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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
HARBORS OF CUBA.
They Are Being Carefully Surveyed
by the United States.
Gen. Wood Asks for More Vessels to
Complete the Work - Splendid
HnrbOr at Guantanamo
Spanish Maps Defective.

Secretary Root has requested the
navy department to detail several more
small vessels of the Eagle type to sur
vey Cuban harbors. The request is
made at the suggestion of the governor
general of Cuba. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, who is preparing for a topo-
graphical survey of the whole island,
with a local organization which will
become u permanent department of
the local government when that is
tablished.
The navy already has the Yankton
and the Eagle at work on Cuban har-
bors, and as soon as the Vixen finishes
survey at San Juan, San Bias bay,
Colombia, she will be sent to assist
them. The new chart of Guantanamo
bay, which was naval rendezvous in
the war with Spain, which has just
been completed, shows that it is one
of the finest harbors in the entire
West Indies, although the Spaniards
regarded it as of little value through
their ignorance of its splendid chan
nels. Their charts of the place were
worthless, showing shoals and swamps
where there was water at all times for
the deepest ships afloat. AS a result
of the navy's survey Guantanamo will
in all probability become the chief
commercial port in the eastern half of
Cuba, as well as the United States
naval rendezvous.
Gen. Wood in his letter TO the war de-
partmSnt says all the Spanish charts
[ .1.sf. I
worthy. He sees a distinct military
advantage in having the armed naval
survey vessels visit the less frequented
ports of the Cuban coast, where. in ad-
dition to their soundings and triangu-
lation, their presence has remarkably
good effect on the people.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
OIL FOR FUEL.
Tests Being Made to Ascertain If 1t
Cannot Be Substituted for Conl
on Our Warships.

Tests with fuel oil intended as a sub
stitute for coal on ships of war are be-
ing continued at Norfolk and New
York. Little satisfactory progress has
been made in these trials, and it is by
TO means certain that the reported re-
suits obtained abroad will be sustained
by these tests ut home. In the first
place, it does not appear that the use
of oil on board ship will prove econom-
ical The handlers of oil finu ample
use for the cheaper grade of such prod
uct, and any greater demand for oil,
such as would come if it were used gen
orally on shipboard, would materially
increase its cost.
The authorities have nearly reached
the conclusion it will be valuable only
in times of emergency, especially on
board torpedo boats, when it is neces-
sary to get up steam quickly. At such
times the question of economy need
not enter into the matter. 1t is yet
too early to determine whether fuel oil
viii be smokeless, and the other fea-
lures which have recommended its trial
have not been fully demonstrated
There is SO much to be learned on the
subject that the naval engineers hold
out but little encouragement to the
owners of steam yachts and other craft
who have had hopes that fuel would
be discovered which would mean eco
nomical propulsion.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
HOW LUCK, RUNS IN ALASKA.
The Irony of Fate IL Nowhere Better
shown Than In That
Country.

At first sight it would seem that
the like good luck might fall to any
man, but the reality runs much the
other way, says Ainslee's Magazine.
The man of quick intelligence, Of
Judgment and decision is not the man
who ordinarily achieves this sudden
wealth. 1t is the man who is too
stupid to know the risks he is taking.
end II is the reckless man who plunges
wildly and misses no desperate chance,
who seem favorites of the god of
chance. Nor do all good luck stories
have pleasant endings. Often after
the "pile" is made, accident, disease or
death steps in to prevent its legiti-
mate enjoyment. One man dropped
dead when at the weighing of the
first cleanup he found himself rich
man. There was something wrong
with his heart. He had the physical
strength to make the fight against
bad food and water, to endure the
back-breaking toll of developing and
working out, and all the strain of the
uncertainty that went before. The
supreme moment Of success was more
than he could stand, and the use Of
the gold passed from him with its
, requirement. A certain James Meade
lay down with typhoid fever in ar
outlying camp just as he was starting
for home with the accumulations o.
the year, and he and his bag of dust
entered Dawson together on a litter
It took six men to bring him in-al
ternating. four to carry and two tt
rest-and he paid each man $15 a day
Once in Dawson Meade seemed t.
grow better, and when his sailing da,
came he walked to the boat. H,
reached the wharf and fell dead as h,
was about to go aboard.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
DEWAR SOLIDIFIES GAS.
The Scotch Professor Makes Expert.
menta at Royal Institution
In London.

A year ago Prof. Dewar astonished
the scientific world by iquifying
hydrogen. Now he is going q step
further and produce hydrogen as a
solid. In series of beautiful expert
ments, made to an interested audience
at the Royal institution, London, he
showed how gas could be solidified. By
surrounding the tube containing it
with liquid air, to prevent the ingress
of heat, and then applying powerful
air pump to the liquid hydrogen he
transformed it into white Opaque
solid.
Discussing the question of the util-
ity of solid hydrogen in scientific re-
search, Prof Dewar said that the mere
fact of its Transformation from gas is
interesting, because it is the elemen-
tary body of the lowest atomic weight.
One of its uses was in the solidification
of oxygen, and it could also be used in
the separation of mixed gases.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
FIRE ALARMS FOR SCHOOLS.
ditiOnal Safeguard for Children
An Alarm Box in Every Room.

Chief Croker, of New York, has de-
vised an additional safeguard for chill
dren in the public schools in case of
fire, and the other day he submitted
his plan to President Little, of the
board of education. The chief called
attention to the fact that in each of the
schools connected with the department
by fire alarm telegraph there is only
the box situated in the lower part OF
the building. To send an alarm might
necessitate the descent of several
fight of stairs, and panic once start
ed might do more damage than the fire
itself. To avert this the chief suggests
fire alarm box in each classroom,
close to the teachers desk. The alarm
could then be instantly sent to head
quarters, the pupils formed in line, and
the classes marched out in the certain
knowledge that help was on the way.
The boxes are to be maintained by the
fire department and regularly in
spected.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
PLENTY OF BOOKS.
Tons of Good Reading Matter Have
Been shipped to the Soldiers in
the Philippines.

The movement begun by the wife of
Chief Surgeon Greenleaf, United States
navy, of the department of the Pacific.
to establish circulating library in
Manila for the benefit of the soldiers.
has been most successful. Maj. Put
nam Bradlee Strong, who has heartily
cooperated in the movement and who is
an officer of the international Express
company at New York, said: THE un-
dertaking has been n remarkable sue
cess, and the American soldiers in the
Philippines are receiving an abundance
of entertaining reading matter. By an
arrangement with our company each
outgoing ship agrees to carry, free of
charge, two tons of reading matter
in the form of books, magazines and
papers. Last Saturday we had more
than four tons of such material, and,
rather than hold the additional two
tons here, our companypaid the freight
charges on the extra matter. We still
have several large cases to ship"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
COURTESY ON A STREET CAR,
How an Inquisitfve Woman Manage d
to Read the Paper of a
Stranger.

A big, fine looking man sat in the
corner of South side car reading his
newspaper. Next to him sat a little
woman in an up-to-date frock. She
had box of candy in one hand and
an opera libretto in the other. She
tried to get newspaper from boy
who came through the car, but the
conductor broke up the transaction
and, seizing the small newsdealer, put
him down on the pavement. Then the
pretty woman in the up-to-date frock
paid her fare in pennies, and smiled.
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The big mans newspaper was
spread out before her eyes, and she
glanced at the headlines. Then she
read a half column about thrilling
rescue of typewriter girl by gal
liant fireman. She glanced sideways
at the big man. Apparently he was
taking no notice. She began on a
story of burglars in a South side fiat,
how they bound and gagged wom-
an. stole her sealskin sack, and
"Oh, oh! the horrid things!" she ex-
claimed, excitedly.
The big man looked around inquir-
ingly, and then, quite as matter of
course, he said:
"Have you finished this page, ma
dam? If so, let us turn to the stock
reports and the society news"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
DISAPPOINTS EAWAIIANS.
Postal Savings Bnnk Established I'm
der Republic VIII BE Abolished
by the United states.

One of the unfortunate features of
the governemental bill for the Pacific
islands is the necessary abolition of
the postal saving bank. which has been
established with marked success under
the Hawaiian republic. The present
organization of the post office depart
ment of the United Stat does not per-
init of postal savings banks, and it was
felt it would be impossible to manage
them in Hawaii, as an individual enter
prise peculiar to that territory. 1t
will be necessary, therefore, to cancel
all these accounts, and pay the same to
the holders with interest up to July 1
next
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
MORE MONEY THAN EVER.
Per Capita Circulation Of Gold, Sill
yer and Paper Money Greater in
This Country Than Ever Before.

More money per capita, more gold,
more silver, and a larger total of
money in circulation than ever before.
For the first time in the history of the
country the per capita circulation has
crossed the $26 line, and the year 1900
carried the total for the first time past
the $4,000, 900 600 line, while the amount
of gold and gold certificates in circu-
lation is larger than at the correspond
ing date Of any previous year.
The figures show the total money in
circulation on April 1, 1900, to be $2,-
021, ,274 500, and on April /, 1899, 81 ,927,-
s46,942, while on the corresponding
date in 1898 it was $1,756, ,05s, ,645; on
April l, 1897, it was 81 $685. 900, ,694; and
on April l, 1896, $1,52s, ,629, ,463. This
shows an increase in total money in
circulation in four years of $492 2,645,-
O43, or 80 per cent.
The per capita money in circulation,
or the average amount for each indi-
vidual in the United States, is also
larger than ever before, being $26.12
Calculating the present population at
77,395,o00), against $25.45 one year
ago, $23.69 two years ago, S23.01 three
years ago, and $21.53 on April ], 1896.
The amount of gold in circulation
is also greater than at the correspond
ing date of any preceding year, the
total gold and gold certificates in cir
culation on April /, 1900, being $685.
s45,549, against $727,74s,591 on April
1, 1890; $61s s.446,941 on April /, 1s9s;
$554,5S2.O96 on April l, 1897; and
$4s9. sos on April 1, 1896; the
increase during the four years being
$29G, ,G94,O44, or GO per cent.
The amount of silver in circulation
including standard silver dollars, sub
sidary silver, silver certificates and
treasury notes of 1890, which were is
sued for the purchase of silver bullion
and are to be retired when the silver is
coined and put in circulation, amounts
to $631, ,133,6S0. against S626,9s2. .s04 or
April l. 1899: $61O,661. .72s on April
1898; $500 9C24,775 on April /, 1897; ant
$55s,524.447 on April 1, 1896.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
OLD MAIDS REASONS.
Nine Points Scored by a Chicago
Spinster School Teacher.
Miss GoRgin's Answers as TO "Why !
Am Single" Stir Up n Contro-
versy with New York Women
Of sIngIe BIessedness.

Nine reasons for spinsterhood were
given to the Catholic Woman's Nation
al league, of Chicago. in an argument
the other afternoon. Miss Catherine
Goggin. who has been grade teacher
in the public schools for 20 years, who
is president of the Grade Teachers fed
Grafton, and now is engaged in tax in
vestigations. told the story of her life
to the club women by request. Miss
Goggin prepared a ten-minute paper
on "Why Am Single. There were nine
answers. as follows:
Because he might not be an orphan.
Because he might Hike tides.
Because he might be fond of using pet
names
Because he might part his hair in the
middle of his head
because he might demand an itemized
account of household expenditures
Because dinner would have TO be taken
with the same person each day.
because marriage would necessitate
daily letter writing when either he or
she might be away.
Because all the good men seemed to he
married already.
because he has not proposed
If Miss Gcggin he contented herself
with woman's buiwark of defense "be-
cause" and had not entered into spec
ifications No. 1, No. 9, ETC., all would
have been well: but when the nine par
| ticularized becauses reached the ears
of New York old maidens there were
as many objections and additional be-
causes as there were spinsters to make
| them.
81 am one Of those old maids" said
DR.. Ellen Miles, of New York Sorosis,
"who lived to be over 20 without ever
having an offer of marriage. To take up
Miss Goggin's objection to marrying
because her husband might demand an
itemized account of household ex-
penses, l should think such an account
quite fair II he would render one in
return. Pet names oil the wheels of
married life, and letters should be love
letters to the end. Nor can agree that
all good men are disposed Of"
Miss Mildred Britton Fairchild, of
the City History club, believed that
Miss Goggin's real motive in keeping
single was the fact that she had been
earning her own money too long to be
satisfied with the modicum doled out
by any man.
"The term 'old maid,'" she said, INC
longer exists. Women don't grow old
any more. We have lost the distinction
of age in dress. The girl of 16 is garbed
as soberly as her mother. The woman
of to-day is as old as her interests. A
woman's marriageable age is. there.
fore. not to be limited. It is rash tc
say that all good men are already mar
ried. I believe that every woman has
had proposal. and that most of then
have been engaged"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
Spreads Like Wildfire.

When things are 'the best" they
become "the best selling" Abraham
Hare, leading druggist, of Belle
Vile, o., writes: Electric Bitters
are the best selling bitters l have
handled in 20 years. You know why
Most diseases begin in disorders OF
stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood
and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up
the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, purifies the blood
strengthens the nerves, hence ctires
multitudes of maladies. 1t builds up
the entire system. Puts new life and
vigoN into any weak, sickly, rundown
man d woman. Price 5Ocents. Sold
by w. r Smith q Co., druggists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
LOOKING AFTER SOLDIERS.
The war Department Follows Move-
ments of Omcers with Great
Accuracy.

A young army officer, who has seen
service on the Arizona plains and on
the Maine coast, and who is now in
Cuba, tells two stories out of his own
experience, to show the accuracy with
which the war department follows the
movements of officers.
II was with small scouting party
in Arizona" he says, "and after two
weeks in the desert my squad came to
the railroad near q small station.
Within ten minutes dispatch from
Washington was brought to me by
the station agent. 1t asked II
wished to be transferred to one Of
the two new artillery regiments then
forming.
II answered by telegraph that I
should be glad to enter either Of them.
Then we set off again across the des-
ert.
"It was six days later when we
again struck the railroad, this time
so miles from the point at which we
had previously crossed it, But my re-
ply from the department was await
ing me. 1t had been telegraphed to
every station within 200 miles.
"a more striking instance Of accu.
racy occurred after my transfer to
the east. 1 was travelling home on
leave, and, as the regulations require
1 had notified the department of the
day, hour and probable route of my
journey. After I had been on the
train for eight hours, at small sta.
tion the porter entered with tele.
gram, asking if anyone Of my name
was present. On opening the dis
patch, l found that 1t was from the
adjutant generals Office, ordering me
on detached duty.
"Exactness of detail could not bt
carried much farther. The depart
ment knew the whereabouts of an in
significant second lieutenant, eve,
when he was travelling on leave of alb
sence."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
In n Liberal Community,

The University of Chicago is not ten
years old. But in less than a decade
il has stepped to the front as one of the
leading universities of the country.
The value of its plant and endowment
is over $11 ,O00,0 900. The number of it's
students is steadily increasing. In
1897 it had 1,O76 undergraduates in it's
different schools. To-day it has 1,7O1.
With a generous founder and liberal
and progressive community to nourish
il and watch over it's welfare, says the
Philadelphia Press, the future of the
University of Chicago is assured.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
Notice Of First Meeting of Creditors

United States Of America, ss
Southern District of Ohio,
In the United States Court in and for said
District, Western Division.
In the matter Of ~, ooxo
JAMES NJ. PATTON; s.C2,s,, In ssnisss,sy. ss, asss
To the creditors Of James NJ. Patton, OF
Sinking Spring. in the county Of Highland,
State Of Ohio. and District aforesaid, bank
rupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of April A. d. 1900, the said James NJ. Patton
was duly sdjudged bankrupt and that the
fret meeting Of bis creditors will be held at the
Office Of Geo. q. Gardner, in Hilsboro, Ohio.
on the 9th day OF April, A. D. 1900. at eleven
O'Clock. forenoon, at which time said creditors
may attend. prove their claims, appoint a
tru.tee, examine tho bankrupt. and transact
such other business as may properly come be-
fore said meeting.
GEO. B. GARDNER,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Hillsboro, Ohio, April 14th, 1900.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
PUT TO THE TEST.
Public Endorsement

Public Endorsement II what
Counts.
Everybody has their hour Of trouble,
But people having any itchiness of the
skin
Have many hours of trouble.
Nothing 40 annoying. Nothing so irri.
tating.
Scratch 1t, it becomes worse.
Leave it alone and you can hardly
stand the misery.
Itchiness COMES IN many forms.
Eczema and horrid itching piles.
Relief and cure are here at last.
Thousands have put it to the test.
Doan's Ointment cures every form OF
tchiness of the skin.
Read the following statement.
Mr.. William N. Steel, Of a6o& High
street, south, Columbus, o.. conveyancer,
says: "I have no hesitation In recon.
mending Doan's Ointment as thor.
oughly reliable preparation for rectal
troubles and eczema. supposed 1t wa.
eczema, - there was breaking out OF
my hand which itched continually and
burned 30 that was compelled to rub il
constantly. Doan's Ointment cured the
affection at once. and also another
trouble resembling hemorrhoids, and w
to date there has been no indication o
ito return. although the cure was per
formed over six months ago. canno
say too much in praise Of Doan's Oint
/, ment, and anyone suffering as did VIII,
uses 1t will be quite as enthusiastic in it
praise as am"
Doan's Ointment for sale by all deal
era. Price so cents box. Mailed o,
receipt Of price by Foster Milburn Co.
Buffalo, NY, sole agents for the Unitet
States.
Remember. the name, Doan's, and tnk
no substitute. ~ s
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
Facts About Two casos
Of Falling of the Uterus
Recovered by Lydia E.
Pinkhans'S Vegetable
C0s5lpON1d.

81 suffered for fifteen years without
finding any relief. tried doctors, but
nothing seemed to do me any good. l
had falling of the womb, leucorrhea,
pain in the back and head, and those
bearing-down pains. One bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound did me SO much good that sent
for four more, also two boxes of Liver
Pills and one package of Sanative
Wash. After using these felt like a
new woman. ."-MRs. e. A. WINTER
Glidden, Ia, Box ego.
81 was suffering with falling of the
womb, painful menstruation, head
ache, backache, pain in groins, ex-
tending into the limbs; also terrible
pain at left of womb. The pain in my
back was dreadful during menstrua-
tion, and my head would ache until /
would be nearly crazy. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
given me great relief. suffer no
pain now, and give your medicine
all the praise."-MRs. j. P. McSPADDEN,
Rosenberg, Tex.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DIR. 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 25 cents.
Money back if not cured. Sold by w.
r. Smith & Co., druggists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
HiIIsb0r0 K. K. Time Table.
FOR CINCINNATI.
THE GROCERS

Leave Hillsboro-s Arrive Cincinnati
6:66 q. m. 9:4O q. m
: 2'4Op. m. 500 p. m.
Leave Hillsboro- Arrive Portsmouth
6:55 .. m. 11:06 q. m.
$40 p. m. 9:05 p. m.
For Portsmouth, Ironton, Kenova, Gsllipolis,
Pomeroy, Pt. Pleasant. Parkersburg. Marietta.
Wheeling and Pittsburg. leave Hillsboro at
6:55 .. m.
Through train to Ohio River towns and
Pittsburg, carrying combination cars, coaches
and parlor. daily except Sunday via P. & ",
N. w., o. r and P. O. O. 8. al
For further information address Fred B. Nc
Keehan, Agent, Hillsboro, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern whic h
is not afraid to be generous. The pro-
prietors of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
have given away over ten million trial
bottles and have the satisfaction of
knowing it has cured thousands OF
hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis,
La Grippe and all Throat, CHEST and
Lung diseases are surely cured by it.
Call on w. r. Smith & Co., druggists
and get free trial bottle. Regular
size SOC and S1.00. Every bottle
purautaeed.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19

Gov. Murphy, of Arizona, says that
he thinks the prospects for that terri
tory becoming State next year are
good He has been in Washington for
some time urging Arizona's claims
upon Congressman.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
The Most Primitive Marsupial.

In the Quarterly Journal of Micro
scopicai Science Mr.. Hill. of Sydney,
gives an account of his important re-
searches into the embryology of mar
supials He has discovered the exist
ence of a distinct placenta in the Bandi-
coots, and infers that the retention Of
such structure indicates a primitive
condition. Other organs of the Bandi-
coots are in condition which may be
described as persistently embryonic,
and thus much more primitive than in
any other known marsupial. Thus all
the evidence points to the view that the
marsupials originally developed pla-
centa, which has been aborted in the
more specialized forms.