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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23

Sustain . Crushing DssSas At the hands
ofths Insurgents.
Inclan's Command Was AmbusAed and
Completely Routed--Ths gpaniards
Lost More Than 500 N Killed and
Wounded.. Fourteen OMcsrs Dead.

New YORK, July 20.--A Herald spe.
cial from Key West, Fla. says:
The Spaniards, under Gen. Suares
Inclan, have sustained crushing de-.
feat at the hands of the insurgents un.
der Antonio Maceo, according to ad.
vices received by the Cuban revolution,
ary leaders in this city. Not only was
Inclan's column defeated with heavy
loss, but the Cuban leaders are in.
formed that It is currently re-
ported in Havana that the Span.
ish general himself was cap
tured and IL now held as q
prisoner by Maceo. The battle is said
to have occurred on July is, near Ma.
ceo's kstronghold in the province OF
Piuar del Rio. For the last two weeks
the insurgents have. been very aggres
sive, and small parties have repeatedly
attacked the trocha. causing the Span.
iards much annoyance. Gen. Inclan
was ordered to drive back these de.
tached bands of insurgents and. for
this purpose took with him 1000 men.
Maceo seems to have expected such a
movement and arranged to mbush the
Spaniards. The Spaniards followed
the insurgent skirmishers incautionsly
and fell into the ambush. Then the
Cubans opened fire from all sides,
which threw the Spaniards into con.
fusion. While the spaniards were thus
disordered the Cubans charged, com.
pletely routing their foes Gen.
Inclan made desperate effort to
rally his demoralized forces, but
was surrounded by the Cubans and
compelled to surrender. 1t is reported
in Havana, according to the revolu.
tionists here, that the Spaniards were
pursued almost to the trocha. and lost
more than 800 men killed and wound.
ed. There were IA officers among the
killed. Cubans here also say Maceo
will hold Inclan as hostage to save
the lives Of prominent insurgent of.
'ficers who have been captured by the
Spaniards.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
BUILDS MANY NESTS.
Attempt at Explaining an Old Habit OF
Male Wrons.

AttemPt et Explaining An OLD Habit OF
Male Wrens.
The London Field tells of many cases
where wrens have built several nests,
only one of which has been occupied,
and casts about for an explanation. II
appears from what T. M. Ward, of Sib-
ton, Yoxford, Suffolk, says, that it is
the male bird that builds these unused
nests. He also observed that the
builder of q nest which was never used
paused after each bit of nest material
was put in place to sing in loud voice.
The odd nests are completely finished to
all outward appearance. Sundry ex-
plantations Of this remarkable habit
have been offered. one being that the
odd nests are put up for the purpose of
fooling the parasitical cuckoo, which
depends on other birds to raise its
young; but there il a poetical idea that
it is the male birds lonesomeness that
urges him to build. A few American
birds build duplicate nests, but the mat.
ter has not been SO thoroughly studied
by field ornithologists yet to admit Of
an accurate explanation OF the cause.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
viii Work on Full Time.

SHENANDOAH. Pa, July 1s.-The en-
ployes of the Lehigh Valley Coal COM
pany's collieries here have been agree
ably surprised by being ordered to
work on full time, commencing Mon
day morning next, instead of four
three-quarter days a week as hereto
fore. This company has ten collieries
in this vicinity and gives employment
to 5000 men and boys. A similar
announcement is expected from the
Philadelphia and Reading officials next
yyaak
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
THE LleRETTO.
1t 10 the Most Importint Part ef an

It 10 the Most Importlnt Part ef an
Opera.
First and foremost the composer
must provide himself with good Ii
bretto, says the Fortnightly Review. On
this we should say roundly the whole
fortune of the piece depends. A good
libretto will make amends for bad
music, but good music will never make
amends for bad libretto. If the IL
bretto is light the music need not neces-
sarily be fimsy. Indeed, we can prom
ise the composer that he may indulge
his most recondite vein at times with
out danger, and throughout the opera
may write his very best and most val
ued music. The Hbretto will correct
him when he is inclined to prose and
become tedious. It will keep him from
tripping; it will be his salvation If he
has any theories. Whatever he does the
opera will succeed-only provided that
he has a good libretto.
In the second place he must provide
himself with good libretto. On this
we should say roundly the whole for
tune Of the piece depends. The best
music of the world, which sounds ele-
giant and even sublime in the concert
room, II by any means it could be trans
muted into the music of the theater
would fall fiat and meaningless iflinked
with bad libretto, SO inextricably arc
the two intermingled-so important Is
a good libretto to the composer.
In the third place he must by all
means provide himself with good IL
bretto, for without it he can do moth
ing. In the fourth place he must do the
same, and, having obtained the H.
bretto, he has only to sit down and write
the very best music which his training
and his genius admit of, and with a
good libretto his opera will be sue
cess.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
Had . Stable Mind.

Sydney Smiths son was given to
horses and dogs, and his conversation
savored Of the turf, but he begged to be
allowed to appear at an important cler-
ical banquet which his gifted parent
was about to give, and was allowed q
seat by agreeing to be silent through
out the meal. Unfortunately at the
latter end Of the dinner there occurred
q pause, and the son broke in: "Is your
lordship able to tell me what was the
condition Of Nebuchadnezzar when he
came OF the grass?" Sydney Smith
'was horrifed ct his offspring's RASH
ness, but retrieved the situation by re-
marking; "rve always told my friends
that my son poaseesed what might prop
crly be called q stable mind"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
Cansdians Won the Gun.

LONDON, July 1s.-The shooting con-
test for the Kolapore cup took place
at Bisley Friday. The event was par
ticipated in by the British. Canadians,
Guernsey and Jersey teams of eight
men each, firing seven shots at dis
tances of 200, 500 and 600 yards. The
result of the shooting at 200 yards
range was as follows: Great Britain,
232; Canada, 226; Guernsey. 225, and
Jersey, 199 The cup was won by Can.
ada
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23

An amusing story v told Of how the
late shaA tell agIeep when he should
have been The chief guest at recap
ton. In Persia they believe that .
midday awekeaed person suffers gfiev.
ous injury. What wss to be done7 A
band IVES dispatched TO the shahis rest-
ing place, with special instructions to
tie big drum. The result was success-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23

Jest at Present. rhsv Are uapopsiaf q
LoiOoneef

A0HUUUDSEs
I It will be remembered that the poor
Indian, upon whose untutored mind the
poet condescendingly comments, is ex-
hibited to us as being under the erTO-
neous impression that, when he shall
be promoted to an equal sky, his faith
full dog will bear him company, says the
Pail Mall Gazette. The most sophisti-
Gated mind of the average Briton does
not, perhaps, carry the conception so
far; still, that Britpn's idea undoubted-
ly is that where he goes his dog, at his
charges, may go too. Itwould be well.
therefore, to point out at any rate
Just at present he and his dog would not
60 to Leicester, because, though the
Leicester hotel keepers would be quite
ready and willing to receive him, they
would in all probability absolutely de-
cline to receive-or, in legal phrase, to
harbor-his canine companion.
The reason for their declining to do
SO lies in the fact that a Leicester ho-
tel keeper has recently, in the opinion
Of the lord chief justice and Mr.. Justice
Wright, harbored visitors dog once
too often. This particular dog be-
longed to A.; B., another visitor, at the
same hotel, must needs take the dog
for drive in cab. The dog may have
been dissatisfied with the turnout, or
he might have had private ends of his
own to gain; but, anyhow, he bit the
cab horse. The driver proceeded for
compensation-not against B., through
whose instrumentality the dog had
been put in the way of biting the horse,
nor against A., who, as owner, might
have been considered responsible for
the dogs actions. The driver knew his
dog owners act (1s65), section 2, better
than that. He proceeded against the
occupier of the house or premises where
the dog was permitted to live-the ho-
tel keeper, to wit, and he triumphed.
That is why Leicester hotel keepers de-
cline to harbor dogs just now.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23

CHICAGO, July 1s.-The Hallet & Da-
Wis Co., dealers in pianos and organs at
239 Wabash avenue, made an assign
ment to George Aldrich Friday. The
assets are $2s3, 200, and the liabilities
$4,000. The failure was caused by
stringency in the money market and
the general depression in business
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
STEAMSHIP LINE

Between Toxic, Japan, and Seattle, Wash.
One Steamer East Monthly.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 1s.-General
Manager Iwanaga, of the Japanese Mail
Steamship Co., with headquarters at
Toxic, has signed a contract with the
Great Northern Railway Co. for the es-
tablishment of steamship line be-
tween Toxic and Seattle. The Great
Northern system will then extend
from Toxic to Buffalo, N. Y. For the
present there will be one steamer east
monthly, the first one leaving about
August Is.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
0rAftInR Hair.

A dextrous French feat Is that Of
grating hair along the foreheads Of
women with whom nature has been
cruel In arranging for the hair to grow
too far back on the forehead or when
the hair springs In an ugly. irregular
line. From other parts Of the head new
sprputipg hairs ere delieately extracted
and rpplsatsd along H. top Of "a un-
eomely tdrshaad. ~ n
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
Choisre In Egypt is sprsadlue.

LONDON, July 2o.--The Daily News
Saturday morning publishes dispatch
from Cairo saying that since July !
there have been 5,44l cases Of cholers
and 4,60s deaths from the disease
throughout Egypt The extension Of
the scourge southward to Wady Halfs
seriously impedes the Soudan expedi'
ton.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
No Hope for Murderer Gentry.

PHILADELPHIA, July 1s.-Practically
the last hope for life of James b. Gent
ry, the convicte d murderer of Actress
Madge Yorke, vanished when Judge
Yerkes filed in the court of oyer and
terminer an opinion setting forth his
reasons for overruling the motion for
new trial made on behalf of Gentry.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
Brakeman Hurled 90 Feet.

KENT. O.. July 20.-Brakeman Quin.
Ian was thrown 40 feet down an EN-.
bankment from Cleveland, Canton 4
Southern railroad coal car below town,
sustaining fatal injuries.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
Receiver for Chicago Bicycle Firm

CHICAGO, July 1a-A bill for receiver
for the Kenwood Manufacturing Co., a
large bicycle frm, was fled in the cir
cult court Friday = orning by the Cor.
mully a Jeffrey Manufacturing Co,
which is a ju igment creditor Of. d.
fendant company
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-18
For This. Much Thanks

The thanks of the silver democrats
of Missouri-which means nine-tenths
of the party in this stale-are due the
St. Louis Republic. Though the Rebub-
lie has been opposed to the prevalent
sentiment it has always had the fairness,
as great newspaper, to publish
speeches and contribute articles on
both sides of the financial question.
1t has gwen Bland, Bryan and Vest an
equal show in its news columns with
Patterson, Carlisle and John Sherman.
1t has carried on a campaign of educa-
ton which has helped the bi-metallists
by spreading the truth. 1t has done
this not as an organ of any faction but
as a newspaper printing the news.
The Republic has also aided the sill
yer cause in Missouri by its attacks on
Governor Stone. 1t has driven to his
support many democrats who might
have been inclined to criticise him.
The bitter personal assaults of the
newspaper, which were not expected
by those who knew the history of the
journal and the character of its editors
and managers, have not helped to har-
mony. But they have strengthened
Governor Stone Immeasurably and
have made it certain that he will be
one of the delegates to Chicago.
There is no necessity of vendetta
among Missouri democrats because the
Republic has seen proper to make
and slanderous charges
against the chief executive of the state.
These charges will fall of their own
weight. The policy for the silver
democrats is to keep cool, attack the
and vote down gold men
everywhere.
In the meantime the Republic will
accept their thanks for its assistance
Columbia Herald.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-18
Not without Excuse.

From the st. Louis POst-Dlspatch.
A whole lot of noise is being made
in New York over the fact that Rev.
Morgan Parker, rector of a fashionable
Fifth avenue church, stole the sermon
he preached on Easter Sunday The
sermon is described as ga regular ora
toracle peach, and Preacher Parker's
congregation, which is largely made up
of millionaires, was delighted with it.
An envious Newark preacher discov-
cred the plagiarism, drew the deadly
parallel on the New York preacher and
wrote mean and sarcastic words about
HIM and his literary theft IN the news
papers.
DIR. Parker owned up aud now his
parishioners are considering whether
they will take his Job away from him
or not.
This is rather hard lines. Sermons
committed to memory from books are
in nine cases out of ten more informing
and elevating than the homemade arti-
Gle.
Then too, the reverend plagiarist's
environment should be taken into con-
sideration. Any minister whose spirit
ual nature is subjected to the influences
emanating from a church full of New
York millionaires, and who does not
yield some time or other to the temp
tation to take something not his, is
more than human.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-18
THE CENTER OF LAFAYETTE
is by far the greater one, Lexington
has a great advantage.

is by far the greater one, Lexington
has a great advantage.
There IS one other consideration
which should be presented. Lexington
is located on a high bluff and higher
ground than most of the country
around 1t, and is one of the healthiest
locations in the state. Its drainage is
good and the rains keep the streets
clean. 1t has six miles of macadamized
streets, and more than double that
distance of sidewalks, paved with
brick and concrete. The city is lighted
by both gas and electricity, that
illuminate the streets during the entire
night. But one of the most important
considerations is her splendid water
works. The plant of this company is
one of the best in the state, and has
capacity to supply population of
10000 people. The Missouri river
furnishes an inexhaustible supply of
excellent, healthy water for man and
beast This is a most important con-
sideratiOn, as inland cities which are
away from streams large enough to
supply them are deprived of a plentiful
supply of this most important element.
The above is not written in spirit
of enmity to Higginsville, but to
present facts for the consideration of
the people and remove erroneous inn
pressions which may have been created
by Mr.. Hoefer's communication.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-18
TRIALS OF A WOMAN EDITOR.
Abused by Rival Who Thought She
Was Man.

The beautiful young girl who had
graduated only year before with the
highest honors rushed INTO the family
sitting room and flung herself with
storm of sobs upon the sofa, says the
Houston Post.
"What is 1t, my dear?' asked her
father, soothing her gently. "Has
anything happened to discourage you?"
"Papa,' said the maiden, raising
her tear-stained face, 81 am done with
journalism forever. When you allowed
me to purchase that weekly news
paper | thought that no occupation on
earth could be so noble, so elevating
and powerful to scatter good and wis.,
dom throughout the world. When
began editing the paper everything
appeared bright and rose-colored.
''My editorials were praised by the
entire Texas press and got fattering
words of encouragement from even the
large dailies. was, oh, so proud of
the fact that, although a woman, l had
been admitted as an equal member of
the great brotherhood that exercises
such an influence upon the minds and
morals of the people. Last week l
wrote gentle criticism of an article
that appeared in little weekly in
another county. This, papa-this is
what find in the next issue of that
horrid paper"
The lovely girl handed her father
the paper and buried her head upon
the sofa pillows while he read the fol-
lowing:
"We would say TO the loathsome,
knock-kneed, piebald, jabberwhach
that infests the editorial dugout of the
Weekly Herald-keep your shirt onl
The disgusting, idiotic drivel that
emanates from the clapper-jawed squir-
rel-headed, slab-sided puddle duck that
spoils paper for that sewer pipe Of
journalism should get pair of buck
skin kick-proof pants, or else quit
squirting such gobs of back-handed
putrefied slime at decent papers. II
the p-backed, putty faced vermin
referred to doesn't like our remarks we
will call any day and scatter few
locks of hair and brass buttons around
said Herald Office, or forfeit years
"Papa," said the girl graduate in q
small but decided voice, ''I want you
to buy me a cook book and some
aprons; I'm going to stay at home and
help mother about the house."
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-18
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
CENTRAL OFFICE, COLUMBIA, |
Mo, April IA, 1896.

Mo-, April IA, 1896.
The past week was decidedly werner
than usual in all sections, there being
an average daily excess in temperature
of from to five degrees in the northern
sections and from to 8 degrees in the
southern sections.
Over the greater portion of the GEN.
trail and northern sections of the state
the rainfall for the week ranged from
to 2 inches, and in a few localities
exceeded inches; but in the southern
sections it was light, being generally
less than so, and in many places less
than .25 of an inch. At the close of
the week more ram was badly needed
in number of the south central
counties. The rains and warm weather
have been exceedingly beneficial to
wheat and grasses, and the condition
of the wheat crop is greatly improved.
In a few counties, principally in the
central sections where rains were light,
wheat is still looking badly, but as .
rule the crop is reported as looking
we'll.
Grasses are coming on finely, and in
few counties stock have been put on
pasture.
Dat sowing is practically completed,
except in some of the northern coun-
ties, and the early sown are coming up
well.
In some localities the recent rains
made the ground too wet 20 work for
few days, but as a rule plowing has
progressed favorably and corn planting
is well under way in most of the central
and southern counties. Gardens have
been made and early potatoes planted
and in the southern sections early vege-
tables are making a good start.
Considerable flax has been sown in
the southwestern counties.
The prospect for the fruit crop con-
tinues excellent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-04-18
THE STOUT YOUNG MAN.
He Has Few Words to Say About
Culinary Art.

"Where have you been?" said the
stout young man to the man with the
pointed beard.
"Attending to my BUSINESS" said
the latter.
81 am glad to hear that" said the
stout young man, ''and l advise you TO
stick TO it. But you are looking thin !;
have you had the la grippeP"
"No, but l have been keeping bach
elor's hall for few days, and my ap-
petite has failed me. L have been
doing my own cooking. When my
wife left for a weeks visit TO her
mother, l was sorry, of course. But, >
thinks 1, 'this will be a good time for
me to do some cooking on my own
hook. No hotels for me, l said to my
wife, while you are gone;' but she
smiled and said nothing.
"Well, the first day | did very well !;
the second one made me tired; the
third one ate nothing but canned
fruit and cookies, and now l am board
ing at the hotel. My cooking did not
suit me, and ran out of dishes. How
in the world a woman gets along with
such few dishes l do not understand.
But no more cooking for me-.
"Then you do not like to cook"
said the stout young man, and the
sound of his comic laughter swept
across the plains of Kansas, via Har-
lem.
'sNot muchi Do you?"
"Me! 1 simply adore cooking. To
me nicely baked biscuit is high art,
and a well-cooked steak is a perfect
dream. Speaking of bread reminds
me that any man can fry a steak in
some manner, but there are only few
of us left who can bake bread. My
wife said my last baking was 'too
beautiful for anything 1t was good.
1t had that delicious brown color on
the outside that we house husbands
rave about. 1t was as light as two
feathers, and the flavor was such that
when you ate it you could see the
golden grain tossing in the field. Most
people ruin their bread in the baking;
but there are but few of us left who
view baking as an almost lost art, and
who can see fine poetry in slice of
old ham,"
ssI did not know that cooking and
poetry could mix," said the man with
the pointed beard.
"Well, just listen to this:
TIE flowers bloom in the garden,
The steak blooms in the pan;
Flowers fill the air with perfume,
But steak-it fills the man.
"And here is another inspiration that
even the popular druggist and the fat
grocer will appreciate:
The rose is red, the violet blue;
Fried eggs are of a golden hue.
The flowers smell sweet, when fresh
with dew,
But ham and eggs smell nicely, too.
sAnd how solemn this one. 1t
sounds like the tOlling OF the church
bell:
The sun rises to the Eastward,
The biscuits rise in the pan.
The sun, also, sets to the Westward,
But poor biscuits SETTLE the man.
"Good day." said the man with the
pointed beard. 81 must be going
but if l was you would write book
entitled, How to be Happy, Though
a Cook 1t would sell like hot cakes.