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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
TO MABEL.

Though. Mabel, scarce an hour IL past
Since Arst you opened that romance.
Already now 10 Part the Last"
You turn surreptitious glance.
Why, surely soon enough you'll learn
The fate Of each fictitious friend.
You've scarcely done with chapter one
Before you want "to know the end"
The hefoine's stupendous feats,
The hero's indignation fine,
Al which the wicked duke retreats,
Quite routed all along the line,
The noble deeds, the stirring scenes,
To none Of these will you attend
Till certain quite that all comes right
That marriage bells are at the end.
Well, II the bard might moralise,
He would remark, think. that man,
Througbout existence, ever tries
To initiate your simple plan.
In guessing what Is still to come
Long days with scant result we spend.
We, too, would look throughout the book
We, too, would like to know the end.
And yet / venture to maintain
To read your stories through were best.
A course whereby their plots would gain
No inconsiderable zest.
30, Mabel, In the tale Of life,
Whatever lot the fates may send,
Fulfill each day as best you may.
Nor strive too soon to know the end.
Anthony G. Deane in Temple Bar.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
Through Cars to California via "The
True Southern ROute.'

The Iron Mountain Route, in con-
nection with the Texas and Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railways offers to tour.
list and home seekers contemplating
trip to California the following features:
From St. Louis, daily Pullman Palace
Buffet Sleeping Cars to Los Angeles and
other California points without change,
and every Wednesday and Thursday
evening, Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars
to Los Angeles and other California
points. The Tourist Cars used On these
weekly excursions are modern, and
built especially for California travel.
The excursions are personally conducted
and the object is to enable those who
do not wish to purchase first class
tickets, the privilege of sleeping car &C.
commodations and no change of cars.
No high attitudes and free from ice and
snow, forming an ideal winter way to
the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers.
Via this route the dangers of snow
blockades and delays are obviated. For
maps, time tables and full particulars
address N. R. Warwick, Agent, 3l7 Vine
treet, Cincinnati. Ohio.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
Deplorable Ignorance:

General John Mcneil, who was a
brother-in-law Of President Pierce and
major general Of the New Hampshire
militia at one time, is said to have been
considerably incensed when he mAk any
one who appeared to be ignorant Of the
wounds and honors he had won on the
field Of battle.
During the war with Great Britain he
was shot while mounted on his faithful
horse, receiving a severe wound in the
knee, which caused him to walk stifdy
for the rest of his life.
"How did you hurt your knee, gen.
eral?" asked young man whom the old
officer characterized as ''whipper
snapper" one day from certain lack Of
respectfnlness in his air and manner.
"Did you have a fall?"
eyes, SIR" snorted the general indig.
nantly. II fell off a horse! You never
read the history Of your country, did
you, sir?'-Youth's Companion.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
THERE WE'RE FISH.
But It Took an Extra Quarter to Find
Where They Were.

But 1t Took an Extra Quarter to Find
Where They Were.
"The most taciturn people in the
world live in western North Carolina
and east Tennessee, said department
clerk.
II went fishing near Elk Park, and
IN some of the streams down there is
the finest trout fishing in the world.
There were four of us in the party, and
we went up one Of the mountain creeks
for about three miles A native passed
us, and asked:
care there any trout in the creekT
"'Yep.
"We threw our lines and fished every
hole in the creek for two miles without
getting bite, then walked back toward
town with empty baskets. Meeting the
native again, said:
I thought you stated there were
trout in that creek?'
"'Thar is.
"'Well, we didn't get bite.
"'I lowed yo' all wouldn It when 1
seed yo' try
"'Why not, if there are fish there?'
"Yo' didn't ak me ef thar war trout
whar yo' was fishin.
"What did I ask you?' inquired,
getting angry.
"'Ef thar war trout in the crick, an
thar is heap Of 'em.'
"Where are they?'
"'Still in the crick.
"'What part Of the creek?
"'In the middle, 'cept them as at the
sides. Thar amt none on the banks
II gave him quarter and he said:
"'They don't never come up this far.
Bout two miles down the crick thar S
plenty
"We went down the creek, and the
native was right. I never saw better
fishing. ."-Washington Star.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
REMOVING A CAPITAL.

Tho Emperor Constantine's Momentous
Change From Rome TO Constantinople.
The removal of the 6nperial capital
from Rome to Byzantium was one Of
the most decisive acts on record-a sig
nal monument Of foresight, genius and
will. Madrid, st. Petersburg and Berlin
are also capital cities created by the act
of powerful ruler. But none Of these
foundations can compare in scale and in
importance with the tremendous task Of
moving the seat Of empire 1000 miles
to the east, from the center Of Italy to
the coast of Asia, from Latin to q
Greek city, from pagan to Christian
population. The motives which impel-
led Constantine to this momentous step
were doubtless complex. Since the time
Of Trajan Rome had not been the con-
slant residence of the emperors, except
of Antoninus Plus, nor the regular seat Of
government. Since the time Of Diocle-
tian Rome had been abandoned as the
official center Of the empire. Many
places east of it had been tried, and Con-
change, seriously contemplated two, if
not three, other sites. It had long been
agreed that the imperial seat must be
transferred toward the east, and there
was an instructive sense that the valley
Of the Tiber was no longer safe from
the incessant onward march Of the Teu-
tonic nations in arms.
The tendency was to get somewhere
south Of the Danube and within reach
of Asia Minor and the Euphrates. The
greater chiefs had all felt that the en-
pire must be recast, both politically and
spiritually. By the fourth century il
was clear that the empire must break
with the rooted prejudices that sur
rounded the senate Of Rome and the
gods Of the capitol. And Constantine
the half conscious and half convinced
agent Of the great change-the change
from the ancient world to the moderl
world, from polytheism to Christianit,
saw in the church and bishop of Rom,
q power which would never be his crea
ture. Dante tells us that Caesar became
q Greek in order to give place to the
Roman pastor" There is much in this
but it is not the whole truth, for C@sal
might have become Spaniard, or ,
Gaul, or an Illyrian. Dante might hav'
added that Caesar became an oriental il
order to give place to the Goth. Con
stantinople from the first was Chris
tian city, with an orthodox church, bu
it was church that was from the frs
q department Of the state. Fortnight,
Review.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
rHa OLDEST LOCK.
It Formerly Secured One Of the Doors Of
Palace Of Nineveh.

Palacs Of Nireveh.
The very oldest lock in existence is
one which formerly secured one Of the
doors Of q palace Of Nineveh. 1t is gi-
gantic affair, and the key to 1t, which is
as large as one man can conveniently
carry, reminds one Of the Scriptural pas
sage where the prophet makes reference
to such instruments being carried on
the shoulder. The exact words in the
passage referred to are, "And the key
Of the house of David I will lay upon
his shoulder.
This enormous key to the lock from
Nineveh is nearly 81 feet in length
and Of the thickness Of o four inch drain
tile. It was found at the end of ruin
ed chamber, where large wooden door
had probably once stood, the gigantic
brass hinges and heavy bats being still
in fair condition, though somewhat cor
roded. This relic Of the olden times has
but few points of resemblance to the
keys Of modern manufacture, or even to
those Of the early part of the Christian
era. The tubular idea had never been
thought out in those days, but the key
is fearfully and wonderfully made, be-
ing equally as intricate piece Of ma
chinery as the lock in which it was
used. A great many Of the bars and
pegs in the lock are believed to have
been made Of wood, as their places are
now empty. The notches and pegs in
the key, however, show that there were
corresponding pegs and bars in the lock
at one time. The great lateral iron bars
at the end Of the key, with their COM
plicated series of notches, crossbars,
bumps, etc., are proof that the lock was
once similarly provided This being the
case, it is reasonable to suppose that at
one time the door to that palace could
not have been opened until the key had
been inserted and the impediment to
the drawing back Of the bolt removed
by raising up 50 many bars and pins
which had fallen down into their places
upon the key having been withdrawn.
Similar locks and keys were in use in
Egypt 5000 years ago.-St. Louis Re.
| public
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
MONEY AND MUSIC.
How Some Famous Composers Were Paid
For Their Brilliant Creations.

How Some Famous Composers Were Paid
For Their Brilliant Creations.
Handel. had it not been for his ora
torios and his operatic speculations,
would have lived and died as poor as
the proverbial church mouse. Walsh,
his publisher, paid him pitiful prices
for his operas. For at least II Of these
works he received no more than 20 gum
cas- each, and the largest sum he was
ever paid was only e105, which he got
for "Alexander's Feast" It must not
be thought from these small prices that
the composers works did not SELL On
the contrary, they always found ready
market and proved q great source Of
profit to the publisher. From the pro-
ceeds Of his first opera, "Rinaldo, !"
Walsh netted profit Of over 81, 500,
whereupon Handel jocularly remarked
to the music seller, "Well, you shall
compose the next opera, and will pub
lish it." Handel, as everybody knows,
lost q fortune in trying to establish Ital-
ian opera in London, and, although he
subsequently more than recouped him
self by his oratorios, it was not the pub
Usher, but the public, who put it in his
power to do this.
Even when we come down to the time
Of Mozart, We do not find that the claim
Of the brain worker to fair wage had
been recognized. It almost staggers one
to recall the fact that don Giovanni
brought to its composer no more than
e20. For '"rhe Magic Flute" he was
paid just 100 ducats, and yet the man
ager Of the theater at which the opera
was first produced made a fortune Out
Of it. No wonder Mozart had to be laid
in a pauper's grave, the very site Of
which is unknown to this day. Schu
bert Jared even worse. Some Of his mag
nificent songs sold for less than a shil
ling, and at his decease it was difficult
to raise enough money to bury him
Haydn's income would today be deemed
small by a player in the theater or
chestra, and his "estaten was almost {
minus quantity. Weber, who died abou
, 70 years ago. received less than $500 il
all for his "Freischutz, one of th'
most popular operas ever written, whil'
from his five other operas he made onl.
81, 900 altogether By "The Bohemian
Girl" Balfe gained less than 1900
although the marble Halls" ballad il
that very popular work put some, e3, 00
into the pockets Of the publishers. =
Chambers Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

The midget Of the whole tree family
is the Greenland birch. 1t is a perfect
tree in every sense of that term and
lives its allotted number Of years from
rs to 1870 just as other species Of the
great birch family do. although its
height under the most favorable condi-
tions seldom exceeds ten inches Whole
bluffs Of the east and southeast coast of
Greenland are covered with "thickets"
Of this diminutivs species Of woody
plant, and in many places where the
soil is uncommonly poor and frozen
from eight to ten months year a
forest" Of these trees will flourish for
half a century without growing to a
height exceeding four inches.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
Sulphur Baths.

Some Of the sulphur baths in Hun
gary and Bosnia are sights worth going
far to see.
At one place, Ilidze, near Serajevo,
those who thirst for sulphur are shown
into small cells just like the cells Of a
prison. Light streams in family from q
small skylight, but the bath is not to be
discovered until the bather's eyes are
accustomed to the semidarkness and he
has been in the place some minutes.
Then he becomes aware that there is
in one corner of his, cell small flight
of steps leading to rough hewn basin in
the very bowels of the earth, so to speak.
The sulphurous water gushes up in
the basin, and the odor Of it is not to be
described. Yet people travel hundreds
Of miles to enjoy it. and the doctors rave
about its medicinal qualities. London
Tit.Bits.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
SHOOTING STARS.

Across the strinvs Of aemory
4 ssphyf breathes from out the pest,
When youth believed the shooting stass
That night athwsrt the heavens cast.
They told him that the soulfelt wish
Asked, while still glowed the flashing brand
We're sure TO fall-a wondrous gift--
Within faiths supplicating hand.
How many dreams Of love and wealth.
How many hopes Of name and fame
With boyish trust-so soon outgrown-
We're loaded on each fitting flannel
eay twas the credence of the fool,
A farce where folly played chief part
u had what too much after lacks,
The earnest service Of the heart.
And DO Of all those radiant ships
That one time sped DER seas Of air
: And piled up high with golden dreams,
Struck Ages rock and foundered there,
Hung in the sanctum q the soul,
Where death can only force the bar,
Alone remains that Joy we knew
And lived when dreaming Of the star.
-Philadelphia TimeA
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

The post Wordsworth's grave in
quaint old Grasmere churchyard was
literally ablase with spring flowers in
commemoration Of his one hundred and
twenty-sixth birthday. There are still
several old inhabitants who remember
him and his devoted sister Dorothy. One
of them told me an amusing story Of
the latter when they lived at Rydal
Watching fight of wood pigeons one
day, she half unconsciously exclaimed
out aloud, "How beautiful" An old
woman laden with fagots heard her.
"Aye, but like 'em better in pie, +"
she remarked as she passed. Lady q
Pictorial
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
The Flight Of Geese.

Wild geese conduct their migration
in an extremely methodical fashion.
The birds form themselves into lines
shaped like an old fashioned drag or
harrow. Sometimes there are two rows,
one behind the other. There are always
distinct leaders, but these very soon
tire, and BY careful watching with a
glass one may see the leaders drop back
and others take their placea It has been
suggested that this arrangement is ON
the principle Of ticket Office window.
and that all of the ganders successfully
take the leadership. When weary. they
fall back to the rear and others come
up. nithe flock is scattered by shot or
accident. they may immediately form
again.-New York Ledger.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
Constitutionslly Disauslified.

First Tramp-It seems funny to me.
pard, that with your fondness for debate
and your general interest in public
events, you never ran for Office.
Second Tramp-You're off your reck-
oning, old man, or you'd never be in
doubt ON that pint for minute.
First Tramp-What do you mean?
Second Tramp mean that You ought
to know that wouldn't have anything
that I've got to run for. or.-Washington
Star
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

The inhabitants Of the little villages
in the arctic circle have nearly three
months Of steady night It 10 the annual
custom that ON the day when the sun
rises above the horizon after the long
season Of darkness the inhabitants all
stand in line. facing the returning orb,
and greet st with a military salute. No
other effect than that Of paleness of COM
plexion is discernible in the natives aft
er this long time at night. The pallor
soon passes away with the SUMS return.
In Bodo the sun can be seen at midnight
ON June 8; in Tromso it can be seen ON
May 30; in Hammerfest. or as far as the
North cape, the midnight sun may be
seen a. early a. May Is or le.-New
York Herald.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
Cheap Home.Seekers' Excursion.

On May 10, June and %, July and
81. the Missouri Pacific Railway and
Iron Mountain Route will have on sale
from st. Louis, round trip home seekers
excursion tickets to points in Missouri
and Kansas and to all points in Arkansas,
Texas and Louisiana, at rate of one fare,
plus So, tickets good twenty.one days
from date of sale, with privilege of stop-
ping at pleasure on going trip to inspect
lands.
Rates, time tables and land pamphlets
mailed free on application. Address N.
R. Warwick, Agent, 3l7 Vine St., Gin.
cinnati, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

No man receives the true culture of a
man in whom the sensibility to the
beautiful is not cherished, and know
Of no condition in life from which it
should be excluded.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
School Examiners.

THE Board of School Examiners of High.
i land county give notice that examine.
tions Of Applicants for Certificates will take
place in the Hillsboro Main street school
building on the nrst Saturday OF every
third Saturday Of January, February,
March, August and September, on the
second Saturday Of April, May and June,
Examination fee prescribed by law Is so
cents.
'N " " R. B. BARRETT. Clerk.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
Neatly Out Of It.

She-You said had o face that would
stop trolley car in the middle of the
block.
He-I did It takes q mighty good
looking woman to get conductor to do
that.-Indianapolis Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
PhilOsOphical.

Miss Crummer-Why are you CON-
stantly postponing the wedding?
Mrs Widdoweeds-Ah, my dear, you
have no idea how much more interesting
a man 10 a. lover than as husband.
ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

John Wright, q leading planter Of
Ceylon, protects his employees from
cholera by giving each teaspoonful Of
charcoal every morning.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

Forty years ago q woman was old and
wore Q cap at the age Of 80. From pres
ent indications 40 years hence women
will not be considered old until they
reach the century mark.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11

II never did like that theater, F" OBJ
served MIRA Gaswell as they drove home
after the play. Its acrostic properties
are very detective Chicago Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07
Names Aqrarian War.

Maine has been the scene of two
wars" each of which cost a life.
Neither party was killed in actual hos
Titles. The "Aroostook war; was
somewhat carelessly handled, | have
read, a key of powder was allowed to
burn accidentally, and in burning a SOL
der was fatally injured. The seat of
the other war was the territory be-
tween the kennebec and the Penob-
scot
Like the Aroostook war, the trouble
arose over disputed titles to land. The
people living in this section had Sc
cured their deeds from many different
proprietors and in many cases from
men who had no claim to the land they
sold.
Add to this the confusion resulting
from hasty, careless and ignorant sur
veyors. and we have all that is neces-
sary for good sized row. Running
out the lines" in one day has made
many bucolic feuds in Maine.
1t is provoking to see a fine lot of
standing timber. an orchard or an ice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07

None of the campaign speakers who
went West from Maine, received more
enthusiastic receptions or did more eff
fective work than Hon. Llewellyn Pow
ers our Governor-elect. People every
where were anxious to see the man who
had carried the Old Pine Tree State
by the largest plurality ever given a
candidate. His tour was succession
of ovations. and his clear and convinc-
ing presentation of the issues at stake
made Republican votes everywhere he
went. His trip, although an arduous,
was at the same time a pleasant
one, and he may well have a feeling of
pride and satisfaction in reading the
returns from the places he visited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07

Not word has been heard from Mr..
st. John the martyr" CO New York
bank president since the election. He
sold himself for political preferment.
but his Popocratic friends are unable
to deliver the goods. 1t is to be doubt
ed, however. if even Bryan would have
made Mr.. St. John secretary of the
treasury had he won the election-or
for that matter George Fred Williams
either. Mr.. Williams is very generally
understood to have gone back upon the
professions of life time in the antic-
ipation of securing a cabinet position.
There are different kinds of political
floats. Some are purchased in one way
and some another, and it need occa-
sion no regrets if once in while their
unholy greed over-reaches itself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07
Business Revivinq.

AS the Journal has all along pre-
dicted the election of Mckinley and
Hobart has Immediately been followed
by very general revival of business
worth it's face value the world over
Even our Canadian brothers no longer
demand a discount for handling it, and
are only too glad to get hold of it at
par. With faith in our institutions,
and in the stability of the government,
the people of this country are pushing
earnestly forward in all departments
of Industrial enterprise and expansion.
Our press dispatches TEEN with an
nouncements of the re-opening of mills
and factories, the activity of the COM
mercial world, and the enlarged oppor-
tunities that are being given to labor
for steady employment at remunerative
wages. The effect upon the money
the Monday before election the rates
for money on call in New York City
ruled at 81 per cent per annum. When
the result of the election became known
they dropped Immediately to six per
, cent. There was practically no time
| money market for several weeks prior
to the election. The lenders of it We're
unwilling. in the face of the menace OF
Organism. to let it go out of thei,
hands for any length of time. 1t was
only by very general exercise of the
spirit of forbearance and co-operatior
during the past few weeks that the
business world was tided over this ne
l. A A>'ees. ouSiHeS!
was practically at standstill N.
one dared to move until he knew VIVA,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-07

1t is amazing how many men are an
nOuncing the fact that they voted for
Palmer and Buckner. There appears
to be a very general effort to crawl
out from under the ruins of Organism
by those who were foolish enough to
endorse and support it. The indica-
tions are that four years hence, a
powerful telescope will fail to reveal
any Bryan men anywhere on the politi-
cal horizon. They will be rare enough
for museum purposes.