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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
PROFESSIONAL PAwNERs.
GENERALLY women and Theirs IL .
Nice. Easy Business and
Quite Profitable.

II have come across new kind of a
trade for you" said friend to the
saunterer the other day. "At least, it is
a new one on me. Did you ever hear OF
a professional pawnerP"
The saunterer had to confess his ig-
norance, says the Philadelphia In
quirer.
swell, it's this way. There are lots
of manufacturers of articles of jewelry,
of watches, of musical instruments and
other things which would never find a
sale except to the veriest buffers and
greenhorns, SO they have TO get rid of
them some other way. Uncle comes in
very handy about this time, but the diff
ficulty is to persuade him to take the
goods. He knows them very well, and
he isn't going to lend money on stuff
that he can never find market for.
"But he stacks up against very hard
thing when he meets a professional
pawner. These people are generally
women. Their business is to so doctor
and prepare the goods as to deceive the
sharpest. In order to make the decep-
tion as undetectable as possible the
goods are made to appear old and part
ly worn. Gold watches are first rubbed
with mud and water, and then a few
scratches are carelessly but very artis-
tically added to complete the verisimili-
tude. In the case of rings the insides
are made 10 appear worn. and pieces of
jewelry rubbed on those portions which
would ordinarily receive most wear and
tear. Now, here is the queerest part of
the whole job. All of the tickets are
torn up and destroyed as soon as the
goods are pledged. Hundreds of
watches, rings, brooches and other ar
ticles of virtue and bigotry,' as Sairy
Camp used to call them. are got rid Of
in this way every year. Fortunately,
there are not a great many people in
the business, but it is a very profitable
and a nice, easy job"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
MISUSE OF A WORD.
"Trust; was Once Used TO Convey
the Idea of Trustecship and ls
Now Misappropriated.

The name trust, which is popularity
applied to all these large aggregations
of capital, was somewhat accidental In
its origin, writes President Hadley, of
Yale, in Scribner's. 1t has, however, an
appropriateness which few persons
realize. The managers of every con-
solidated enterprise, whether based on
a contract, a trust agreement or an
actual consolidation, are exercising
powers to benefit or injure the public
which are analogous to those of trus-
tee. 1t has been said that all property
is, in its wider sense, a trust in behalf
of the consumer. But where competi-
ton is active, the power of using your
business methods to impose high prices
Is so far limited that the chance for
abuse of this trust is greatly lessened.
1t Is only in the case of large COM
binations, with their discretionary pow
er for good or evil, that the character
Of the trust reposed by society in the
directors of its business enterprise
makes itself really and truly felt. With
these trusts, as with every other trust
that deserves the name, it is hard to
provide legislative machinery which
will absolutely secure its fulfillment
The ability to handle any trust is the
result of long process Of legal and
moral education. We cannot make q
law which shall allow the right exer
else of discretionary power and pro
hibit its wrong exercise. But it is pos
sible to modify the existing law in {
great many directions, which will
hasten instead Of retard the educa ton
al process. Thus far most of our statu
tory regulations have been in the wrong
direction. We have attempted to pro
hibit the inevitable and have simply
favored the use of underhanded ant
short-sighted methods of doing thing
which must be done openly if they ar
to be done well.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
CASTING DRAFTS ABROAD.
Easy Continental Banking Methods
Which Cause Americana Con-
adorable Surprise.

The continental banking methods are
resident of New Orleans who has just
returned from a trip abroad, reports
the Times-Democrat, of that city.
When l was in Paris last month I met
friend one day who had an English
draft for 6 100 on one of the largest
banks in the city, and wanted to get
the money. He had nobody to identify
him, but said, half jokingly, that he
was going to try for it anyhow, and
we went to the place together.
We were shown upstairs to large
reception-room, set aside especially for
customers, and presently messenger
came in and took the draft. About a
dozen other people were also waiting
in the room, and after delay of about
ten minutes, a well-dresseG young gen.
tleman came to the door and bawled
out in loud voice: "Mr. John Smith,"
My friend (cali him John Smith for
shorD got up and was handed bun
die of bank notes. No questions were
asked. and for all the bank people
knew, he might have been Mr.. Paul
Kruger, of Pretoria, or Mr.. Brigham
II. Roberts, of Utah.
was astonished, and in going out 7
took occasion to ask the well-dressed
young gentleman whether the bank
wasn't taking desperate chances in that
catch-as-catch-can fashion. And
why?" he inquired, opening his eyes.
I tried to explain, and he shrugged his
shoulders. "We have never had any
losses" he said.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
DOM PAUL'S NIECES.
An "Up-Sitting" from Dusk to Dawn
PrOclaims the Engagement
of BOer Girl.

The Boer girl of the country districts
of the South African republic is able
to 60 to town only once or twice a
year, and then 1t is to attend the nacht-
maal, or communion, which is the chief
festival OF these deeply religious peo-
pie, writes Howard {. Hillegas in
Ladies' Home journal. The journey to
the town is made in oX-teams, and may
require a weeks or months time,
but it is always an epoch in Boer
girls life, especially if she is about
l6, when she is supposed 10 have at
tained the matrimonial age. Then some
tall. robust Boer youth, whom she has
met al former nachtmaals, may sum-
mon enough courage to ask her wheth-
er he may call at her home and have
an "up-sitting," which is sort of ul-
timatun before an ultimatum. If she
consents tho young Boer will shorS
aflerward ride on horseback mahy
miles across the plain to the girls
home, and will prove that he is worthy
of her love by ''sitting-up" and talk
ing with her from sundown until break
of day. For two young Beers to ar
rive at this period of courtship is
equivalent to announcing the engage
ment. and then the prospective bride
begins preparation for the wedding.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
WHERE PLUCK COUNTS
Many Dangerous Feats Performed By
the Sailors on Racing
Yachts.

Almost all large yachts when racing
carry man aloft, who is called the
masthead man." He is aloft for the
double purpose Of seeing that every
thing is clear in the rigging and also to
keep his weather eye lifting for
changes of wind or calm spots, his ele-
vation above the deck very greatly in
creasing his range of vision over what
it could be from the deck. These men
are usually picked for their ability to
climb, and many is the dizzy crawl
which they must make in the course
of an ordinary race.
When the topsail on the Columbia
was to be set there we're two men aloft,
hoisted there in a bohtswain's chair,
a contrivance very like a swing seat.
The halyard that hoists this runs from
the top mast head, and by this the men
can be hauled to any point aloft. The
gaff topsail has to be guided clear of
the halyards, stays and lifts as it is
hoisted, and then has to be laced to
the topmast and to the gaff. This is the
masthead mans work. He sits on his
little board and swings round aloft like
a spider on the end of his web, often
hanging 12O feet from the deck, where
a fall would mean certain death. He
goes about his work, never thinking of
using one of his hands to hold on.
In many boats this chair is dispensed
with, and the men climb aloft on the
hoops that hold the mainsail to the
mast, and then scramble round the best
they can aloft, though, of course, they
cannot work SO well as they could If
they had chair.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
Two W0H,seS, Cured of Lr-
regularity, Falling of the
Uterus and Ovarian
Trouble.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM have
female weakness. Menstruation ir-
regular, and l suffer bearing-down
pains in left side and hip. My doctor
said had womb trouble and enlarge
ment of the ovaries. l have doctored
two months, but see no improvement"
Miss MARY E. REED, Swan Creek,
Ill. q a.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-Your good
advice has been worth more than all
ever received from a doctor. Words
cannot express my gratitude to you for
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound. After twelve years suffering l
am stout and healthy. Miss MARY T..
REED, Swan Creek, ILL.,, April 2s, 1899.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Il suffer
female troubles. My doctor wishes
my ovaries taken out, but l shall
never consent. Menstruation is irreg-
ular and my head has a tired feeling.
Hospital treatment does me no good.
have five children and am forty four
years old. Please advise what medi-
cine to take. ."-MRs. Z. II. SoNDERs, 437
N. 4Oth ST., Philadelphia, Pa, Septem-
ber 27,- 1898.
''DEAR MRS. PINKHAM--I followed
the advice you gave me and your medi-
cine has cured rae. felt better when
had taken the Vegetable Compound
but week. ."--MRs. f. II. SoNDERs,
Philadelphia, Pa, February 6, 1899.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
Questions
for
Women

If you were offered sure aid in time
of trouble would you put it aside
and accept something Of doubtful
efficiency?
If you saw before you strong and
safe bridge leading to your goal, would
you ignore it to try some insecure and
tottering structure
The answer to these questions is
plain. You would, of course, choose
without hesitation what all evidence
showed to be the safe thing, and you
would risk nothing in useless expert
ments.
Why, then, do some women risk one
of their most precious possessions
their health--in trying medicines of
unknown value, which may even prove
hurtful to them?
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has stood the test of years. IL
has the largest sale of any remedy for
female ills in the world. and nothing
could have given it this sale except its
own merit.
Do not try any experiments, but buy
what is known to be reliable. Mrs.
Pinkhams Compound can do all that
is claimed for it, and all statements in
regard to it can be easily verified.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass
for little book she has just published
containing letters from the mayor OF
Lynn, the postmaster and others.
Mrs. Pinkham's advice is offered free
of charge to all women who write to
her for aid. This invitation is con-
stantly renewed. A million women
have been cured of serious female ills by
Mrs, Pipkham's advice and medicine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
THE NEWs-HERALD HILLSBORO THURSDAY, APRIL S 1000.

week to the home of the formers
parents near this place to begin
housekeeping.
A. ID. McConnaha has set up an art
gallery at this place and will be pre-
pared to do work for his friends every
Thursday.
The fourteenth month old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hahn, of Missouri,
was brought here for re-interment
last Friday.
w. F. Nave and l.. w. Warson each
closed their winter term of school by
living entertainments on Friday af-
ternoOn and night.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
Three letters from, Ono
Woman, Showing How
Lydia e. Pxs,lklsas,,'s Nege-
table Compound Cured
EaIilnu of the WOs,,bs

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I see your
advertisement in the papers in regard
to treating womans diseases, and
would be grateful to you for your ad-
vice in my case. am suffering from
falling Of womb, have pains in my
sides and legs, in fact ache all over.
l am getting SO weak / cannot stand
on my feet much. l have the head
ache sometimes, and a choking, tight
feeling in my breast and throat. Have
q baby seven months old. hope to
hear from you soon, as l am in so
much distress. "-MRs. j. R. COMPTON,
Eggbornsville, Va, May 16, 1898.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I followed
your advice and am now on the Sec
ond bottle of your Vegetable Com
pound and think it is goipg to cure
me. If it does l will ever praise it,
for ! am, and have been, a great suf-
ferer; but now l live in hopes of
getting well. ."-MRs. ]. R. COMPTON,
Eggbornsville, Va, July 12, 1898.
."DEAR MRS. PINKHAM
write to you. When l first wrote to
you for advice in regard to my troubles
! thought could never get well again.
After receiving your letter followed
your advice exactly, and thanks to
you, am cured of that dreadful
disease. l cannot find words to ex-
press the good your medicine will do.
1t is really more than was recon-
mended to me. ."-MRs. j. R. COMPTON,
Eggbornsville, Va, April 12, 1899.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
RECORD THE PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be
Had.

Look we'll to their record. What they
have done many times In years gone by,
10 the best guarantee of future results.
Anyone with bad back; any reader suf.
iering from urinary troubles, from any
kidney ills, will find in the following evil
dence proof that relief and cure Is near
at hand:
Mr.. John Ryan, engi ,eer, Of 377 e.
Union street, Circlevill,. o., says: "For
40 years was an anxious seeker after a
kidney remedy which would do what II
claimed, but it was not until / had got
hold of Doan's Kidney Pills that was
able to say at last had found one, the
value of which had not been over-stated.
Strong as this statement is, there are
many of our citizens who will endorse
my words to the fullest extent. If ever
man had cause to be thankful, 1t is one
relieved of pains from which he suffered
- long and as much as !. When tried
Doan's Kidney Pills was almost without
hope of ever finding remedy to effect q
cure. In day or two realized I had 6
kidney cure that cured. This experience
continued until was absolutely without
ache or pain Of any kind.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by al
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed b,
Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, soil
agents for the u. S.
Remember the name, Doan's, and TAX
no substitute.
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BULLS FIGHT IN FIRE.
Two Erenzied Animals wnged n Bat
tie Royal Until Buried by
the Debris.

A bull fight, with a fatal ending,
was n thrilling incident of the fire
that destroyed the barn and stables of
Leander j. Mccormick, at Lake For
est, H., the other day. The charred
carcasses of two bulls were found In
the ruins. The animals had died in a
death struggle. They were fighting
in the basement of the stable and
stopped only when the structure fell
in on them. The bulls were two that
Mr.. Mccormick had imported recent
ly from Switzerland,> > and were of the
variety known as Broken Swiss. One
was docile, but the other was saw
age beast.
The animals were chained in the
stalls in the basement of the barn
when the fire was discovered. Great
efforts were made by the workmen
about the premises to save the two
bulls. When unclaimed, however,
both animals lowered their heads and
beloved till they could be heard
above the roar of the fire. The ami
mails came together with crash.
Again and again they charged, as If
they realized it was fight to the
death. They struggled with such fury
that both of them went to their
knees, yet neither had any advantage
that could be seen. says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The floor above the battling bulls
was all ablaze, and the spectators
could see the skin on the backs of the
fighters smoke and craclile in the
heat, but the battle went on furiously.
Some of the farm hands. with long
poles, tried to separate the maddened
beasts, but as they prodded them the
fury Of the fight increased. The su-
perstructure of the stable was totter-
ing, and still the battle royal ragged.
The bulls were locked in a death
struggle when the building crashed in
on them and buried them in the ruins.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
Brought Up In RigOr.

The queen of the Belgians was
brought up in her fathers castle at
~Pes,h, amid surroundings and customs
which remind one of the feudal ages.
AT night her father himself descended
the great staircase to lock the outer
gate and the door of the principal hall.
This hall was divided into two parts,
one end being raised little above the
other. AT the elevated end the daugh.
tiers of the house sat at their needle
work or painting or music. while their
attendants sat at the lower end OF the
hall
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
McClure's Magazine for April.

In sureness and variety of attrac-
tion, it would be hard to surpass Nc
Clure's Magazine for April. The ac-
count of the interior of China, espec-
tally it's rich promises as a market for
America, written by Mr.. w. B. Par
sons, Chief Engineer of the American
China Development Company, from
observations made on his own jour-
neys, and illustrated very fully by
photographs taken by him; the ac-
count of Professor Huxley's life in
London between his twenty-sixth and
thirtieth year, when he was having a
terrific struggle to maintain himself
by purely scientific work, with its self
revealing passages from his unpub-
lished correspondence and its new
portrait of him; and the account of
the Russian ship "Ermack," the mar
yelous new ice-breaker that gives
promise of being able to cut passage
far herself to the Pole, these are all,
in their way, articles of the. strongest
interest and the highest value. And
just as much may be said for Mr..
Walter Wellman's San Arctic Day and
Night-a chapter from his own ex-
perience in house-building, house
keeping and daily work and sport, in
Guiding some thrilling bear-hunting
up near the North Pole. In addition
the number offers, on the more strictly
literary side, two excellent poems, a
heroic story of railroading and In.
dian fighting on the Plains, story OF
English prison life, a story of Amer
lean newspaper and political life, a
love story having to do with Pacific
coast "boom" and an Atlantic coast
maiden, and humorous story by Rob
ert Barr of "a scientific miscalcula
tion" that envolves, especially, Eng
land and America. Nearly all of the
articles and stories are fully illus
trated.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
build up your health. Only % cents.
Money back if not cured. Sold by W..
r. Smith & Co., druggists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
Progressive Japn n.

japan, not to be behind European
states in civilization. is going to send
out an arctic expedition. The reason
given is that. if Japan is ever to COM
pete with England on the seas, il. must
develop in the japanese the spirit of ad-
venture and discovery which has made
the English powerful. The only places
left to be discovered are the north and
south poles
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
Notice to Physicians.

The Board Of Infrmary Directors Of High
land county will receive bids for the furnishing
of medical relief and medicines necessary for
the persons of the different townships Of said
county, who are or who may come under the
charge Of said Board. up TO March 8lst, 1900.
at the Auditors office In Hillsboro. The term
Of service will commence April LIST, 1900. and
end April 1st, 1901.
Said contracts will be given to the lowest
competent bidder, the Board reserving the
night 10 reject any or al bids.
By order Of Board.
WESLEY GALL, Clerk.
Hillsboro. O.. March 21st 1900,
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Insurinx Finlana Editors.

Something new in the insurance line
is offered in Finland, where the news
papers have suffered so severely in cir
culation and receipts from censorship
and suppression that concern has
been organized to secure them from
loss for fee of five per cent. of their
gross income. The insurance consists
of guaranteed indemnity not to ex-
ceed 60 per cent. of the loss of gross in
come due to suspension.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

The ladies of st. Marys Guild will
hold their annual sale on Saturday,
April l4th, in the Parish house, open
ing at Q o'clock. Sale of beautiful
and fancy aprons, and other fancy
work will also have market in con-
nection with the sale of all kinds of
cakes, pies, meats, bread and candies.
ELMA MUNTZ, Sec.
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NEW MARKET.
April 2, 1900.

"A hPi II =, Aooos
Miss Grace Fenner has returned to
the home of her sister, Mrs. Lewis
Rosselot, after visit with friends at
Greenfield.
Miss Yorie Bell, who is attending
school at Hillsboro, spent vacation
week at with her parent at this place.
Miss Mabel Lemon, of Hillsb0rO,
spent last week with friends here.
L. A. Hicks and wife moved last
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An eastern firm is turning out large
quantities of paper tiles which are used
for roofing. They are reported to be
hard and tough, and the glazing appears
to be Of the nature of Japanese lac.
They are said to be exceedingly cheap,
and can be fashioned in any color OF
shape to suit the purchaser.
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We have the agency for the Wonder
Churn. Have sent five of them out
All are local. In praise of them
Frank Leslie says that he has the
barrel churn, has discarded it, using
the Wonder and churns after repeated
trials in the time and But of same
amount of cream gets considerable
more butter.
THE UNION GROCERY Co.