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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25
Administrators Sale.
-OE-
REAL ESTATE.

Geo. L. G. srrett, Administrator with the will
annexed, OF ReEecca E. Taylor. deceased, vs.
Carrie Rsvenscroff ct. al, No. $3.50.
In pursuance of an order OF the Court Of
Common Pleas of Highland County. Ohio, made
ct the January term, A. d. 1897, and to me di-
rected, will offer for sale, atpnblic auction, on
Saturday, April II, 1897,
At one O'Clock p. M, at the door of the q. urt
House OF Highland County, Ohio, the following
described real estate
Situate in the County of Highland, State Of
Ohio, and in the Village OF Hilsboro, and
bounded and described Of follows:
Being the east half of Inlot Number eighty
nine (S9), ss the same 10 known and designated
ON the recorded plat Of said town OF Hiilsboro.
Said property has been appraised at 81, 200,
and cannot be sold at less than two-thirds OF
the appraised value.
Terms of Sale--One third cash in hand
one third in three months, aud one third in sil
months, with interest deferred pa, ments tt
be secured by mortgage on tine premises sold
March l6, 1897. GEO. L. GARRETT,
Admr., ETC., Of Rebecca z. Taylor, decd
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

Jerome X. Jerome's\ new short story
has been secured by the Ladies' Home
Journal for publication in the April is.
sue. 1t is reputed to be in some respects
q variation from Mr.. Jerome's usual
style, and also to be one the brightest
and best of the many excellent short
stories that have come from his pen.
He calls his new story "a Portrait vi a
Lady" d" aud it will be illustrated b. w.
T. Siuedley.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25
Protracted Meeting at the Church OF
Christ.

This Church is seemingly determined
to go ahead. The second meeting this
winter is now in progress. Austin
Hunter, pastor of the Church of Christ,
Washington Q. H., is doing the preach
ing. He is young man of exceptional
ability. He graduated at Ada and
Hiram. Since leaving college he has
held very successful meetings. At
Mineral Ridge, O., rs were added to the
church. At Carbon Hill, o., 65, and
l2O have been obedient to the faith at
Washington G. H., under his Is months
ministry. He is strong and lucid
speaker, and is regarded as one of the
coming men among the disciples of
Christ.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

The New Minister-Six hours sleep 10
enough for any man
The Absentminded Deacon-Good
gracious! You don't preach as long as
that do you?
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

hear that you are widow, said the
one who had been abroad,
Yes, just at present, said the one in
| black.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

"Excuse mt, said the fish, as he drop
! ed back into the water; ''excuse me,
but really 1 do not consider your point
we'll taken"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

Young Husband-Are my eggs done
yet, darling?
His Bride lin tears) Oh, Jack, have
boiled them for an hour and a half, and
they are not soft yet,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

Criiic-This joke of yours about the
savage dog being charmed by having y
brass band put around his neck ia very
old.
Hnmoris'-Yea Brt ycu know tAls
10 new dog.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

"You look 80 pleased; where have You
been?"
"I've been visiting dentists effices
and hsd lovsly tint; got q lot OF new
idsas for our college yell."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

l hear you are in for running off with
another mans wife. Poor, despised
creature!
am not altogether despised, madam.
He sends me flowers every day.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25

"Strange that these old clocks are al
ways called 'grandfather's clocks I"
"Yss, and I'll wager cookie that the
grandmothers had tn win them"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-25
Clerks Detailed Statement
roF THE
RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES

OF the Village of Hillsboro, in Highland
County, Ohio, for the year ending March
LIST, 1897.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06
= ~ needed Itr must go out and

when ne needed ltr' must 20 out and
find him.
Mrs Mitchell soon convinced me OF
the futllity Of such beginning ?hiilp
would come home sooner or later.
poor uncle, your happiness was al
no worked forr' was Mrs. Mitchelrs
admonshing cry.
.sHe has taken It from me- waiied'
che has made me miserable. and him
Philipi he may be lost forever.
lived quietly on with Mrs. Mitchell
in the little house by the river From
day TO day | waited The trees took on
fresh foliage and then came the au-
tumn and the winter. ! waited IN 81
lence. with the spring hope was re-
newed within me.
Suddenly. on the brightest day OF all
the year. the bell rang with cianS'
| knew the sound and FASTENED to the
door Philip stood before me- but not
the rolllcking youth whom ] remember
ed. The man in whose arms lay mad q
serious. thoughtful face. ! cried aloud.
'Be STILL" he whispered. Il don't want
uncle TO know | don't want to see
him. want you. only your!
"Uncleg' | repeated. Don't you
know that he is deadY'
Il am not sorry" he said bitterly; me
took from me my youth. Want, care
anxiety were my companions on the
way. After many struggles success
crowned my efforts. and now we need
no longer depend upon him. My fac
tory is far away. My invention was
worth Its weight in gold"
His eyes beamed down upon me as
they did on that Hateful Sunday. He
took me into his arms. 81 came back
for you, my happiness. my youth.
Come, teach me how to laugh again"
We cried and laughed in one. When
he had told me everything showed
him Uncle Tobe's last will and tesla
ment.
mot a cent of this money will take"
cried fiercely my lover. the companion
of my childhood. "He has made our
hearts bleed often enough for itr'
We were married and moved to the
large city, where Philip had his fac
tory. The little house we turned over
to Mrs. Mtchell's care. Every summer
we came home. bringing our children
with us. My husbands heart has soft
ened toward the lonely old man who
had driven him forth into the world.
and on the anniversary of his death our
little lobe lays sweet violets on his
grave.-Sunday Republic.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

a BOY AND AN ORANGE.
Laurence Hutton Tells How He Sue
cumbed to a Temptation in Youth.

Laurence Hutton Tells How He Suc-
cumbed to "a Temptation in Youth.
The Boy was taught, from the earliest
awakening of his reasoning powers.
that truth was to be told and to be re-
spected, and that nothing was more
wicked or more ungentlemanly than a
broken promise. He learned very early
to do as he was told, and not to do, I'M
der any consideratio ton, what he had said
he would not do. Upon this last point
he was strictly conscientious, although
once, literally. he beat about the BUSH
His Aunt Margaret, always devoted to
plants and to flowers. had, on the back
stoop of his grandfather's house. a lit
tie grove of orange and lemon trees In
pots. Some one of these was usually
in fruit or In flower. and the fruit to
The Boy was a great temptation. He
was very fond of oranges. and it seem
ed to him that homemade" orange.
which he had never tasted. must be
much better than grocers orange; as
homemade cake was certainly prefer
by the professional Mrs. Milderberger.
He Watched these little green oranges
from day to day. as they gradually
grew big and yellow in the sun. He
promised faithfully that he would no,
pick any, but he had a notion that soma
of them might drop off. He never
shook the trees. because he said no
would not. But he shook the stoop. And
he hung about the bush. which he wa,
too honest to beat. One unusually
tempting orange. which he had known
from its bud-hood. finally overcam,
him. He did not pick it off. he did moi
shake 1t off; he compromised with hi,
conscience by lying fiat on his back and
biting of a piece of IT, 1t was not
very good action, nor was il a good
orange. and for that reason. perhans
he went home Immediately and told on
himself. He told his mother. He did
not tell his Aunt Margaret. His mofh.
er did not seem to be as much shocked
ut his conduct as he was. But. in her
own quaint way. she gave him TO nm
derstand that promises were not made
to be cracked any more than they were
made to be broken-that he had bear
false to himself In heart. if not in deed
and that he must 90 back and make n,
"all right with his Aunt Margaret. She
did not seem to be very much shocked
either; he could not tell why. But they
punished The Boy. They made him eat
the rest Of the orange, ..t
He lost all subsequent interest m tho,
tropical glade, and he has never cared
much for domestic oranges since.-st
Nlcholns.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06


Referring to the Marie Barberi muir.
der trial In New York the Mail and
Express says: Think Of hypothetic.
nj question containing 1900 words
seven columns or more Of the Mail and
Express filed with scientific terms.
speculative propositions. technical
distinctions. and abstruse theories of
physiology and diseased Think Of this
question being read TO witness In n
murder trial with the idea that his an.
swer TO II Will enlighten the Jury as
TO the guilt or Innocence OF the defend
ant-and then you have a vague. hazy
notion OF what was done In case be-
fore one Of our local courts Nothing
but the fact that the affair involved a
question OF life or death saved this ex-
ample OF spectacular pettifogging from
being funny"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

According to the Rochester Democrat.
w. A. Field. OF Olean. n. y. says that
he Is the father Of thlrty-four children.
thlrty-one OF whom are now living.
or these there were three sets Of quin-
tuplets and four sets Of triplets by his
second wife. The entire family was
born at ten different births, The first
wife and three Of the children were
burned to death In January. twenty
eight years ago. at Saginaw, Mich The
survivors OF the family. numbering
thirty-one. are intending to have a
grand family reunion next spring. and
for short time place themselves on
exhibition with the father and mother.
The father OF this surprisingly large
family Is 81 years old.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

In England. according to official re-
ports, tobacco is adulterated with SUI
gar. alum. lime. flour or meal. rhubarb
leaves. saltpetre. fuller's earth. starch.
malt-coomlngs. chromate OF lead. peat
moss. molasses. burd0ck leaves. COM
mon salt, endive leaves. lampblack,
gum. red dye. scraps OF newspapers.
cinnamon stick, cabbage leaves and
straw brown paper. The record of its
sophlstication here Is NOT officially GER
titled. but there Is no reason to sur
mise that our tobacconists allow those
OF periidious Albion to exceed them in
business ability While we are medi-
tatlng- statutes to enforce the brewage
OF honest beer. Il might not be amlss
at the same time to bestow passing
glance on the tobacco question. rs these
SUPPLYING and much doctored agents
to a large extent 20 together
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

The venerable Col. 'Dlck" Thomp-
son, ex-Secretary OF the Navy and In
dlana's Grand Old Man" says that in
1S47 he procured an invitation for
Abraham Lincoln to the house of a eel
ebrated social leader In Washington.
Col. Thompson took his "long-legged.
longarmed, ugly friend ito the hostess
and presented him. Lincoln was asked
TO be seated on low hassock. and after
considerable difficulty he so disposed
his arms and legs ms to feel fairly com
Portable. Then a long and animated
conversation took place between him
and the society woman. The day fol-
lowing the reception, Col. Thompson
met the hostess and remarked to her:
"Well, how did you like my friend Lin
colnTi II WIFI tell you" she answer
ed. "Mr. Lincoln. Of all you men at
my house hast night, Is the only one
who will'ever be President
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06
A story of TWO Archbishops.

In a letter to the London Times. the
Archbishop Of Dublin sends the fol-
lowing account by Archbishop Alexan-
der of his final interview with Dr. Ben
son: MAY | be allowed to mention
something which happened under my
own roof on the morning when the
Primate of all England left it--some-
thing which will ever make it to me
holy and haunted spotg The tune
was come to say good-by. / had receiv-
ed heavy tidings, and as l walked with
him to the carriage. | asked for 0is
benediction. He laid his hand upon
my head and tenderly cheered me with
the Aaronic benediction, The Lord
bless thee and keep thee'-the while he
lifted up his eyes. and poured out some
words of prayer and pleading. As
looked upon his earnest. flushed and
radiant face. instinctively understood
little better that wonderful effect OF
prayer In the pattern of humanity
AS He prayed the fashion of His coun-
tenance was changed Then, as II IN
the Archbishop's sublety Of gentleness
he would leave behind no possible I'M
preston OF superiority. he took my
hand and smilingly kissed the archie
piscopal ring upon 1t, saying, l saiu'e
the ancient See Of Armagh.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Every man has his hobby. He may
not always know 1t himself, but some
where In his mental makeup. there is
a corner which hides a secret which he
thinks Is exclusively his own. which
would make the world wiser and better
II he could reveal It In all its force
But he Is mostly SO situated that this
must forever remain his secret. and It
Is often well for the world that II Is so.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

rolay potentate Is even threatened with
the appointment OF receiver on the
petty ground that be has misused the
funds Of the island. Surely things have
q pretty pass II n monarch can.
not misuse his own funds II he wants
TO, and II that divinity which does
hedge King cannot hedge him enough
to AFFORD protection from minion OF
the law The King is at present in San
Francisco awaiting the judgment OF tho
court to ascertain whether he is n Klug
indeed or only a Jack
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06
one Rows FeminIna w..

Although he became foreman of a IN.
venile hook-and-ladder company before
he was tive' and would not play with
girls at all, he had one peculiar fem,-
nine weakness. His grand passion was
washing and ironing. And Ann Huehos
used to lethim do all the laundry worl,
connected with the wash rags and his
own pocket handkerchiefs. into which
regularly every Wednesday. he burned
little brown holes with the toy aatiron
which would get too hot. But JobnD~
Robertson and Joe Stuart and tho Or,
boys and even the uncles and aunts
never knew anything about this-unless
Ann Hughes gave it away.-st Nicho
las. -'IVno'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

The announcement that the railroads
throughout the country win continue
during next year to grant half rates to
clergymen has been received with un-
felgned satisfaction by majority Of
the members OF the cloth. But not by
all. A prominent and respected preach
er. commenting upon the matter, said
to the Philadelphia Record: II had
hoped that the railroads were finally
about to wipe out the semi-deadhead
privilege extended TO the clergy. II Ia
a relic OF the times when preaching
meant poverty. and under the changed
conditions II is not only unfair to the
railways and the general travelling pub
lie. but II is destructive OF the self-re-
spect OF It's benehclaries The railroads
have been chatting under the clerical
half-fare system for a long time. and
for several years some OF them have
been trying to do away with H. Times
have changed since the church was
poor and preachers underpald. and the
railroad people are quite sensible of the
fact" a., tfs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

A process OF hardening steel by means
81 an electric current trayersing the red.
hot metal has been Invented in France.
Experiments made with tools thus
hardened are said to have given surpris-
ing results. sharpened table-knif
cut a one-eighth-inch Iron wire as n Il
had been string. Iron bars were
easily cut with circular saw. Drills
pierced east-steel plates with twice the
speed and ease OF ordinary drills: and
In all the experiments the tools showed
no injury.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

II is painful to record II, but there is
no getting away from the fact Nearly
i've hundred clergymen in this coun-
try have been placed on blacklist by
the railroads because they have abused
the half-rate privileges the companies
have been granting them. II Is a salts
faction to know that they will not have
another opportunity to fleece the rail-
roads and bring disgrace on their sacred
calling.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

In the course Of lecture on English
style In Baltimore the other day Joseph
Jacobs, the English critic. said: "The
short sentence now relgns supreme The
complex and ipYolved sentence has been
abandoned by the representatives of
good style for a sentence so r,''and
simple as TO be understood by-a. cllifd q
7. The use Of conjuncfions other than
and Is being abandoned. and this
makes style less porshed and more com
versatlonal.'h harder 70 write but easier
10 read -
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

The work OF the mailing division OF
the Baltimore postofiice during Novem-
Der came very near being absolutely
perfect, The percentage being 99.99s
This record Is the highest ever attained
by the posiofiicc there, and It Is said to
be better than that OF any other Office
In the country. Postmaster Warneld
says: We could have no better evidence
OF the success Of the merit system now
In use Ia this Office than this record"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Ascension Island, In the South Allan
tic. Is having troublous times. Its gov
eminent Is that OF British man-of-
war, but officers wives are allowed TO
live on II. There are ten OF them: they
have quarrelcd about precedence. ana
now refuse TO speak to each other. The
captain Of the last war vessel that stop
ped there with supplies. including
dresses. tried TO make them adopt the
rule OF seniority OF age. but It didn't
work
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

President Cleveland has daughter
Ruth, Mark Hanna has daughter
Ruth and William Jennings Bryan. Mr.
Hanna's chief opponent In the election,
has daughter Ruth The paragraph
crs ought TO be able TO CLEAN something
from this
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Georgia. 1t should be noted" says
the Charleston Is. ca News and Cou-
rIer, has. besides Its fourishing state
college, a normal college, college for
women ON the same basis as the Win
throp College In South Carolina. great
school Of technology at Atlanta. and
four agricultural collegcs-one for each
section OF the State"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

An exchange, In speaking OF the plain.
ness OF Mr.. Cleveland's new home at
Princeton, says; "A house with a
charming mistress and three fine little
girls doesn't need any gingerbread "
As II little girls didn't like gingerbread
as well as little boysl
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Turin Is going to hold an Italian exhl-
billion In 1898. II will include the work
OF Italians abroad and OF the Catholic
missions. There viii also be an lnterna-
tlonal exhibition Of electric appliances
and OF machinery. Among the special
features viii be athletic games and a
review % comic art.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

The pneumatic tube system for car
rying small parcels and mall packages
Is TO be laid down In Boston. The sys-
TEN has been In use In European cities
for the last fifty years. but the majority
OF the tubes are only three inches in
diameter. The Boston system will have
elght-inch tubes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

The editor Of the Springfield (Mass)
Republican exclalms In a burst OF conf
dence, I'VE are very wicked lot but
falls to crafty public curiosity by re-
laflng Just what he has been up to.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06
EMMETT

The battle ship Texas has cost ST.
$4,000 and a great deal Of swearing.
She comes pretty high. but shows a dis.
position to go lower.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Being conhdcntinliy Informed that the
Atchlson Globe paragraphs are written
by woman, we withdraw all the mean
things we have heretofore thought
about the author OF them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Medical men are agreed that blushlng
il a disease, but they also agree In say
ing that II Is not so epidemic In certain
quarters as II ought TO be.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Visitor Ito butler, who is showing him
through the picture gallery of the coun-
try seaD--That's a fine portrait Is II
one OF the old masters?
Butler-No. That's. one OF the old
misses.-Nsw York Tribune
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

The king OF Tanning Island" in the
South Seas is being subjected to consld-
cradle annoyance by the obstreperous
executor Of his fathers estate. The
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Armenia is not a thoroughly Chris'lan
country. as is generally believed. our
of population of ,5lo,20o nearly nve-
sixths are Mohammedan, the eNacI
number being 2.00O.414, to only 6o9''9l
Christians.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06
Honey In Butter

Partisan restaurant-keepers mlx .
little honey with their buttar NJ
gives 1t an agreeable taste and aar ar
and makes the Inferior butter mora
palatable. Nore
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-06

Husband-I suppose Mrs. Brown en-
joyed her European trip? Wife-Nery
much: but she's delighted to De nome
again. Husband-No doubt ms -
the place TO talk about it.-Puck.