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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07
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There's death in the cup, always
has been and always will be.
Death to conscience, to innocent
wives and children, and to guilty
sellers and drinkers, 1t Scorches
like a sirocco wherever it's poison
Gus breath touches. Legislators
have made the plan and built the
hopper, Christian voters have put
it in place, taken the high license
toll and turned on the power. We
thank God we live in the land of
the free and the home of the brave
and then close our eyes with salts
faction and our ears with pleasure
at the music of our boosted civiliZ-
alton. 1t has become the tritest
sort of platitude that the Ameri
can people are under the thraldom
Of the rum power. We have been
told SO often that the reins of GOV
crnment are in the hands of the
liquor dealer, that truth has lost
its force with us. Christian citi-
zcns do not arouse themselves to
an assertion of their RIGHTS, be-
cause there seems no power to con-
vince them of the awful state of
affairs. We marvel at these trans
formations, wondering how inebri
alton can change men into tiends,
how alcohol, 4 mere substance in
nature and without moral force,
can through its action on the brain
evolve Il new moral quality, in
tense, destructive and internal.
This fact no one questions, for it
stands all the while confronting
and challenging us in a thousand
terrible and disgusting forms. In
the very heart of the nation, in
the center of our beautiful capitol,
beneath the halls where all our
laws are brought into being, there
is maintained and honored the
greatest enemy of our national life
that same old viper, Rum, who
only waits to strike his venom
fangs at our throatS. Does it not
make every American blush for
the name. when he recalls that our
government, that which the stars
and stripes represents, that to
which we look for protection from
all hurttul influences, supports
with its own money and by it's
direct authority and approval two
grogshops for the sole use of the
nations legislators! One of the
first sights that the immigrant
sees as he approaches this land Of
the free and the home of the brave,
is the beacon in the uplifted hand
of the goddess of liberty, her torch
telling the mute message of free
dom from oppressive rule Of all
sorts. Could the immigrant or
could we look little more closely
we would find at the base of that
beautiful monument, large and
fourishing dispensary of intoxi-
eating liquors. The horrible sue-
gestiveness of this appalls one as
they behold it, and it ought to
drive home to our soul the con-
viction that more truly than we
dare think is the liquor traffic at
the very base of our boosted free
dom. May it be rooted out be-
fore it causes the structure tc
totter and fall,
NIpc L " rN,,-c,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07

''Foleys Kidney Cure has been
tested and found to be all you claim for
it. / have been giving it to my father
and it is the only thing that ever
helped him." writes Geo. c.. Hickock.
Curtis, Wis. c. A. Jack, Druggist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07
To Conservatives.

AS an honest remedy, Foley's Honey
and Tar does not hold out false hopes
in advanced stages, but truthfully
claims to give comfort and relief in
the worst cases, and in the early stages
to effect a cure. c.. \. Jack. DRUGGIST.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07

letter, eczema and skin diseases
yield quickly to to the marvellous heal
ing qualities of Banner Salve made
from prescription of a skin special
ist of world wide fame. 25c. @. A.
Jack, Druggist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07

YI ought to know that when suffer-
wv ing from any kidney trouble that
a safe, sure remedy is Foley's Kidney
cure Guaranteed or money refunded
G. A. Jack, Druggist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07
For Sale.

House and eight lots for sale cheap
Tor cash in the village Of Princeton.
Title perfect. Enquire of
J. S. BOUCK.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
IMPORTANT PUEBLO RELICS.
More Stone Idols with CrO,yred Heads
Discovered in Old Phebio
Ruins.

EX-Gov. l.. Bradford Prince made an
archaeological di>covery of great i'm
portauCc at excavations he is making
in old pueblo ruins near Santa Fe, y. NJ.
Among his collections of over LOCO
stone idols, the largest and only collec-
ton Of stone idols in the world, there
had been only four idols with crowns
on the head, but now in another room
in another set of ruins II stone heads,
of which all but two have conspicuous
crowns of different shapes, are to be
found. Several of these crowns are di-
yided into double crowns. On one head
the crown is composed of five lotuses or
semicircular divisions. This second dis
covery leads to the supposition that
nearly all the idols in that particular
part of pueblo wore head ornaments
and that it was holy city, whose idols
stood preeminent above the idols of
other pueblos.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
DEWEY LOVING CUP.
VIII Cost $4,000 and Will BE the
HandsOmest Gift Presented to
Him on His Return,

The handsoinest gift which Admiral
Dewey will receive upon his return to
America is the loving cup, which is now
being completed in the establishment
of one of the greatest manufacturing
jewelers. on the continent. A good deal
has been said about the cup. which is to
cost $4,000, but until recently no de-
tailed description found its way into
print. 1t will be of 1S-lairat gold, and
in order to have ii done by September
Is four sets of artisans are working
night and day completing the different
parts sat once. The cup will be of a three
sided Roman pattern, with dolphin
handles and band of stars, one for
each state, will surround the brim.
Upon each side, between the handles,
Will be chased figure-one figure of
the great admiral supported by oak
leaves and the spread eagle, the second
the cruiser Olympia, and the third an
ideal figure, with an inscription below
1t stating that the cup was presented
to AdHiral Dewey by the city of New
York. y twisted rope, emblematic of
the navy, will surround the neck of the
cup, and underneath, upon the base.
Will be the initials, G. d.. the four stars
of the admiral and the seal of New York.
The legs of the cup will be anchors, foul
IN number, resting upon oak leaves.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
QUININE MONOPOLY.
steps Taken to Break Down the Trust
Organized by the German
Mannfacturers

According to official reports at the
state department, steps have been taken
to break down the quinine trust organ
lied by German manufacturers. The
Javanese planters have found the syn
dicate able to control the price of Gin
chona by manipulating the relative
price OF the bark and the quinine. Re-
Gently some of the largest and most in
fiuential planters in Java have organ
lied to control the supply in such way
as to keep the raw material out of the
hands of the syndicate and have begun
to encourage direct trade with the
United States
Factories have been established in
Java. and since last January, when the
new trade begun, 265, ounces Of sui
phate of quinine have been shipped d.
rect to this country, although there
nave been no exports Of cinchona to the
United States. Consular officers say
there is no reason why the United
States should not get both the cnchona
bark and the sulphate of quinine direct
from Java, and thus avoid the excessive
eXactions of the German trust. 1t has
been proposed to establish a regular
market in Batavia. and it is believed the
development of American enterprises
in the Philippines will turn attention
to Java and its capacity for supplying
the ever-increasing demands of the
quinine trade
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09

The bids are all we'll within the limit.
the highest being that of Moran Bro.
q Co., $l,122,00O. The other bidders
nearly all named two prices, one for A
single vessel, with reduction II thew
built two. The time mentioned in the
| bids for delivery of the completed yes.
sells varies from 81 to 80 months, only
one bidder, Townsend & Downey, NAM
ing the former. As soon as the bids are
all scheduled they will be turned over to
Secretary Long, who will announce the
successful bidders. In view of the in
crease in the price of all kinds of steel
the bids are considered satisfactory.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
Vsnderlip, who was chairman of the
Dewey home fund committee, gave an
informal dinner in honor of Admiral
Dewey this week, at which the commit
tee finished it's work and received the
thanks Of the Admiral. Naturally the
Admiral was arnly congratulated, as
he is on every hand, upon his coming
marriage to Mrs. Hazen, widow of Gen.
W. B. Hazen, who was at the head of
the Signal Service when he died, and
daughter of the late Washington Nc
Lean
Prof. Schurman, of the Philippine
Commission, who was one of the first
Americans to interview the Sultan of
Sulu after the United States acquired
the sovereignty of the Philippines, said
OF the'cock and bull stories which have
been circulated about this government
and the Sultan of Sulu: at seems to
me that were it not for the ignorance
displayed the present hue and cry about
p,lygamy and slavery in these islands
would he absolutely criminal. In taking
over the Sulu group we have scouired
no rights of any sort there except those
"equeatbed us by Spain She was bound
b her agreement with the Sultan not
t" interfere with The religion or cus-
toms "f the islands, and it would be
most un wise for us to attempt this by
force. W. a it can ultimately be accom-
piis' r'i by the slower met hnds of civili-
za,i"n and education. The Sula group
prop"r c"n'aius about 100000 mhabit-
ans They are all Nohamsdans, as are
abuut $50 900 of the residents Of Min.
'iapso, directly east. To attempt to in
terf-re with the religion of these peo-
pie would precipitate one of the blood.
lest wars in which this country has ever
engaged P,l. gamy is a part OF their
religion, and slavery, about which so
ruch is being said just now, lie q mild
type Of feudal bondage. l firmly be-
Iieve that an attempt to interfere by
'orce with the customs in the Sulu is
lands at this time would bring on a
bloody aud wholly unnecessary war;"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
MAN-EATING SHARK CAUGHT.
Monster Weighing $50 Pounds Land
ed In Jamaica Bay-Bathers
Feel Relieved.

y shark that had been in Jamaica bay
for several days was caught and
brought ashore at. Hollands pier, Ham
melIs station, New York, the other
night. He was ten feet long and
weighed about $50 pounds Jamaica
bay fishermen saw the shark MANY
times and tried to catch him, but he al
ways took their lines and bait. In one
case he nearly took fisherman, too.
who in his zeal to get the monster al
lowed himself to be dragged into the
water.
Some persons living on the shores OF
the bay breathe easier now that the
shark is dead. Alarming stories were
told while he lived to the effect that
he belonged to a species of West In
dian sharks that have legs and crawl
up on the land in the night time and
steal chickens and babies. Some of the
residents would not have been sur
prised, at what they heard of him, if
he had held up train and picked out
the fattest passengers aboard for his
supper. Some of the old fishermen who
examined him knowingly said t hat the
look in his eyes showed that he was a
man eater who was there to gobble IN
summer bathers. Those who assisted
al the roundup said that the captive
was accompanied by another shark.
female. Efforts We're made 10 get her.
The men threw over hook baiten with
pork and she carried it off, line and all.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
NOVEL IDEA FOR PARIS FAIR.
dwelling of the In Fnyette
Monument.

Robert j. Thompson secretary of the
La Fayette Monument association, says
plans are under consideration which. if
approved by Commissioner General
Peck, will be unique and give the boys
and girls of the United States an OPP
portunity to see the Paris exposition.
Secretary Thompson said:
"a plan has been suggested to us
that would be not only unique in the
worlds history, but which would give
to young America such an opportunity
as the young people of no other country
or time ever had. 1t is proposition
made by the Educational Tour assoca-
ton of Chicago, and it contemplates
nothing less than the representation of
the public school system of this coun-
try at the unveiing of the La Fayette
monument by the very boys and girls
who have made the monument possible.
"Our original idea in suggesting this
tribute of national love and reverence
for GeN. La Fayette." continued Mr..
Thompson. was that the school chill
dren should build the monument. and
to their contributions is due the splen-
did memorial we are to erect to the
memory of the friend of Washington
and universal liberty on July next in
the city of Paris. What would be more
appropriate, if the plan is found prac-
ticable, than that these young folks
should be represented at the unveiling
by their own fellows? And the idea
outlined contemplates not only this,
but that the unveiling shall be made one
OF the distinctive features of the great
exposition. with the boys and girls of
America performing leading part 1t
would fittinglv crown the work so we'll
begun"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
Pleasantly Surprised.

Friends and relatives to the number
OF lib persons met at the home of Rev.
John Mercer near New Peters ourg,
Wedne sday, October, 18th, to celeb. ate
his 45th birthday. He was taken from
his home bv neighbor, and on return
ing found the crowd collected and a
table loaded with delicacies of every de-
scription. To say he was surprised
would be expressing it in mild form.
After partaking of the sumptuous din
ner, very pleasant afternoon was spent
in conversation and games. Those from
distance were his mother, Mrs Rachel
Mercer, a very aged lady from Illinois,
his daughter, Miss Leone Mercer, and
Cyrus Ellis, of New Martlnsburg, Mrs.
John Ballentine, of Lexington, Oscar
Templin and wife, of Samantha, Jacob
Snyder, of Fairview, Mrs. Sallie Easter
and daughter, Edna, of Boston, Miss
Maud Burgess, of Bridges, Mrs. Snod-
grass and Miss Hattie Elliott, of New
Petersburg, John Newly and vile and
Mrs. William Blcunt, of Hillsboro, Mrs.
Milt Miner and Miss Louie Miner, of
Leesburg, Willis Mercer and Mre. Jane
Eskins, of Belfast.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
AN AUTUMNAL REVERE.

Just an humble, plain-faced woman,
Middle -aged and somewhat gray;
True and wholesome-like and human
Kind o grave and KIND o. gray.
Makes me think o. early autumn,
Grapes a-purplin' on the vine,
Where the first faint frost has caught 'em
Caught and kissed em into wine.
Deep-voiced boys now call her "mother''-
Baby boys that's grown to be,
By some magic trick or other,
In year as tall as she
Girls that yesterday was clingin'
To her skirts, I've seen o. late
With the neighbor boys a-swingin'
At the rose-wreathed garden gate.
While across her brow Times finger
Writes the palmer tales o. truth,
In her heart there still must linger
All the iiowery dreams o. youth.
Fields are sweet with bloomy clover,
Life is crowned with blissful joys:
Loves pure gold she's coinin' over
In her happy girls and boys
Seems as though the cup Fate brings US
Is sort o bittersweet,
Kind q soothes an Kind o. stings us
Airth aGd melancholy meet
Grief comes hushin all our laughter,
f..ra-t skies are clouded DER,
But tie Sunshine follers after,
Always brighter than before
Spring may fade and summer vanish,
Autumn yield to winters sway,
Yet the years can never Danish
Beauty Love has crowned with May.
In the chimney-corner cozy,
Dreannin in the ilrelight's glow,
shall see her cheeks blush, rosy,
As l saw them long ago.
Nixon Waterman, in Elliotts Magazine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
4 Beyond the Green ba ze Door. /
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THERE was mystery behind the
green baize door: tangible or in
tangible, nobody knew, since no one but
Mr.. B,akely ever saw the inside of the
door which shuts his private room at
Messrs. Blakely d Stephens bank from
the narrow passage connecting it with
the general Offices.
Mr.. Blakely was sole proprietor of
the bank, which was the only one in the
town, and showed every semblance of
the soundest financial basis.
Mr.. Blakely was a man strangely de-
the bank staff found with him were his
indefatigability, and that whenever
there was business to be done in London
selling or buying stock, buying cash,
etc.-he invariably attended to it him
self.
| was seated at the desk of the head
cashier, who was away on Il short holi-
day, one morning in September, when
one Of our clients entered the counting
house.
''Mr. Boyton, look here" he said, slip
ping crown piece upon the counter.
where did you get it?''
whats wrong with it?" | inquired,
examining it closely without noticing
any defect. did give it to you?"
"Yes. Look at the edge; it's quite
smooth"
1 passed him two half crowns, and as
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
EXCELLENT SHOWING
Cost of Customs Collections in Cuba
"A Comparison.
II Is Less by 80 Per Cent. Than the
Cost of Collection mt the
Ports of the United
States.

The war department has made pub
lie the remarkable statement, based on
actual figures in possession of the sec
retary of war, that the cost of collec-
tion throughout the entire revenue
service in Cuba for the first six months
of 1899 is less by 1.32 per cent. than the
cost of collection at the ports of the
United States. The percentage of cost
of collection at all ports of the United
States is 462. According to the figures
shown the percentage of cost of collec-
tion for all the customhouses in the
Island of Cuba for the period named
is $50, while the cost of collection for
the single port of Havana is only 2.37
per cent. 1t is asserted that the per-
centage at the port of Havana is lower
than the percentage of cost of collec-
ton at any single port of entry in The
United States. This is demonstrated by
the report of the supervising special
agent of the treasury of the United
States for the fiscal year ended June
30. 1899. This report shows that the
cost of collection at the port of New
York is $50 per cent, AT the port of
Philadelphia $50 per cent, at the port
of San Francisco 7.2O per cent, at the
port of New Orleans 1880 per cent. and
at the port OF Baltimore 1890 per cent.
If the first six months of the present
year be criterion by which to Judge
collections the annual collection of Gus
toms at the great commercial ports of
New York. Philadelphia and Boston
only, in the order named, will exceed
those of Havana. AS a matter of fact,
the collections of the port of Boston
only exceed those of the port Of Havana
by something less than $40O,00O.
The percentages given above are ex-
ceedingly creditable TO the customs
service of Cuba, the more so because
they are based on the business of Il pc
riod when there was n lack of organiZa-
ton due to the recent inception Of the
customs service in Cuba and in which
the commerce of the island was in an
unsettled condition. For the reason
just cited, and for the additional rea-
sons that many of the customs officers
were entirely unfamiliar with their new
duties, and that extraordinary expenses
due to the completely dismantled condi-
ton in which the service was left by the
previous administration were incurred.
the statement above made is most sur
prising and satisfactory.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09

he went away l slipped the crown into
my pocket, intending to keep it as a
curiosity. But later in the day, when
Mr.. Blakely was in the office, showed
it to him.
"Curious!" he murmured. "One of an
experimental mint, no doubt, for it's
dated 1896. Do you think we've any
others similar?"
mo; l have been through them"
Strange! Well, I'll keep it. It's
probably unique"
I was disappointed with his decision,
as / wanted the coin myself. 1t was
against my principles, however, to pro-
test. | forgot it entirely until some
weeks later, when Mrs. Blakely, to the
utter astonishment of the banks staff,
turned up an hour or so before luncheon
time.
Up to that time, although she had
been married more than ten months,
Mrs. Blalely had never been inside the
bank. Now she drove up In her car
riage, came in proudly and asked for
Mr.. Blakely.
| replied that if she would step into
the waiting-room | would summon him
in the usual way.
'No. Show me into his private room.
am Mrs. Blakely," she said, hastily.
Il recognize you, madam" / replied.
But the rule is that all visitors, who
ever they may be, are to be shown into
the waiting-room, where Mr.. Blakely
will interview them.'
"Nonsense!" she calculated. "Such
rules do not refer o'Mr. Blakely's wife.
The room is at the end of the passage,
is it uot?"
"You are putting me in an awkward
position" | replied. 81 am not allowed
to let visitors approach the green baize
door"
"Ah!" Her proud eyes flashed. $50
there is green baize door which no one
approaches?"
When Mr.. Blakely came, he did so in
his habitual leisurely manner; and he
walked into the waiting-room, leaving
the door ajar.
"Mr. Blakely," she said, haughtlly, II
have been insulted by one of your
clerks. Since when has your wife been
denied the right to enter your private
room?"
"Ever since she wrongly assumed that
.he had such right, Mary. Ny clerks
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09

National Chairman Jones, of the
Democratic Committee, is pother states.
man. who, through his spectacles of
prejudice and pessimism, cannot see
any signs of material prosperity in the
United States. The Senator has lust
returned from Europe and he hastens to
say that he is still solid for Bryan, six.
teen to one, anti-imperialism, and the
re endorsement OF the Chicago platform.
When asked in an interview whether
the prevailing prosperity would not af.
feet the Democratic campaign he replied
that he did not see that prosperity had
helped the agricultural classes much.
Who has been helped if not the great
agricultural classes of the West, where
farm mortgages have been cancelled by
the million and where bank deposits by
farmers have been overwhelming the
banks
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
NEW CANNON A WONDER.
1t Is Said to he Impossible TO Get Its
Exact Range-A New Range
to lie BuiIt.

An astonishing report is going the
ROUNDS about the new gun made at
Woolwich, which is said TO be so power
ful that no range is long enough to test
it, so new range is to be built.
1t IS seriously stated that the first
shot went out of sight and that it was
Impossible to get the exact range. But
the range was conservatively estimated
at Is miles.
AS the extended testing grounds will
not be ready for some time, it is said
the gun is being shortened so that it
can be tested Immediately.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-09
Broke Her COntract.

Mrs. Slimdiet (the landlady)-Mr. Up
ton, you must either pay up or leave!
have kept my contract with you and you
must keep your contract with me!
Hardy Upton-But you haven't kept
your contract with me! You guaran-
teed to make me comfortable!
Mrs. Slimdiet-Well. haven't | made
you comfortable?
Hardy Upton-No Your constant
nagging me to settle my board bill for
the last three months has made my life
in this house exceedingly uncomforta-
ble!-Puck