the aggregate
weight OF which was about thirty ave
tons. were led down and across the
bridge. tql The detection under thia
weight, and that Of the crowd which
was in attendance. was only one-eighth
Of an inch. and the test was declared
satisfactory. Boston Budget IN Is,
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pIoo,vo ron Rusles.
The Rothschilds Co Work the Gem. Laden
Hills Of Burmah.


Ths Rothschllds Co Work the Conn Laden
Hills Of Burmah.
Il is reported from London that the
Rothschilds are about to organize q
company to work the great ruby mines
Of Burmah. This little patch of earth,
having nm area OF only fifty square
miles, was the only spot in his domin-
ions which King Thebaw would never
permit white man to approach. Even
under the rude native system Of min
ing Thebaw derived an income OF
800, 600 year from the mines. After
the fall Of Mandalay Indian troops
were sent one hundred miles north OF
that capital to take possession Of the
ruby district, which has since been
leased to native miners, the income
being used to help defray the cost Of
the British occupancy.
There have been loud complaints
that the government lost a chance to
derive large revenue from the mines
when it declined Lord Dufferin's pro-
posal to lease them to q syndicate II
the Rothschilds have now got q foot
hold there, 1t Is certain that the new
rulers Of Burmah expect to make q
good thing by granting o concession to
the great capitalists.
The possibilities Of the ruby mines
OF Burmah are yet to be ascertained.
We know that the largest ruby ever
found there was escorted from the
Kings palace to the river. on its way
to Europe, by a military guard, and
that It was sold in London for 800,
600. The gems lie in thin stratum from
ten to thirty feet below the sur
face, and when this earth is lifted in
rude buckets and spread on the ground
myriads of small rubies glisten in the
sun. Most of them are too small to be
Of value, and are thrust aside in the
eager search for larger stones. Com
paratively few rubies are found that
in color, size and freedom from flaws
answer all the requirements of first
class gem. But when such a stone is
discovered. 1t is a treasure; and ex-
perts tell us that three-carat ruby of
the best quality is worth eight to ten
times as much as the finest diamond OF
the same weight. Most of the mar
ketable Burmese rubies are imperfect.
but they are among the finest in the
world; indeed, we are told by dealers
that large rubies Of perfect color and
aawless are almost unknown.
About twelve hundred laborers are
now engaged in the ruby district, hired
by the well-to-do villagers around
these gem-laden hills to do the heavy
work Of mining. No machinery what
ever is employed, and only the most
primitive methods OF mining are seen.
Western energy, capital and appli-
ances will soon make change there.
IN. Y. Sun.
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the Threshing Machines then
in use were almost wholly Of
the class known as the Endless
Apron" style. Then it was that
Nichols & Shepard, of Battle
Greek, Mich. invented andbegan
to develop an entirely new and
novel style Of Grain Thresher and
Separator, which theyvery appro-
priately named the "Vibrator."
It was a revolution in Thresh-
ing Machines, and from a small
beginning Of five machines in
1858 they soon reached a pro-
duct Of 1000 yearly.
Their Vibrator drove the " End
less Apron" machine out Of mar
ket, and all other makers copied
it as closely as they dared. To-
day all Threshing Machines of
any reputation or merit use the
principles Of the old Vibrator.
Nichols & Shepard have con-
tinued in the business without
change of name, location, or
management; and during the
past three years have brought
out and developed another new
Threshing Machine for grain and
seeds, as superior to all existing
machines as their former wa. to
the Endless Apron They name
this new and improved Thresher
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plTH AND POINT.


dying is not the worst thing that
can happen to man.
He who is OF no use TO himself is
Of no use to any one.--Danish Proverb.
The furthoe inland you go the
more ready you find people to express
opinions as to how yachts should be
built and managed. Jour-
nal.
"A great man is happiest when he
can sit down and write his memoirs
and forget all the mean things he
knows about himself.-N. o. Picayune.
There is no calling that is not
made better by brains. No matter
what mans work is, he is better
man for having thorough mind drill
ing. g.-Beecher.
No money is better spent than
what is laid out for domestic satisfac-
ton. A man is pleased that his wife
is dressed as well as other people, and
the wife is pleased that she is dressed.
johnson.
The man who don't work himself,
and who won't let other men work,
usually finds in the end that he has no
chance to work. And then he finds
that the longest hours are hours Of
idleness.
He who can govern himself can con-
troll others. An irritable man, whom
any one can excite, is like horse kept
at livery, ridden by every one, and
spurred by each rider. Nobody Is 80
little his own master as he who can
be stirred at another's will. Any body
can eject him from his castle. Once a
Week.
Enjoy the Titles Of every day. The
great favors Of fortune come to but q
few, and those that have them tell US
that the quiet, homely joys, which are
within the reach Of all, are infinitely
the best Then let us not cast them
away, but treasure every sunbeam. and
get all the light and warmth from it
that the blessing holds.
The day-laborer. who earns with
horny hand and the sweat OF his brow
coarse food for a wife and children
whom he loves. is raised. by this
generous motive, to true dignity; and
though wanting the refnements Of
life, is nobler than those who think
themselves absolved by wealth from
serving others. IN. Y. Ledger.
Life has its glimpses which we
would do well to cherish and make the
most of. Never do we see or know.
much less do we feel or experience,
the whole Of any thing Only by re-
ceiving little by little as it comes to us,
eagerly yet patiently, and putting to-
gether what we receive as skillfully as
me may. do we attain any degree Of
clear or true conception. He who in
sists on more than this will forfeit all.
1t is we'll to keep in mind that no
day leaves us just where and as 1t
found us. We are with each depart
ing day older in time and nearer to the
grave. Some addition for good or i'll
is made to the record of life. We are
made better or worse. Habit becomes
little stronger. Our opportunities in
life lessen. The need Of dispatch in
the work of life increases. We have
less time to waste. The danger Of de-
lay augments. Independent.
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ELECTRIC MOTORS.
What They are Doing for the Workin
Women Of Our Large Cities.

What They arc Doing for tho WORKING
Women Of Our Large cities.
To the student of social science the
electric motor is full Of suggestions for
the future. II power can be subdivid-
ed and conveyed to distance, why
may not our present factory system Of
labor be ultimately completely
changedp People are huddled togeth-
er under one roof because belts and
shafts are so pitiably short. II power
may traverse wire, why not take the
power to the peoples homes. or to
smaller and more healthful shops in
pleasanter placesp To-day we find
sewing women crowded into hot.
stuffy room, close to the noise, smell.
dust and the terrible heat OF some lit.
tie steam engine at one end of the
room. The place must be on lower
floor because OF the weight OF the en-
gine and the cost Of carrying coal up
stairs. Let US see how the work may
be done with motors. We may take
the elevator in wholesale clothing
warehouse on Bleecker street and pass
through the salesrooms to the top floor.
The building is lofty and OF light con.
struction, and yet we find in the bright
and pleasant attic above the house-tops
hundred girls, each using power
They are seated at long tables, each
one having q sewing machine, and
secured to the under side of the
tabls Is small electric motor. one
to each machine. The operator has
only to touch foot-pedal and the
motor starts. giving about one-tenth OF
u horsepower, at very high speed. II
the speed is too fast it can be regulated
Mt will by the pressure of the foot on
the treadle. There is no heat, no dust
or ill-smelling oil, and only a slight
humming sound, the sewing-machine
itself making more noise than the
motor. The room is sweet, clean and
light. and 1t is in every respect q
healthful workroom. II we look Out
Of the window we see two insulated
wires passing under the sash down ID
the electric-light wires on the poles
below. There are people who cry oui
against the overhead wires. and would
pull them all down. Some day, they
will be buried underground. Mean
while, is 1t not an immense gain fol
these working-girls to be placed in q
quiet, sunny room. far from the mad
dening engineP In smother shop or
Broadway We may see = different ar
rangement A two-horse-power motol
takes It's current from an electric-light
wire In the street. and redistributes III
power TO shafting placed under the
work-tahles. Each operator with Z
touch Of the foot throws her machine
into gear. and takes her share Of thu
two-horse-po Charles Barnard IL
Century. y ~ os,s. {..,,.o;.s -4s
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ENGLISH DWELLINGS.
Homes of Thoughtful Clvility and Un.
swerving Loyalty.

Homes of Thoughtful Civility and Un-
swerving Loyalty.
The characteristic English dwelling
is described as two-story brick house,
walled in, and with the best part OF
the house at the back; there are the
drawing and dining-rooms, while the
kitchen and pantries are in front. In
suburban and country houses the
rooms are large and are arranged
around hall; but the windows and
doors are small. The outside OF the
house is almost uniformly without
architectural decorations, and the dull
ness of the climate is seen in the SOM
berness Of the furniture and the adorn-
ments OF the house.
The interior is dull and uncheery.
There is little sweetness and light"
in the colors, forms and expressions,
except in the dwellings OF more recent
building and furnishing. Up to with
in a few years the inside finish was all
OF dark wood and the furniture was
mahogany. OF very heavy and ungainly
construction. But II you can dissoci-
ate the idea Of comfort from that Of
art, the English home has a very
marked spirit of comfort. The sofa is
easy and big, and the chairs were made
to use. The walls are papered, never
painted, the papers being dark and OF
large pattern. The dining-room is the
living-room OF the middle class fami-
lies. Such OF the family as remain at
home sit in that room during the fore.
noon and until after the noon meal.
We're the color OF the English house
less somber and the furniture less cum
brous; were the rooms more open and
less separated from each other, II
would be the center OF the most per-
feet external comfort known to the do
mestic life OF this world. As it ID, the
English house is the home of sweet
love, of thoughtful civllity and of un-
forgetting and undying loyalty.-Good
Housekeeping. ~ #.'' l-@
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Shortest and quickest line st. Louis III
Kansas City, st. Joseph, Council Blum,
Omaha, Denver, San Francisco and Port
land. Three solid trains daily ctos Kan.
sas City, equipped with iree rs0llnins
chair cars end Pullman lbsnst slseping
cars. Pullman buffet slsspins ears run
through 70 Cheysnns Va Kansas City
and Denver. For further Information
call on or address En-. 6wIrT,
Southern Passenger Agent,
IS ", ~ street, CincinnaA.
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mistress the eggs ready.
Bridgetp" Maid-"Faith, an they're
not. I had no clock to tell me the
right time when to put them In"
Mistress-''But there is one hanging In
the kitchen" Sure, I know
that, but it's quarter av an hour fast,
SO 1t is. ."-Je,0eIers' Weekly. ''i
In descending the, stairs Bobby's
foot slipped and he and the coal hod
which he was carrying ratified to tho
bottom. Here, here" shouted the
old man from the parlor. whats Up
out therep" ..Nothins's up. pa" shout.
ed back Bobby, who wasn't much hatt,
''every things downl"-EpocA. eio eJ,
r "A German professor says thai
thirty-five flashes of common lirhtninn
would keep an incandescent lamp burp.
ing for an hour. Owing to the ain,
Guilty OF capturing fash OF lishtping.
and preserving 1t until wanted, persons
who use incandesoept lamps will con.
tinpe to depend upon electricity at q
much per lamp. ~ Norrsstoww HsralG
Squire Oatcaket (in New Yorli
post-ofice) -"Hev ye got any letter.
for mee" Clerk (savagely) -"Who'l
MAJ ] don't know YOU Oatcaife ~
"Waral, you're . purity follsr TO b<
drawin' big salary for sassin' TIL
people who are taxed to pay ysri LoolI
a-here, young man; our postmaster VI
TO 6queehawket don't GIT more'n ferty
dollars year. IN he knows No every
ame ! come rouudl''--ludes
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1F> ~,

You need wagon, come and see the
double straight and double strength hMSs
hound with double front western Oh
stage front hound. Every piece of&iw.A
ber is positively straight-not one piece'
of cross grain timber in the wagon.
Come and see and be convinced that
there is no other. wagon in the market
like it; the tire is three-quarters of an
inch thick. We sell the Hoosier Corn
Drill, the acknowledged best. We have
the Vandiver, the Barlow and the Evans
Corn Planter, which we are offering at
greatly reduced prices. We have the Fa-
vorite, the Brown. and the only genuine
Malta Double Shovel offered in this
market! The Imperial Breaking Plow
all kinds and sizes. Why buy an imi-
tation when you can get the genuine and
alDays get (genuine) repairs for them?
You know the genuine is always better
than an imitation or spurious article. If
the genuine was not first-class there
would be no limitations. We have full
line of Implements, Hardware, &c. We
do all kinds of Tin, Slate and Iron Roof
ing. Come and see us, at the sign Of the
Big Red Anvil.
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lS-Uin dwellings are found In great
numbers In Morocco which arc now.
and probably have been, Inhabited
from the time Of their first construc-
tion. These dwellings in all partlcu-
Lars are like thoss found In Arisonn
end New Mexico on this continent
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"a resident Of Santa Cruz, CAL, re-
Gently found two-hesded snake about
: foot long. The heads were distinctly
separate and both were perfect. The
heads were little over "a Inch In length.
When aroused the snake would throw
: forked tongue out Of Sach head sim-
ultaneously, ~ y they wase one.
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"A party Of San Bernardino (Cal.J
hunters who went for days sport
had very hard luck until they hired
small boy to play the harmonica fox
them. As soon Ms the music began
the canyon swarmed with rabbits, and
the hunters loaded themselves down
with game.
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School Exauainers:

YyHE Board ofschool Rxa,hiln sstsoi Hikh,snd
x county give notlos, thaS SasSniIs sf|ons of
AIrlicsHts toyQ QsRti1 i1ca}esv vijl - apIassin IL
Wfsboro Onion Bchool bulidinf "a to an
Saturday ct every month, atld On he Third Ga1.
'usdag ot t1ehgpasy, March, APRIL August, eep-
tember and October. Tho ExSlmi1SS Hon ~
pt4scsibed BY law d % cSHt6, liIII DN,I
ST. 'a' : = ss'.f 4 snrA,, toi...
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Tickets sold and baggage checked through 70
4.5t.g.p4ti destination. tiN ~
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LOWEST RATS; oUICHEsr GCS,a E,n THE . n7ox.
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11

When the civil war broke out he en-.
listed into the Union army and rose
from the rank of private to that
of Captain of infantry. When peace
was restored he commenced to study
law, and was admitted to the bar in
1869, serving as States Attorney from
1872 to 1876. He was Congressman
from the Twentieth Congressional Dis
trict in Illinois, and represented his
district for five terms-longer than any
other man before him, and would have
continued in the representation had
not his health proved bar. In his
stead George W. Smith, from Jackson
County, was elected last fall. The
unique feature of Thomas career was
that, in spite of Logan's opposition in
that section of the State, where the
BLACK Eagle" was most popular, he
always beat Logan's man. In Congress
he served on the Naval Committee,
and lately achieved fame by drawing
plans for submerged war ship.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11

The best wages in the glass industry
are received by the window glass blowers,
sometimes reaching twelve dollars per
day. The master-melters rank next,
though they seldom get more than half
that amount. From these earnings the
prices slope down to the small tending
boys, who are paid thirty cents for ten
hours work. The blowers occupation is
laborious, but not unhealthful. He works
eight or ten hours at stretch, finishing
one melt OF glass. There are four or five
melts every week, each requiring sixteen
hours to fuse, ten hours of blowing and
ten hours of fiattening. The work is
always by the piece, and in teams or in
''shops, " each composed of one master
Workmen and several younger assistants.
There are in operation about 100 furnaces,
at which there are employed about 1000
blowers, gatherers, fatteners and cut
tiers. They are bound together by a
union that dictates the quantity each
workman may make, the number of ap-
pfentices that may be taken generally not
more than. two to furnace, that pro-
hibits any foreign workmen from getting.
place in the factories, or any glass from
being made in the months of july and!
August. The average time they have
worked in the last four years has been;
less than eight months and half. Much
of the time lost has been spent in strikes
or disputes with the manufacturers about
wages.-Aaaper's Magazine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11

Gource Of the Nile. In the distance, as he
half closes his eyes. he hears the cluck OF
the dodo which has just come off her nest.
with two little new dodos. He also hears
the lilt OF the scaroo and the sleepy voice
Of the high behind. The FURNISHED moon
seems to simmer little bit through the
almost opaqus jungle. The yum-yum
tree seems to sign in the gentle zephyr
The tutti-frutti palm sways in the sof
starlight, while far away in the deep re-
cesses of the pungent night one can almost
hear Emin Bey.
In the murky depths of the bush the scor-
butte murmurs its low lullaby to its young
and the lala sinks to rest with low cry.
Hist!
What is that?
/ do not know what it is.
Is 1.-THE croupy moan Of the dewdad as it
rubs its hot back against the gum arabic
tree. or is it the valedictory of the over ripe
citizen as he drops from the tree into the
vesribule Of straw colored lion with red
gums?
Again it is still until the sleepy voice of
the hippopotamus is heard as he yawns q
little and obscures the race OF nature. Also
his own. Then as tie silence comes there
is crushing blow In the back of the ex-
plorer, IL harsh voice tells him to wake up
and move on or get "a moss agate over the
oye and thirty days on thoiland." He
awakes with a wild start to find himself in
the clutches of a sparrow chaser"
Central Park including the menagerie and
the mouth of the hippopotamus, will be open
each day until further notice. Lohengrin
boats will connect with park phaetons and
polite policemen will club the caterpillars
off the trees and try to do everything in
their power to make the occasion a success.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11

Once he was pure as the beautiful snow,
but now. by careful scrutiny of his pu-;
mage. he finds that he is not SO. He looks
like detected door mat. and, on hot day,
his pants are checked somewhat by the
heat.
We now pass on to the kangaroo annex,
where we find also the coon. both American
and African. The kangaroo is q Illuminating
marsupial But it is hereditary and there
tore not SO reprehensible as it might be
otherwise. There are two or three varie-
ties OF this pleasing beast. and all OF the
genus Micropus, I think. though would
not have any one take my word for IT on
such matter as that. involving as it does
the peace OF so many people. There are
the micropus gigdnteGs. the yellow-footed
kangaroo, also the rat kangaroo and the
kangaroo itself. The kangaroo has been 80
sedentary all his life that his lending vitals
seem to have settled into the base Of his
system. He is OF a long wasted turn Of
mind and springs with great agility from
place to place. like bogus nobleman seek
ing for bride. Some kangaroos are gre
gsrious in their habits. while others are not
Whether anything can be done for 1t or not
l do not pretend to say. am not here to
moralize. My duties simply embrace a
terse des .ription of the animal itself. The
only cases, however, where the kangaroo
has not been gregarious ere isolated.