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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
OUR ST. BERNARD.


An
No more she watches on our terraced hill,
And bounds to meet us when we home
ward come:
The soft brown eyes are closed; the voice
is still;
The lips that kissed my hand are cold and
Bernie is deadl
How like knell those words fall on my
heart;
Cold as the grave we made her in our
lawn;
How can spend my busy life, apart
From her who guarded us from dark to
dawn?
I wrote my books with Bernie at my side !;
Her great brown head lay often on my
knee;
She was the pet of children far and wide;
Her silent speech was restfu company.
Six years we walked together In the wood.
Or loitered In the valley by the brook;
My every word and tone she understood: !:
Grateful for praise. and every tender
look.
Such wish to do the right 1 never knew:
unselflsh, faithful to the very end:
Dear, precious Bernie. trGest of the true:
Our constant, trusting and devoted
friend
Her gentle nature knew no thought Of fear:
We marveled at her patience to the last;
We wept in secret though we spoke with
cheer,
And prayed and hoped. until deaths hour
had passed.
The snow lies deep upon our Bernie's 8
grave,
Shut out forever from our human sight;
Would she could know the Joy her short
life gave,
Or how her absence turns the day to
night!
Bernie is dead!
Sarah K. Bolton. in n Y Independent.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
6reat Triumph.

Instant relief and permanent cure
by the great remedy, Otto's Cure for
Lung and Throat diseases. Why will
you irritate your throat and lungs with
q hacking cough when O. A. West, Rains.
boro, ]. w. Pearce & Co., New Peters.
burg, sole agents, will furnish you free
sample bottle of this great guaranteed
remedy? It's success is wonderful, as
your druggist will tell you. Samples
free. Large bottles SOC. and 25c.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

fellow, Wills, l suppose? Well. if that
don't get me! Come here, Laura, and
kiss your old uncle"
chairs as she went, and her mother
hurried after her. Mr.. Barring drew
up his chair closer to Uncle Robert.
I-didn't-say-she- going
to-get-married!" he shouted. II
said - you - ought - to - see - an
aurist. t.About-your-hearing-you-
know!"
"Oh, pshaw!" said Uncle Robert. II
don't need to see anybody. l can hear
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

ear 10 intercept
the ditfused sound
waves and said:
whats that?" 1t
had the effect of
instantly silenc-
ing the most ami
mated group, and
C o n v e r S a tt o n
forthw ith la n
guished.
Neither Lau r a
n or T o m n o r
Laura's and Toms
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
A Dinerence Only in Name.

We call it ice cream. To the English
it is known as cream ice. Just when or
where it was invented is the question
many people have tried to solve. In the
beginning of the century it was almost
unknown in England, though well
known in Naples and Sicily, where the
cream was artfully made into copies of
peaches, apples, apricots and such dain-
ties, much as we have them to-day,made
in molds.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
Novel to Some.

Miss Antique-No, I'm not going to
Mrs. Whitehair's reception.
Miss Budd-Why not?
"Oh, she always talks about old
times, and that makes me tired. 1
don't see how you can stand her."
"But, my dear, her subject is new
TO most Of us, you know,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

pitch: why in
thunder couldn't
he say so him
self?" a n d re-
sumed his news
paper.
AS L o m said,
that "H-m-m-
M" w a 8 t b e
m ost t exasperat-
in g thing about
the whole bust
ness. "After you
have hollered at
him for ten min
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

$l4 90 to Atlantic City and return via
the Chesapeake & Ohio route August II.
Hillsboro Railroad will sell tickets at
this rate on above date. Addvess Fred
B. MeKeehan, Agent.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
The Eye Of Geniux.

All men of genius are said to have
eyes clear, slow moving and bright.
This is the eye which indicates mental
ability of some kind, it doesn't matter
what.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

DilsonI-I tell you what, old man,
woman ightens mans burdens
Pilson-Yes; his pocketbook isn't near
60 heavy.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

For painting, paper hanging, &c.,you
will make money If you call on D. 81.
Goyen, next door to the Presbyterian i,
Church,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

well enough Wnen
you don't humble
what you say as If
your mouth was
full of mush. l
amt deaf-not by
n jugful!"
II k now it'll"
+ o ared Barring,
shamelessly. But
don't you some
times have a little
difficulty W i t h
your right ear? I
fbipl T,vo boorf7
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
Juliu. Describes q Gown.
Dorothy. saw a beautiful gown i,

Dorothy, saw a Beautiful gown in q
shop window to-day"
"What was it, Julius?"
"Well-it was that zigzaggy kind Of
cloth-and it had those braided things
across the front and down the back;
and some awful stylish pointed things
on the skirt-I wish you would get ono
Just like it."-Tt- Bits.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
The Cello Player.
BY Edgar Temple Field.

TO DEvEREUX belongs the honor
of his discovery, a fact that rather
rankled in my mind at the time, for
Devereux, having a snug berth in a
railroad office, is not engaged in that
feverish search for copy which distin-
guishes my own troubled journalistic
existence, nor does he claim, like my
self, to be keen and critical observer
of types. What's more, Devereux is
not the musician that 1 am.
To be sure, he has pretty tenor Of
his own and that mysterious something
we call "ear," which enables a man to
Join in on a quartette without danger
Of being pitched from the window. But
still, he can't play everything, from
Rubinstein to rag-time, with his eyes
shut, nor has he composed a comic
opera that only the short-sighted stu
pidity of theatrical managers has kept
from sweeping the country like Sec
ond "Pinafore."
But enough of ourselves. 1t was the
cello player was going to tell about.
We had gone up to the Regia music
hall that evening in the rather vain
hope of little amusement when we, or
rather Devereux, discovered him.
The big red and white auditorium was
jammed with a noisy crowd when we
got there, and you could have SHOW
eled the cigar smoke out with spade.
We took seats in the front row on ac-
count of the crowd, rather than that
we were habitues of that locality, for
neither of us could boast bald spot.
My own hair may be thinning trifie on
the temples, but still, when properly
arranged, it makes very respectable
appearance, while Devereux's blond
locks, accurately parted in the middle,
are thick enough to stuff a soft cushion
for some pretty girl to rest her head
upon if he chose to dedicate them to
such quixotic purpose.
A lean girl with q Greek nose and
voice located somewhere in the bridge
thereof, was doing male impersona-
ton, interspersed with fascinating
smiles at the chappies in the audience,
and had just got to the hiccoughs in the
inevitable intoxication scene.
was wondering, as lighted my
cigarette, why girls always get the hic-
coughs when they put on trousers,
when Devereux logged my elbow and
my match went out. I swore at him
mildly as I scratched another-some-
how one can never be very fierce with
Devereux, he's such gentlemanly chap
but he paid no attention to what I
said, and only motioned me excitedly to
look at the orchestra.
looked, of course, and there, right
in front of us, was an old fellow playing
the cello. He had long, pale face,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

Husband las wife shows him new
bathing uit)-Surely, you haven't the
face to wear that?
Wife observation-disclosures not but I've
got the figure
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
Shorthand

Taught personally or by. mail; reduced
rates to classes of five or more. Send
stamped envelope for particulars. Eu.
gene O, Lewis. New Vienna, Ohio.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

utes with your eyes .bugging out Of
your head and your throat raw"
said Tom, ito have him grunt out:
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
Locomotixea In Use.

motives are at present running IN vari-
Gus countries. -
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10
Uncle Roberts Deafness.
BY George T. Ade

When Uncle Robert came into the
room with his hand scooped behind his
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

stranger, a S b e
calls reg u ! a y
three times in the
week, and drops in
casually on t h e
other four. He is
a friend of Toms,
and takes a great
deal of pleasure in
the society of Mr..
and Mrs. Barring.
About a week ago
he happened to be
talking to Laura,
and Uncle Robert,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

Uncle Robert. father and moth
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Barring, had reached
the point where they had allowed their
unabridged views on the subject Of
Uncle Roberts deafness to become
known to him; some people
young people especially might
have Stunned him, but they were not
SO inconsiderate. They knew that he
couldn't help his deafness, and that he
was of sensitive nature, besides be-
ing man possessed of large amount
Of property, real and personal; there
fore, as they were kindly family, they
bore gently and tenderly with his in
frmity. Nevertheless, 1t was not only
hard on the voice, but it taxed the in
ventive faculties to considerable ex-
tent. Matters of personal and pri-
vate nature were sometimes discussed
in the family circle, and it was too
much to expect that they should be
shouted so as to be perfectly audible
to the people in the mex. fiat. In such
case the person required to shout was
compelled to substitute remarks on the
Philippine situation or the prices of
plumbing material or some other topic
of universal sort
Again, it was awkward before
strangers. Mr.. Wills is not exactly
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

'H-m-m-m!' as If he didn't think
there was a particle of sense in what
you said, is what makes me sore. I'm
going to get megaphone and rig it
up with a ball-bearing swivel in the
sitting-room. Don't you think that
would be pious idea, dad?"
II think it would be pious idea to
do something" said Mr.. Barring. IF
he'd own up he was deaf 1t would be
dead easy. I'm going to keep after
him and see if I can't get him to take
treatment. 1 think he can be cured,
and If he could I'd be willing to pay
for it myself, by George!"
"You want to be careful, papa" said
| Mrs. Barring, warningly.
Mr.. Barring said he would be careful.
"Uncle Robert" he vociferated, when
his relative came in, "you ought TO see
an aurist or somebody"
"What do 1 want to see a florist
about?" asked Uncle Robert. "Is any
body going to get married?"
"An aurist!" shouted Mr.. Barring.
| laura! Well, well! thought there
was something of that kind going on.
s:,sF :: s;:s' F's { VII: !; ;';:: $:f; %:;;. A
| It doesn't seem NV
any time at all
since she was in
short dresses,wIth MN
| two little broids =
| tied up in blue rib NJ n
]: 4: !: !: !: !: !: :: : : !: !: :
bon hanging down $ N
her back. Why, I'll IN
how old is she, 4
Jim? She can't be NJ VI IL
| more than 25 now. "
It's that yOunu J,aur0
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-08-10

Tommy" said Qevereux, solemnly,
as we were walking homeward an hour
or two later, "how do you feel?"
"As if there weren't enough cock
tails in New York to steady my
nerves." / replied, with conviction.
tits too bad you lost that copy" he
proceeded. hypocritically, "but surely
even the most exacting newspaper
could hardly expect man to go to hell
in search of copy"
My reply, which. will scarcely bear
publication, seemed to startle Dew
ereux.
"You really ought to go away, old
man. You've been working too hard"
he observed. solicitously. "When a fell
low gets to seeing ghosts, you know"
"You forget" ] replied, with much
dignity, shat If it hadn't been for you
never should have seen him at all."-
Chicago Tmes-Herald.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17

Bonner, Dec. 16.-There are, of
course, many things that this town
would like for Christmas presents, but
there is nothing that it would like
more than better arranged depot. A
few years ago, when the changes were
made in the railway grade here, the
depot was tossed to the south side of
the track. The local administra ton
that preceded the present one on the
Northern Pacific was urged not to
make this change, but the appeals of
Bonner went unheeded and the station
was rolled over to the bank on the OPP
pOsite side of the track.
Then came the lowering of the grade
here, which, resulted in a deep cut be-
tween the town side of the track and
the station. 1t is perilous climb down
the bank and across the tracks to the
station, especially in the dark. but
those who want to get to the tation
have to make it or else go by wagon
road There have been one or two
minor accidents here, already, and
there are more in sight unless the rail-
road company by a dispensation of
mercy makes Bonner a holiday gift of
better means Of approach to the sta
ton,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
IT Has Been a Frost.

Bonner, Dec. ia season of eager
and earnest anticipation and expecta-
ton in this town is drawing to a close
without any realization or satisfaction
It has been a season that promised
much, but fulfilled little. Early in the
spring the agitation for good county
road to Mssoula was begun and in the
first weeks of summer there was some
promise of success in this line, but it
all died in the promise. The county
commissioners promised relief from eX-
listing conditions and went as far as
advertising for bids for the construc-
ton of a new road. After a lot of
Juggling the contract was awarded, but
it has not yet been carried out. 1t is
said that the successful contractor filed
a bond, but the commissioners records
do not show that the bond was ever ap-
proved.
The contractor has two or three
times made the people here believe that
he was really preparing to start work
on the Marshall grade, but the bluff
has not been carried out and the people
of Bonner and Eastern MissOula coun-
ty in order to get to the county seat
must either pay toll or risk their neclls
in crossing the Marshall grade. Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
1T WILL BE MERRY.
Christmas at the County Jail VIII BE
Properly Observed.


Missoula, Dec. 16.-Among the pleas.
ant Christmas celebrations that VIII
take place in Missoula this month there
Will be none that is more hilarious
than the one that Sheriff Curran Will
oversee at the county jail The sherltL
always sees to it that the boys who are
in the tolls when Christmas comes,
have something to remind them that II
is a holiday. There will be a good DIM
ner-turkey and pie and tixings All
of the boys will have a share in 1t and
all of them are looking forward to IT.
On these occasions most of the pris-
oners are as lighthearted as II they
were boys at home and they enter into
the joyous spirit of the day with zest
and fervor. Now and then, however,
there is one among them who is remind
ed of other Christmases that he mas
spent in different surroundings, and
he is homesick and his associates in his
present fix have trouble In waking him
up to a proper appreciation of the de-
mands of the day. 1t would make an
interesting story to know Sust, how
these men came where they are and
what started them and where they
came from.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
Steam SuppIants Horses.

Bonner, Dec. 16.-Among the i'm
provements made in the local lumber
industry during the past season was
the introduction of steam to supplant
horse power in breaking the big log
jam above the mills. A donkey engine,
placed on mOOred scow. did the work
very quickly and easily and, with a
crew Of men, did the amount of work
that formerly required several teams of
horses. The change proved a great
convenience, as the logs could be de-
liyered to the mill promptly and ex-
actIy as they We're wanted. The inno-
walton attracted no little attention
during the open season and the high
bank above the jam was on pleasant
afternoons a vantage point for many
interested onlOokers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17

Missoula, Dec. 16.-One of the
schemes that have been suggested for
the organization of the street depart
ment next spring is that the city pur-
chase a couple of dump carts and a
heavy horse and employ two men con-
stantly upon the streets. This plan was
suggested several months ago by Alder
man Greenough and the more it is con-
sidered the better the aldermen seem to
like it. With the new street fund that
is at the disposal Of the city and the
additional income that will come from
the road poll tax such an arrangement
could be carried through satisfactorily
1t would undoubtedly result in much
benefit to the city, as, under the pres
ent arrangement, the money that is eX-
pended does not bring the best re-
turns
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17
OF Magnificent Distances.

Missoula, Dec. 16.-Missoula is a big
town. There is no doubt Of that. II
there We're there has been additional
proof adduced recently that is conclu-
sive. A Well-llnown business man has
started for home on two different oc-
casions recently. His home is on the
south side of the river and his place
of business is in the central part of
town. He told his wife chat ne had
gone direct to his home from the office,
but calculation shows that it took him
five hours to make the trip on one oc-
casion and six on the other. This wtIild
make the distance, at the lowest calcu-
lation, six miles, and both residence and
office are within the city limits. There
fore. it follows that Missoula is big
fitI-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17

developed 1t must be a source of
congratulation to the people of Mon
tana that the extensive forests of the
state are now being guarded and pro-
teCted, preserving the timber and con-
serving the water supply. With in
creased appropriations by congress. en-
aiding the department to keep larg-
err force in the field, still greater re-
suits will accrue, and in the very near
fture the service will be much more
than self-sustaining, producing indeed
no small revenue to the national eX
chequer, besides enhancing the value
of the forests and the lands adjacent
thereto which naturally derive their
sustenance therefrom.
j. B. COLLINS.
superintendent United States Forest
Reserves in Montana,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-17

Bonner will next season make such ar
rangements as will make it unnecessary
for her people to go to Missoula so
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-01-05
SLEEPING MACHINES.
Ingenious Mechanical Apparatus for
bringing About the Condition
of Slumber.

Experiments have been made recent
ly with some curious devices in the
shape of sleep machines" Sleep wiz
sometimes result from fatigue of the
eyes. Looking at trees or other objects
as we rush along in the train will fire.
quently send us off"
Aningenious gentleman has produced
a machine for this purpose. 1t is a box
surmounted by two fanlille panels. one
above the other. revolving horizontally
in opposite directions. These panels
are studded with mirrors that throw
upon the retina vibrating hood OF
twinkling light
\ similar effect is produced by star
ing at bright ball placed high above
the head so that some slight strain Is
caused by staring at it.
Another apparatus for causing
drowsinass is formed of clamps fer
squeezing the arteries leading to the
brain. The clamps remain in position
for less than half minute. and by that
time the sufferer from insomnia has
been placed in a state of somnolence
by the decreased flow of blood to the
brain
Still another method is to arrange an
electric battery in the bed so that mild
current acts upon the spine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-01-05
TESTING THE QUALITY OF AIR.
An Idea ns to It's Purity May BE De-
rived 10y Using smoke
Peppermint.

Once year is quite often enough to
have the plumbing tested for the escape
of sewer gas. There are two methods
of doing this-the peppermint test and
smoke test. The latter says Chicago
exchange, is regarded as the most alb
solute, though both are used. When
such a test is made the regular escapes
for the water are plugged up and smoke
is pumped into the pipes from the roof.
For this purpose there is a special ma
chine which combines a furnace and a
force pump. In the little furnace are
put old rags or discarded Christmas
trees, or anything which will make a
fine smudge. AS soon as these are in
good smoking condition the smudge is
forced Gown into the pipe and tour
of examination is made. If the smoke
escapes at any point it can be detected
at once.
The peppermint test is made from
the roof also. The escapes are plugged
up and then about pint of peppermint
Oil is poured in the roof pipe, followed
by bucket of hot water. The odOr of
the peppermint is 50 penetrating that
it Will quickly escape at any defective
spot But the man who handles the
peppermint has to stay on the roof I'M
til the examination is complete or the
whole house will be permeated with the
odor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-01-05
THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM.
What One Sees Who In THIS Lay
Visits the Most Historic spot
In Judea.

]. James Tissot, the great French
artist, who has made the remarkable
Illustrations for the Life of Christ"
writes &c Christmas at Bethlehem in
Century:
..Tbe town of Bethlehem is shaped
in the form OF crescent, descending.
terrace 10y terrace. the side of the hill
on which ii is built. On one of these
terraces are grouped the massive build
ings of the Latin and Greek converts,
between which stands the basiiica,
charming the eye by the peculiar grace
of its lines All the houses are dis
tinctly Jewish in appearance. with fiat
roofs capped by cupolas, and many OF
them have pointed archways which offer
pleasant places for repose in hours of
sun or shade.
"This creeping of the houses down
into the very gardens of the valley
heightens wonderfully the beauty of
the Landscapes: while in the background,
toward the Dead sea, the mountains of
| Moab tower majestically above the gen
tie fluctuations of hill and vale. Every
feature of this neverto- be forgotten
scene is full of sacred significance. In
front Of the city you are shown the field
where Ruth and Boaz met, and near by
| is the spot where the shepherds were
| told of our Saviours birth. AT point
still nearer the crescentshaped city is
| the well from which David so desired
drink after doing battle. a little far
Their IN, and quite by itself, is the tomb
of Rachel, beyond which are other
! battle fields mentioned in the Bible"