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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05


my introduction comes trifie late.
Am wrong in this surmise?"
"I-I," stammered Kate. "Mr.
Smith," then she stopped, blushing
deeply.
At last George Meals tongue was un-
tied and he hastened to the resuce.
81 have met this young lady before"
he said, "under very singular circum-
stances; we now meet under circum-
stances stranger still. An explanation
is due to her, and If you will give lit
tie time to explain"
Certainly, certainly" said Mr.. Fur
ness, rubbing his hands. Take all the
time you require. am quite content
to let Cupid take my place as mediator"
self out.
When it seemed to the despairing
clerk that the best part of the day had
gone Mr.. Furness went back to his
strangely met visitors.
MAY 1 hope" he said, gently, "that
the explanation has not been tiresome
one?"
mo-" said George, with . glowing
face. ITO me it hasn't have offered
my dear Kate the property without in
cumbrance. But she has refused to ac-
cept it on any such terms. What are we
to do?"
my advice" said the old lawyer, "ia
to go into partnership. And If the
wishes Of dry bit Of legal parchment
who had love dream once, can follow
you far, they will repeat good luck and
much happiness."-Chicago Record.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05
FLOWERS CHEAP IN MEXICO
Armfuls Of the Most Beautiful Blos-
SONS Can De Bousht for
Dollar.

The flowers of the City of Mexico are
one of its chief delights. Roses. violets
forget-me-nots, marguerites and lilies
bloom all the year round. There are
few weeks when a quarter will not buy
a splendid big bunch and when silver
dollar will no, fill all the vases in the
house to overlooking, says Modern Mex
leo. Flowers are sold not only at the
flower market near the cathedral, that
is devoted entirely to flowers, straw
berries and birds, but at the other gen
eral markets and on the street corners
The "flower girls of the capital are
all boys and men. AT some places in
Mexico, particularly Guadalaiara, little
girls arc to be seen on the streets al
day and in the evening Offering
boutonniers for which they will not set
price, but ask you to give what yor
please. In this city it is hard to find 6
flower on sale. anywhere, after midI
day The flower seller makes ur
bouquets in the most artistic fashion
The street vendors never sell loose-cut
flowers, but arrange them upon base.
work of green so that each flower
stands out by itself. and the whole
bunch is prettily finished with garni.
ture of green leaves or ferns. Set pieces
are also arranged with fine sense OF
taste and regard for colors. A pansy
wreath three feet across can frequent
ly be purchased at the market for dol.
lar. Flowers are very generally used at
funerals. and it is not an unusual sight
to see casket. even of one of the poor.
er class, completely covered with flow.
ers. wreaths, crosses and baskets in
bewildering array. as 1t Is hurried
through the crowded thoroughfares
upOn an Open street,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

"Never be critical upon the ladies'"
was the maxim of an old Irish peer. re-
markable for his homage to the sex.
"The only way that true gentleman
ever will attempt to look at the faults
OF pretty woman is to shut his eyes"
Golfers Weekly.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

they satisfied, but are intensely
anxious that d. Q. Morrow receive the
nomination for Congress. We have
heard several Democrats openly de-
clare that they would support MIR.
Morrow If he should receive the nomi
nation
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Don't forget to visit COINS milliner y
store and see the grand display of pat
tern hats during their spring and sum-
mer millinery opening, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, April 5, 6 and I.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Mrs. l.. Fahrlander has opened a
boarding house on North East street.
Furnace heated and modern house.
Good meals and clean rooms.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

You are cordially invited to attend
the spring and summer millinery
opening at Miss Schack's Thursday
and Friday, April 5-6.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Freight train crews on the Northern
Pacific recently tied up division in
Montana for five hours while they OBJ
tanned needed sleep,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Call at Williams & Bells and get
prices on woven fencing. They are
making special prices this month.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

The Missionary Round Table of the
Methodist Church will hold their an
nual thank-otfering meeting in the
Epworth Leugue parlors on Saturday,
April l4th. They will carry out
good program, and anticipate the
pleasure of entertaining their Con-
ference Secretary, Mrs. E.S. Emerson.
of Cincinnati.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Seven Japanese fishermen left Santa
Monica. CAL, in open, flat-bottomed
skiffs and rowed $50 miles in five days
without . mishap.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

A new line of fine secret society
pins and buttons = Junior Order of
American Mechanics &c.-low prices,
at +. Emmerling's.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Everybody invited to Cohn's grand
spring and summer millinery opening
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April
9th, 9th and 7th.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Latest in watch chains, bracelets,
hearts, cuff-buttons &C., at very low
prices, at F. Emmerling's.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Spring and summer opening Thurs
day and Friday, April 5-6, at Miss
Schack's.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Millinery opening at the Racket
store April 5th, 9th and 7th.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

Low prices on the best goods always
brings the crowd to Cohn's millinery
store.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-05

my introduction comes trifle late.
Am wrong in this surmise?"
Ell" stammered Kate "Mr
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
SFRANgEsT AMONG THE
PEOPLE or THE WORLD ARE
FHE DRUSES OF SYRIA.

DIR. Max Oppenheim, distinguished
European scientist and scholar, re-
Gently completed one of the most re-
markable journeys ever undertaken
in the East. He explored little known
and out of the way parts OF the Holy
Land. He penetrated to Damascus,
which is rarely visited, and made
careful observations of the life of the
people now living in that ancient city
During his journey DR.. Oppenheim
took multitude of photographs show.
ing the daily life of the people he Wis
tied. These have now been devel-
oped aud printed in the New York
Herald and they have excited much
interest among scientific men in Ger
many who have learned OF the results
of DIR. Oppenheim's journey.
DR.. Oppenheim made his way with
n private caravan from the Mediter-
ranean to the Persian Gulf. The at
tention of the world is fixed upon this
wide domain, for hero lies the land
which Germany, England and Russia
are competing with one another to pos
ScSS NY tuo Dullulub VI IdLWHyos IL
gain any real information of the peo-
Pile inhabiting this country a man
must be not merely an observer, but
a linguist as we'll. He should under
stand Turkish, Arabic, Syriac and
other Oriental tongues, and DR.. Op'
penheim was we'll fitted for his task,
after residence in Egypt Of several
years.
Landing at Beyrout he gathered his
little caravan about him, and worked
his way up through the Lebanon
Mountains. He found a mixed mul-
titude inhabiting these mountains, SO
famous for their cedars in Bible times.
The Syrians, he found, were Chris
tians, but there were any number OF
sects, Roman Catholic, Maronites,
Jacobites, Greek Catholics and 9th.
ers. He attributes much OF the suf-
fering of these people to their divis-
ions and lack of intelligent leaders.
The Jesuits and those coming from
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31

fed. although the dreams OF former
glories sometimes rouse them to
strange flights of patriotic fervor.
Lovers of Browning will be glad to
learn something about that strange
people utilized by hlm for one of his
most dramatic poems.
The Germans assert, and have fig
ures to prove, that the efforts of their
railroad to Angora and the district
south of it, Koniwyah, have stimulated
the people to renewed effects for the
requirement of agricultural wealth.
DIR. Oppenheim's trip shows that there
is room for similar work oil through
Syria, and he has great hopes of the
time when this country will be trev-
ersed by railways running from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Persian
Gulf.
There is no doubt that the district
east of the Jordon River is we'll
adapted to the raising OF wheat, and
it is only because of the lack of facil-
tiles for transportation that this dis
trict has not already contributed a
largo proportion of this cereal to the
markets of the Orient.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
Stop Treating.

Stella Maris. the monthly parish paper
OF st. Francis de Sales Church, Charles
town, had some excellent temperance doe
trine In n recent issue. Here Is what it
says about that foolish custom OF treat
ing" which we have so often condemned
In these columns:
"sTreating' is II curse. Many OF our
young men think that they will be con-
sidered mean IL they don't take their turn
ut treating. This is barroom lie an
lea originated by old topers and drunk
a. ds who hope In this way to get drunk
cheaply.
Don't go with fellows who have the
habit OF treating; they are the teachers OF
drunkenness. The road from treating to
drunkenness is straight; there Is no re.
treating.
''Self-respect is not learned in bar
room. You don't find the cream of man
hood before the bars OF liquor saloons;
you End there the dreSs OF humanity. A
self respecting man will avoid touch with
such degraded manhood. Especially
young Irish fellows have got into this bad,
deplornble habit OF showing their gen.
erosity and friendship by treating their
friends. Generosity Is u fine trait in the
character; but do not show generosity
by making drunkards. We have too many
OF these already among our sons and
fathers and brothers.
"Stop treating"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31

more obstinate than mule, and has a
hide ''like the armor OF battleship.
He "has but one hope, but one am
bition in life, and that is to lie down
in a puddle of water with just his
nose and horns sticking out" In
doing this he will. if he can, also give
bath to oil the supplies loaded on
the bull-cart which he is drawing.
Consequently a wild commotion
rules along the wagon.train when it
approaches stream which has to be
forded. The soldiers, who are walk
ing behind the carts as guards, lay
aside their rifles, aud begin to belabor
each animal and objurgate him in
three languages-English, Spanish
and Tagalog. The Chinese drivers
jump off the carts and also pound the
poor carabao, yelling in Chinese.
AS the middle of the stream is
reached the excitement grows. The
carabao begins to stretch his neck,
and bend his knees, and grunt-sure
signs that he intends to lie down.
eli there" yell the soldiers.
"Chop-chop Pronto! Git out of
that! Seega, blame you, seega,
pronto, hi there!"
Possibly all this may get the cara
bao over the stream without his lying
down, but this is unusual good for
tune. To keep him in good trim, the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
A Womsn,s PredEcament.

The Chicago Post describes the sad
case of woman who was waiting at
the 'limits car barn" for an Evanston
avenue car There were plenty OF
Evanston cars, but her transfer check
was good only on the avenue line, and
she was determined not to pay another
fare.
At last, as night approached, she
went to telephone and called up her
husband. She told him the situation
that no Evanston avenue cars
seemed to be running, that it was get
ting dark, and she was afraid. What
should she do?
"Why, take an Evanston car" he
replied.
but shall have to pay another
fare, she objected.
"Well, what of it? You don't want
to stay there, do you?"
"But I can't" she said, and hesi-
tated.
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because-because, I haven't any
money. I just used my last dime in
the telephone to call you up"
And then she wondered at the laugh
which reached her ears over the wire.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
A Rumseller'. Confession,

There is man In New York City, the
proprietor and owner OF ma ,niiicent
building which he formerly used as a sa-
loon. bu: who has retired from the ac-
cursed trade. He gave as the cause OF his
giving up the nefarious Legitimate" bust
ness the following reasons: II have sold
liquor for eleven years-long enough for
me to see the beginning and the end Of its
evil effects. 1 have seen man jauntily
dash of his first glass OF liquor in my place,
and afterwards I'LL the grave OF u suicide
and u drunkard. I have seen man aftet
man, wealthy and educated, come into my
saloon to drink and carouse, who have not
now the wherewith to buy II dinner and
who are miserable, drunken loafers and
beggars. can recall no less than twenty
customers, worth from 800, 900 to $500, 900.
who are ut present without money, home,
friends, credit or mployment-in short,
buns. After seeing all this, can you won
der that got out OF the polluting trafIic?"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
Driving tho Carabao.

The American soldier is equal to oil
sorts of transportation problems; but
the strangest one he has yet had to
meet is presented by the ordinary
beast of draught in the Philippine
Islands, the water-buffalo. This ami.
NAL is called the carabao in the
Philippines, and the name (pro.
nounced carribow) is retained by our
soldiers; but the Philippine carrabao
does not differ greatly from the COM
mon buffalo of India, China and other
Oriental countries.
r. Fl. Little. correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune, says that the
carabao is slower than o camel and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31

hammedan inhabitants of the harem
wrapped up to the eyes.
From Damascus DIR. Oppenheim set
out with his caravan, consisting OF
ten persons besides his three camel
drivers, two hostlers, two Syrian SER
wants and an Armenian cook, Bed
ouin and a pupil of the medical
school at Beyrsut. He made his way
through the wastes OF the desert,
studying as be went the Druses, whom
he had found in the Lebanon district
and scattered east of the Jordan
River.
These, he thinks, form probably the
strangest nation in the world. The
women are beautiful, the men are
brave and intelligent. Their religion
is very curious. being compounded OF
Mohammedanism mixed with some
elements of Christianity. It is hard
for any one to say precisely what the
Druses do believe, but their life is q
peculiarly simple and righteous one.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
The vaIue of Pure Air.

Houses and especially bedrooms.
a'e almost never sufficiently venti-
lated. A window ought to be kept
open day and night in all livingrooms,
and especially bedrooms. If there is
no fire in theroom and the weather is
cold, use plenty of woolen blankets,
sufficient to keep warm. If need be,
gallon jug. filled with boiling water.
and wrapped with many thicknesses
OF paper and clothes, placed at the
feet, will keep hot all night. In this
way one can be kept warm, and at the
same time have the bedroom window
wide open. See to it that no clothing
is worn at night which has been used
during the day. Let your night
clothes be we'll aired during the day.
time and your day garments be well
aired at night.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
CHARACTERS IN CHEROKEE ALPHABET.

who reduced to o written language
the spoken language of the Cherokees
and invented an alphabet which, in
appearance, is as unique as the Greek
or Persian. Already funds for the
monument have been subscribed, and
the people are taking it up with much
interest. 1t is proposed to erect the
monument on the public square at
Tahlequah, the capital of the Chero-
kee nation.
There Is no authentic written his
tory of Sequoyah's life. Thomas L.
Mckinney has contributed some per-
sonal "reminiscences, written while
Sequoyah was alive. Little is known
of Sequoyah outside of the work that
made him famous. He led secluded
life. He came to the West in 1884 or
1885. The house in which he lived is
still standing, seven miles north of
Sequoyah court house.
1t is said that Sequoyah, in the
latter years of his life, made several
journeys to the far West. In 1S43 he
visited the Pueblos in New Mexico,
where he tried to correlate their Ian
guage with that OF the Cheyennes,
and lived for several months about
fifteen miles southwest of Santa Fe.
Upon his return from his last journey
in the West he was taken ill and died
near the great bend of the Arkansas
River, a few miles from the present
site of Great Bend, Kan. His death
occurred in 1857 or 1853.
There is regularly printed in the
Cherokee language weekly news
paper, the Cherokee Advocate, at
Tahlequah. The Cherokee typograph
is a model of neatness and the printed
pages have an attractive appearance,
although their contents are hidden
beneath apparently indecipherable
hieroglyphics. There are more than
eighty separate characters in the al
phabet. Many Roman letters are used
for convenience, but their sound is
unlike that given in the English Ian
Guage. d for instance is V, r is E,
7 is and W is La.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
The Art of Be,-Makipr.

Before making mp the beds see to il
that the rooms have been aired. Or
clear, sunshiny day open the win.
dows be ore breakfast and strip the
led, hanging the clothing over chair:
near the windows. Allow the rooms
to air for few hours and shake the
bed clothing free of dust. If the day
is rainy do not open the beds while
the room is airing. They will gsthe,
moisture if you do On a damp day
hang the bedding to air in the rooms
with the windows closed, make up the
beds and air the rooms again after the
beds have been made up.
The most important part of the bed
making is to get the sheets properly
adjusted. Wrinkles IN sheet are ar
abomination. The bottom sheet should
be tucked in securely at the top sc
that it cannot be jerked down by the
restlessness of the sleeper.
The top sheet should be tucked in
tightly at the bottom so that it canno
easily be drawn out of place.
1t should be laid with the wide hem
Mt the top and the rough side of the
hem turned uppermost, so that wher
it is folded back over the coverlet thu
right side will be exposed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
"DITCH OF THE DEAD"

their summer residences. A hotel
built on European models was opened
here in 1897.
Thence the caravan went to Damas-
Gus, the oldest city in the world, and
which has been inhabited for thirty
FIVE hundred years. 1t is mentioned
in the Tell Amarna letters found in
Egypt, dating from 1900 B. c., and
has been inhabited ever since, and no
one knows for how long before that
time. Here are ruins thousands OF
years old.
But the houses and life to-day
in Damascus are most interesting and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
FoR The HOUSEWIVES.
Dutch Ti,es in the DininEroo,n.


Blue and while papier-mache tiles,
decorated with Dutch subjects-white
coiffed fisher girls in wooden shoes.
old men smoking long pipes, women
and children dancing on the seashore
in quaint dress-are sold for dining.
room decoration. They are from five
to eight inches square, highly glazed
and have all the charms of the Delft
tiles without the weight of the latter.
Framed in deep, outstanding rims Of
black oak these tiles are delights to
the eye. They look particularly well
below the plate rack or shelf in the
diningroom and against the green
walls so much in vogue now. The
clear blue and white. set off by the
black frame, shows to wonderful ad.
vantage.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
Where the Stale Eggs Go.

By saying stale eggs is meant those
that are not strictly fresh or that have
been preserved for very long time.
Many of the eggs that belong to this
class are used by bakers, not only for
the yolks, but for the coloring matter.
It is estimated that 10000, 900 are
used by calico printers, and another
100, 200, 900 go to numerous photo
graphic supply establishments, book
binders, glove manufacturers and
leather finishers. This estimate may
be exaggerated somewhat, but it gives
an idea OF the large extent to which
such eggs are used.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
The CrnsaIa in Brief.

The steppin' stones in front Of saloon
ain't the ones to success.
The Young Peoples Temperance Felera.
tion has started u novement looking to ward
establishing coffee houses as substitute, for
saloons In all parts OF Chicago.
II organized religion could extirpate al
cohol. and those things which 80 along
with 1t, and share it. there would be little
left to be done this side OF the millennium
Mehfcal professors ia the universities and
practtcinH physicians Ia Germany are push
Ing the study OF alcohol problems with a
determined hand. They are finally thor
oughlv aroused on the subject.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Eum's Poisoned Bowl-Inebriacyi Ia Dis
ease Which Destroys All That 10 Good
in Lifs-The Train Of Horrors It Brings
-Maudlin EonOrse.
Ha! dash to the earth the poison bowl.
And seek 1t not again
It hath a madness for the soul
A scorching for the brain.
The curses and the plaques OF hell
Are flashing on its brim-
Woe to the victim OF its spell,
There Is no hope for him.
John G. Whittier.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31

A new appliance for coffee pots and
other liquid dispensers has false
bottom, with valve connecting to
the main reservoir, which closes au-
tomatically when pressure is applied
to an air bulb, connected vita the
bottom, forcing the liquid through
the spout.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31

Justice is done at any cost, and high
sense of honor is we'll developed.
Like other Orientals, the Druses sit
cross legged on the ground and help
themselves at meals from large dishes
placed in the centre of the group.
They seem to be industrious and salts.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
Patented an Alrahip.

In a new airship, designed by
Haitien, series of fans are mounted
in a cur partially supported by gas
balloon, the fans being used to drive
air through adjustable pipes. which
are adapted to turn toward any point
to move the ship in the opposite direo
fi,,n
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31
INNER COURT OF DAMASCUS DWELLING.

ences, especially French and German,
are now being brought to bear for the
development of agricultural interests
and industrial arts, but with no great
success as yet. Along the slopes of
the Lebanon Mountains many of the
wealthy merchants from BeYrout have
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-31

the American mission at Beyrout, says
DIR. Oppenheim, seemed to exert the
best and deepest influence upon the
people. They are not prosperous,
and as a result some ten thousand OF
the men emigrate every year.
Among the women, DR.. Oppenheim
says, he found many remarkable for
their beauty. Some European infu-