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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
SUICIDES IN ARMY.
Statistics Prepared by Surgeon Gem
eral sternberg Show There Is Not
an Alarming Increase.

Surgeon Genera. Sternberg has pre-.
pared statistics making a comparison
of cases of suicides and homicides
which occurred in the army during the
years of 1898 and 1899 compared with
the ten years between 1sSS and 1897
1t shows that there were relatively
fewer homicides during those two
years than during the previous decade.
The average number of suicides per
year IN an army of 27.116 for the ten
years was II. The ratio per thousand
was .63 per cent. The strength of the
army in 1898 is given at 147.795, the av-
erage number of suicides, 3s, and the
percentage per thousand, .26. The
strength of the army in 1899 is given t
1O5.546, and the number of suicides at
80; ratio per thousand, rs per cent.
During the ten years from 1888 to
1897 the homicides are given at SIS per
cent, and the ratio per thousand, 20
per cent. For 1898 the number oil
homicides at 10, and the ratio per thou
sand, .13 per cent; for 1899 the mum bel
of homicides at % and the ratio per
thousand, .22 per cent.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
WOULD INCREASE NAVY,
West Virginia Congressman Thinks
United States Should Have Navy
Half Strength of That of England.

II believe that the United States
should have navy whose strength
should be at least half of that of Eng
land" said Representative Dayton, of
West Virginia, a member of the house
naval committee. "Other countries
are increasing their navies repeatedly.
and the United States cannot afford
to be in the rear of the procession.
We can afford to spend approximately
AS much on the navy as on our army,
and with $10O,000,000 per annum to ex-
pend on the navy we should have one
which should be a source of pride and
qualification to every American.
II am believer in battleships. It
is in the battleship the reliance of
the country on the sea must be placed.
1 do not think we should undertake
to force the construction of the navy
beyond the capacity of the American
ship yards, as all our ships should be
constructed at home. In fact, spend
ing money on the navy is good way
to put it in circulation, for all of it
goes to American ship yards or foun-
dries and to American workmen.
"Our great trouble will be in find
ing the officers for the new navy. I
am inclined to favor Admiral Crown
inshield's recommendation that there
should for the next ten years be two
cadets at Annapolis for each con-
gressional district and four from the
state at large"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
KILL AND EAT THE TRADER.
An Account of snvngery I'm south Sen
Islnnds-Narrow Escape of Boat
Crew-Cannibals Punished.

The schooner Mascotte, which has
arrived here from the South Seas,
brings tales of cannibalism and the
massacre of blacks on the savage is
lands. For the past two years the
Mascotte has been trading between
the Solomon islands. New Guinea and
New Ireland. Her deck, rails and sails
bear the marks of cannibals' spears
and bullets.
The schooner arrived at Kemali, in
the Admiralty group, just after the
murder of Herman Matzke, the trad
ing agent there. This was on August
20. The Mascotte dropped anchor in
the harbor, three canoes shot out
from the land. Capt. Macco and
boats crew went ashore and found
that the copra house had been looted
and that the traders home was a
wreck. In the yard of the latter a
big pot was still sizzling over the dy-
ing embers of fire and in the pot
were found some of the bones of the
trader.
The cannibals had not gone far
They had found in the agents house
Is guns, and with these they returned
for Capt. Macco and his crew. A
hasty retreat was made to the schoon-
er and the cannibals potted them
with their stolen guns. Once aboard
the Mascotte the captain turned loose
all the available arms. The bullets
from the savage islanders found
marks in the rails and decks and rid
died the foresail. Capt. Macco
brought into play small gun and the
noise, more than the effectiveness of
it, scared the cannibals off The Mas
cote, which is an auxiliary schooner,
then steamed to Kusai, in the Caro-
lines, and notified the German sloop
of war Zeadler Of the murder
Both schooner and warship re-
turned to Komali and the native vii
lagos were shelled. Eighty villages
were destroyed by fire, 16 natives
were killed and 20 were taken pris-
| onerS,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

won't remark it. Why, you have no
idea what silly ideas people get some
times. For instance, they suggest
oh, well, it's too ridiculous!
The Boy-What?
The Girl-That we are engaged! Just
fancy! Ha! ha!
The Boy-Ha! ha! But-by Jove-
that doesn't seem fair to you!
The Girl-Oh, | don't mind it in the
least.
The Boy-But there may be some
other chap that
The Girl don't care for anyone in
that way! But never thought that
well, there may be some other girl?
The Boy-No-really-I don't like
girls as a rule. You are the only one
that can understand. Do you believe
in affinities?
The Girl believe in mental mag
seemed as though we had been destined
to be friends! Your face-your smile
your manner were all my ideal of
what a man should be!
The Boy-And I-when you came
into the room--you remember it was
at Alice's teal said to myself-that is
the incest girl I've ever met!
The Girl suppose commonplace
people would call it
The Boy-Exactly-but it's some
thing more than that.
The Girl-You take the other sort of
thing-there are so many unpleasant
things about it-jealousy, for instance
The Boy-We might have mistaken
the sentiment and imagined we were in
love-if your logical way of talking
hadn't made me understand that il
was a mental affinity.
The Girl-As it is we shall go on
and on-forever, just being good
friends.
The Boy-But suppose you marry
some day-that would spoil everything.
l don't suppose your husband would
understand
The Girl am quite sure your wife
would object! Women are funny that
way. Very few girls understand men,
tai love affairs.
The Boy-Oh, shall never marry.
ohiy ohS Siii thdt line well
enough, and She
The Girl (quickly)-It isn't Alice, is
It?
The Boy-Alice! Now, you know bet
ter than that. don't like those mousy-
looking girls. She's not my style!
The Girl-Alice is well-meaning
girl. How do you like her brother
Jack?
The Boy-Good enough sort of fel
low
The Grille used to call last winter.
thought him rather amusing. He tells
such funny stories.
The Boy-But light-waisted, don't
yon think?
The Girl-Oh, prefer serious man!
The Boy-If you should marry. what
kind of chap would you pick outP
The Girl-Oh-ha-ha-hal What an
ideal
The Boy-But rsallyi You win have
to think shout II some day.
The Girl shsll never marry. The
man might nks-wsll. he doesn't care
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
The Duke of York and the Caddie

The Duke of York and the Caddie.
Apropos of the pleasant custom re-
Gently mentioned in M. A. p. in Paris"
of President Loubet sharing his cigars
with his gamekeeper. Driault. when
out shooting at Rambouillet, a cor
respondent sends the following: at
is well known that the duke of York
includes golf among his pet pastimes.
When on the gof links at Anglesey
near Gossport. he usually employs one
particular lad as caddie. This boy. be-
sides the honor of having tramped
many mile in the dukes company. can
also lay claim to the distinction of hav-
ing shared unique lunch with his flu
ture king. The incident occurred on
the above mentioned links. when duke
and caddie paused for a little wel.-
earned refreshm, mt. The duke, after
mopping his brow. pulled flask from
his pocket and offered the youngster a
drink. The boy declined the offer with
thanks. saying that he was "A testotaler.
The duke warmly commended the lad
for this, and thereupon offered him
something more substantal-a ham
sandwich. The caddie took it eagerly,
the duke took another, and the simple
meal was shared by the oddly-assorted
pair with that healthy hunger which
is the common heritage of prince and
pauper alike. e."-Mainly About People
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
A PLATONlC AFFAIR
AT THE SEASIDE
BY Douglas Dunno.
piazza table by the sea.

Scene-A piazza table by the sea-
People-The Boy and the Girl
Time-Afternoon.
IT HE Girl-Funny that we should
meet here! l came in quite by
chance. l was going down the Cliff
walk.
The Boy-Yes. saw you.
The Girl thought of you as I
passed. but, of course, couldn't look.
The Boy-Odd how things happen.
The Girl-We seem to meet SO often
afternoons-guite by chance.
The Boy-It's one of those coinci-
dences-you go by a certain hour every
day.
The Girl-And you are always there.
The Boy-And it seems as though we
always have something to say.
The Girl-That's why our friendship
Is so delightful. 1 get SO tired of senti-
ment!
The Boy-It's such rot-anyhow-
but you know there are very few girls
like you. Most of them expect a man
to throw bouquets at them all the time.
Now, you
The Girl-Oh. hate that sort of
thing! When first met you-and real
ized that you weren't that kind of a
mani was so relieved! l found my.
self interested in you, because saw at
once that you regarded me as human
being, irrespective of sex.
The Boy-Well, rather! I had met
lots of girls. and they seemed SO alike.
The Girl-That was my experience
with men. They seemed to think girl
wanted silly compliments all the time.
The Boy--But we can talk nationally.
I find myself wishing to consult you
about even the most ordinary things.
find your point of view is more direct
than my own. You look straight at
things. I blink.
The Girl-You never do quite open
your eyes, do you? Let's see-gray.
blue eyes mean that you are very de-
termined-you will be quite desperate
when you fall in love.
The Boy-Never intend to--it's too
slow! What does the color of your eyes
mean? Look at me. knew they were
black. If you should ever love-there
would be no half way about it.
The Giri-But no one does nowadays
It's not good form. In the twentieth
century people will have outgrown such
foolishness. Then friendships like ours
will be more frequent. 1t will be case
OF mutual-respect and-er-people
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

The Crystal palace in London has
been reglazed at immense cost and on
a new principle, which does away
with the usual wood frames and put
ty joints. In the new work the panes
of glass are much larger in size and
are held in lead frames, which are so
arranged that the metal can be
worked down on the glass in an alb
solutely water-tight joint. The cost
of the work is estimated at 100000
and is now almost complete.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

Many persons have had the expert
ence of Mr.. Peter Sherman, of North
Stratford, N. H., who says, "For
years suffered torture from chronic
indigestion, but KOdol Dyspepsia
Cure made a we'll man of me-" 1t
digests what you eat and is a certain
cure for dyspepsia and every form of
stomach trouble. 1t gives relief at
once even in the worst cases, and
can't help but do you good.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

for me IN tnat way.
The Boy-Doesn't care for you? Well.
like that. He must be chump. Do
know him?
The Girl---He has charming qualities
more so thar any man know!
The Boy (moodily)- then, see
I'm not in it?
The Girl (softly)-Well, there's that
girl you care for! After all. mental
love affair may not last any more than
the other sort. suppose should get
jealous-just like any other girl!
The Boy-But there is no other girl
but you.
The Girl-Now, you are beginning to
make love. Next thing you'll tell me
I'm the only girl you ever
The Boy-I know you've cared for
lots of fellows. They accuse you of be-
ing something of flirt--like to play
with chaps heart. and all that. Is It
true?
The Girl-Not with man I could re-
spect.
The Boy-Oh, hang respect! Could
you care for meP
hS ndl way
The Boy-Oh, there's only one way
when you get to it
The Girl-How can people tell when
they're really
The Boy-Up against it?
The Girl-In love!
The Boy-Oh, you know all right
when 1t really happens!
Tho Gir1-p,,t ,,oD,,lo oppf,,e, al
sorts of things with love nowadays.
Magnetism and mental attraction
and
The Boy-Oh, look here--I didn't
ask you for a cold-blooded analysis.
I want
The Girl-What?
The Boy-You!
The Girl-Perhaps you only think
you do. Wait few years, and then
we will be sure. Then we may meet
some other affinities. Some people
have two o. three, you know.
The Boy-Oh, say, if it's joke tc
you
The Girl-It's so ordinary to just
be in love! A platonic affair is more
up to date.
The Boy-I want an answer. You
can't play with me. I'm no boy!
The Girl-Ha, ha, ha! I've heard
that somewhere before!
The Boy-All right; I'm going.
The Girl-No, wait minute. It's
all new to me.
The Boy-Well, try to absorb the
idea and tell me
The Girl-What?
The Boy-Yes.
The Girl-It seems so funny
The Boy-Yes, it's much jollier to
be engaged.
The Girl-But I never thought it
would happen like this.
The Boy-Neither did I. But have
you ever thought what fun it would
be to stop all the talk?
The Girl-About our being engaged ?
But how?
The Boy-Dead easy. Announce that
we really are.
The Girl-Do you really care?
The Boy-Do I really? Say, does q
man talk like this for his health, dc
you think?
The Girl-It's not bit like book
or play, is it?.
The Boy-No, this is the real thing
The Girl-Then we must have been
in love from the first?
The Boy-Sure.
The Girl-Why didn't you tell me
before?
The Boy-I was afraid you didn't
care, and I knew it would break me
all up if you didn't. Do you?
The Girl-Everything!
The Boy-Really? You're not jol
lying me?
The Girl-1've been dying to have
you tell me. Ha. ba. ha!
The Boy-Honest? Ha, ha. ha! How
long?
The Girl-Ever since!---St. Louis Re.
public.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

When the stomach is tired out it
must have rest, but We can't live
without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
"digests what you eat" so that you
can eat all the good food you want
while it is restoring the digestive
organs to health. 1t is the only
that digests all kinds of
food.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
Says He Was Tortured.

81 suffered such pain from corns I
could hardly walk" writes H. Robin
son, Hillsborough, Ills, "but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve completely cured them"
Acts like magic on sprains, bruises,
cuts, sores, burns, boils, ulcers. Per-
feet healer of skin diseases and piles.
Cure guaranteed by w. r. Smith &
Co. 25C.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

A vast bed of sulphur has lately
been discovered in the region east
ward of the Caspian Sea, which is said
to be one of the richest in the world.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
Plant Migration,

Plants. like animals, are continually
wandering to fresh fields and pastures
new. Prof. Kellerman finds that of
the present fora of Ohio no less than
43O are inf ligrants Almost all are
from Europe.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

James Lynch and Robert L. King,
murderers, were sentenced to be shot
at Salt Lake, Utah, choosing that
method of execution.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
New Ground for Diyorce

A Connecticut man has been given
divorce because his wife stayed at her
lodge till midnight. Poor chap! says
the Chicago Times-Herald. She prob
ably made him sit up in order to call
for her,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

The California dry wine produce for
1900 will amount to from IL, 800, 900 to
1900 900 gallons, and the sweet pro-
duct to 1000, COO gallons.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

Help is needed at once when a per-
sons life is in danger, \ neglected
cough or cold may soon become seri-
Gus and should be stopped at once.
One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures
coughs and colds and the worst cases
of Group. bronchitis, grippe and other
throat and lung troubles.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

Red Cross Ball Blue makes clothes
whittier than snow. Large OF. pack
age only cents.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

white, that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Re
fuse imita atoms.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

The Indians of Colorado are becom-
ing civilized. The once savage
Apaches are now working in fields and
on railroads.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

A representative of the Krupps was
said to be negotiating with Madrid
capitalists for the organization of a
company to build ironclads in Spain.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

Oklahoma had an increase in the
voting population in two years of over
q 900 voters.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

OF every six Mexicans, five are un-
able to read and write.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
Sergt. Mai. Edwards. of the ROya

hJofS o MD T1uW dIUS, UI lHt INUydI
Artillery, shot himself dead in Hall
fax Citadel, while his sweetheart
awaited him at the altar.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13
SHORT FICTION.

By such we'll known writer's as Robert Barr,
Jewett, Josephine Dodge Daskam, Hamlin Carl
Raine, Will Payne, Charles Warren, J. Lincoln
George Hibbard, Martha McCulloch- Villains,
Gertrude Roscoe, Frank Spearman.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

Jack Loudon, Sarah Orne
and, w. A. Fraser, VIM. M.
Steffens, George X. Turner
F. B. Tracy, Alvah M. Kerr,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-13

"MEnOIRS OF A GREAT ACTRESS"
Miss Clara Norris Americas greatest
and the great people of her profession.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-14

If the stomach performs its func-
tions actively and regularly, the food
Of which it is the receptacle, Is trans
formed into blood of nourishing
quality, which furnishes vigOr and
warmth. to the whole body. Herbine
gives tone the stomach and promotes
digestion and assimilation. PIice, so
cents. Peoples Drug Store. DIV
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whittier than snow. Large 2 OF. pack
age only cents.
The bluest blue makes the whItest
white, that's Red Cross bali blue.
Refuse limitations.
Wanted--All the chickens and eggs
that come to VlnIta; highest market
price at J G. Gray's.
The Euchrc club met yesterday
with Mrs. @. o. Berry, and very en-
joyable afternoon was spent.
Attend the lawn fete at Mrs. J. b.
Burckhalter's this evening from TO
10 o'clock. Refreshments l5c.
Buy your meats at the Vlnita meat
store. Fresh meat skIllfully handled
aud deliveries promptly made.
Prof. W. A. Caldwell and wife
passed up the road yesterday enroute
to Buda, H., to spend the summer.
Last spring e. J. Evans, Cairo ILL.,,
was so run down 10 health had to give
up work. Was also troubled with
bolls and eczema. He writes "Doc-
tors did me no good but before | had
finished one bottle Of Beggs' blood
purifier, l began TO improve and am
now a well man. Peoples drug
store. W
The band boys will meet tonight or
tomorrow night and rehearse, and
will play In the band stand Saturday
night.
II you were TO bump your head
against brick wall you could not
feel worse than does anyone who suf-
fers from stomach troubles. We have
a positive cure in DR.. Caldwell'ss syrup
pepsIn. Peoples drug store. DIV
Some one OF our friends rang up
this office today and wanted to know
"the date of the death Of Richard
Harding Davis"
b. F. Mouser, druggist at Chetopa
Kansas, says: 81 have the best sale
on DR.. Caldwell's syrup pepsin Of any
article In my store" So has Peoples
drug store. 1t cures constipation,
Indigestion, sick headache and stom-
ach trouble. dw
w. M. Mellette and L. E. Parker
left yesterday to attend the national
republican convention which convenes
at Philadelphia next Tuesday.
Mothers who would keep their
children in good health should watch
for the first symptoms Of worms and
remove them with Whites cream
vermifuge. Price, 25 cents. Peoples
Drug Store. DIV
One day this week Mrs. Samples
sent a gallon Of ripe cherries ION the
stem to friends in western Texas who
never saw cherry in their lives.
II your stomach is disordered bowels
irregular, and you don't sleep well,
you need Prlckly Ash bitters. 1t is
very effective In removing this con-
ditlon. Sold by Chapman &|
Briggs. dw
The Vinlta band boys are always
luckey. The last piece of good luck
was Qf reports are true) staying
away from the Ardmore convention.
No man can work well with
torpid liver or constipated bowels. A
few doses of Prickly Ash bitters will
quickly remove this condition and
make work pleasure. Sold by
Chapman s. Briggs. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-06-14

For annual reunion Rooseyelts
Rough Riders association, Oklahoma
City 0. Il. July 4th the Frisco line
will sell tickets from Vinita to Okla
homa City and return for S5.45; on
sale July and 2, good for return to
and including July 5. Il. e. Walker,
agent