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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-07
CUBANS ARE IN A HURRY,
want the United states COngress to
Act on Constitution This
Session

DR.. Horatio Rubens. one of the COM
mission appointed by the war depart
ment to revise the Cuban code has
arrived in Washington after many
months absence in Havana. Accord
ing to DR.. Rubens. it is the hope of
the Cuban constitution-maker that
they will complete their work in time
for the United States congress to act
upon the constitution during the pres
ent session. If it shall appear con-
clusively that there is no hope of OBJ
tanning this last result. then the work
of the convention probably will pro-
ceed with more deliberation.
The most difficult problem which yet
remains to be solved, according to DR..
Rubens. is that of suffrage, the lead
ers seeming TO be pretty closely di-
vided between the two broad PROPOSE
tions of absolute free suffrage and
restrictions based on educational and
property qualifications
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sxmputhx viii cn,,ahooa.

Those who have occasion to speak
frankly concerning their own child
hood experiences are often found to
remark that the greatest blessing
that came to them was the sympathy
of father or mother. or perhaps of
an older brother or sister, with their
tastes and ideals. There are few
things so chilling to generous young
spirit as the sneer that follows the
disclosure of his inner desire or pur-
pose; and, on the other hand, the
consciousness that he is understood
and appreciated is the very elixir of
life to the boy or girl before whom
the world is just beginning to open
Children who grow up unduly reti-
cent and self-contained, or who be-
come morose and sour, probably have
lacked genial sympathy in their
earlier years.-Boston Watchman.
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that my Uncle John gave it to me for
a birthday present, in eight volumes.
1t is in the bookcase now, bound in
morocco. you'll member"
Mr.. Jobson's countenunce fell. but
he promptly recovered and looked in
credulous.
There's something queer about all
this, that's all I've got to say" he re-
marked, however. II never knew of
these books being in the house, and
you must have been hiding them all
these years. I'll bet you the incest
poke bonnet that can be built for new
currency that those volumes have
never seen the inside of the bookcase,
anyhow-you've probably had them in
the bottom of one of the old trunks in
the storeroom all this time"
''They've been in the bookcase ever
since / got them put in Mrs. Jobson,
and Mr.. Jobson. perceiving that he was
cornered, cleared his throat ponderous-
ly and went on:
"We'll just let that little mystery
pass for the present" he said. IF
had known that there was an edition
of this immortal work around my
house dye suppose that I'd have blown
in $2S for this 12-volume edition? How
ever, We'll let that pass. as | say The
fact remains that chapter of this
great historical work is going to be
read in this household every night
from now on, and I'm going to be the
reader. We need to have our horizon
expanded. We live too much in the
trifiing and frivolous present. We are
too much concerned with merely
dinky affairs. We need inspiration,
elevation, eXaltation. What, better way
of gaining those things than by hark-
ing back, through the medium of this
masterful work, to the glorious days
and the mighty happenings of i'm
perial Rome?" and Mr.. Jobson was be-
coming SO eloquent that Mrs. Jobson
felt like Ginning in with Hear! Heart"
but she didn't care to take the chance.
II think" went on Mr.. Jobson, ''that
l started to read this book when was
young fellow, but I'm not sure, and
I'm not setting up any fictititious
claims like some people know. Wen
begin on these readings right after
dinner, and from this time on nothing
whatever is going to interfere with at
least one chapteT OF GfDDUn every
evening. You'll thank me for this later
on, although l can see by your looks
now that you are suffering the miser-.
les OF an anticipated martyrdom."
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ROYALTY'S GREATNESS.
London Ragamu fins Treated to
Christmas Dinners by the Duke
and Duchess of York.

There are not two warmer hearts in
England than those OF the duke and
duchess of York. Every Christmas some
hundreds of poor. hungry little
wretches have al least one hearty meal
provided for them entirely by their
royal highnesses. Last year the poor
children in certain parish in the east
of London were thus regaled, and. to
add to their enjoyment, the duke and
duchess went themselves and said a
few CHEEKY, heartfelt words to each Of
the little ones.
Going up to one urchin, who was
looking very solemn and somewhat sad,
the duke said to him:
"Now, my little man, why such dis
nal face? Let me see if can't do some-
thing to make you happier. Would
you like some more pudding, eh ?"
"Yes," stolidly, but very politely. said
the urchin.
''Yes, what? What ought ycu to say.
my little fellow? You"
"Yes. if l can get it," replied the
youth, without moving muscle of his
face.
His royal highness later went up to
seven-year-old boy who appeared to
be in more than ordinary pain judging
from his sorrowful. troubled face.
You are not happy, little man, are
you?" said the duke, most kindly.
NO, SIR" said the youth. crying.
oh this will never do" replied the
duke, encouragingy why are you
not happy?"
The little boy put his hand across his
trousers and said: I'm too tight here
to be happy, sir!"
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WILL LEARN CHINESE
Englisamen Preparing to Invade
the Celestial Empire.
Realize Tint the Very CONNIE rciaI
Life of England Depends on Abil-
ity to Hold the Trade
of Future.

One of the results of the troubles
IN China is the formation in London
of classes for the study of the Chi
nese language. These are promoted
by the China association. which has
begun work successfully. 1t is hoped
that the effort will devolve into a
large scheme. probably in connection
with the University of London.
Hitherto it has been almost impos-
sible to learn Chinese thoroughly in
this country. owing to the small sup
ply of Chinese teachers. There are
no such Instructors save the few al
ready employed by the China associa-
tion.
''The merest common sense would
teach one" says the London Globe.
that. when the trade of the vast
Chinese empire is fully at the disposal
of the merchants of the world the
country whose agents are not able to
communicate with the people in their
native tongue will be at terrible
disadvantage. To England it will be
matter of life and death that her
commercial travellers should be able
to speak Chinese"
Paris and Berlin correspondents an
nounce the formation at the French
and German capitals of classes in the
consular services of the two coun-
tries. Russia has a decided advantage
in this respect. as most Of her rep
resentatives in China speak the ver-
nacular and were selected on that
pf:nciple
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coFEEE AND CAKES.

Coffee and cakes.
tAnd the bright eyes of Helen.)
What joys are in store for us-Time has
the tellin'!
Coffee and cakes, and the bright eyes of
Helen.
The rustic of silvery curtains of lace
The light of her eyes and the light of her
Where the bright dimples race!
A blessing that day from Loves heart
was upwellin'-
Coffee and cakes, and the bright eyes of
Helen
Who'd think that beggar who knelt in
the dust
And the darkness of life, and thanked
God fSc crust.
Would e'ei Soer banquet be granted the
grace
OF the light of those eyes and the joy of
that face,
Where such rose-dimples race
All, what is in store for us-Time has the
tellin'-
Coffee and cakes, and the bright eyes of
Helen!t
Was ever such banquet2 All. every
bright minute
Had silvery ripples of laughter wove in it!
All the joy of lifetime seemed merged
in an hour
or light and of joy, in an April-sweet
shower.
And that face like a flower!
Forever and ever Loves blessings up
welln'
For coffee ss,, and cakes and the bright eyes
Frank l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
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one stop an organi.t Forgot.

Some years ago an Organist now
prominent in New York was living IN
Minneapolis, and held the position of
organist in one of the largest. churches
in that city. The organ was new, up
to-date in every way, and after the
evening service it gradually grew to be
the custom for the congregation to
linger in the church, and persons from
other churches to drop in while the or
ganist played his sweetest masic, some
times forgetting in his love for his art
how quickly the moments few. This
was gall and wormwood to the sexton,
grabbed and disagreeable, who longed
to lock up and go home.
One night his feelings got the best OF
him, and coming close to the instru-
ment SO that the organist could not fail
to hear, he exclaimed: ut is a strange
thing that the trustees of this church,
after spending almost year over or
gan specifications, what stops they
should have and what they should leave
out, never thought anything about the
nine O'clock stop."-N. Y. Press.
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JObson Reads History

PROPOSE" said Mr.. Jobson,
when he arrived home with
bulky package under his arm the other
EVENING" propose TO make the pres
ent year one of instruction and
mental cultivation in this household"
and he cut the twine that bound the
bundle, ripped off the paper and re-
color and pattern.
This thing" he went on, "of dod-
dering around the house for five or
six hours every night, until bedtime,
playing checkers, or saving on the vio-
lin. or listening to. you pick out note
here and a note there on the piano,
and watching you reading with rapt,
open-mouthed attention the narration
of the extraordinary adventures of
Birdie Juteworks.' or. The Hapless
Maiden of the Mill. has got to come to
an end. It's slothful, Improbable.
idiotic. and miserable fashion of fritz
tering away the time"
Here Mr.. Jobson halted and gazed
solemnly at Mrs. Jobson, who Won
dered what was coming next.
81 have here, Mrs. Jobson," he went
on, IAN immortal historical work,
which you may have heard of, and
which YOU may not have heard of. 1t
is called The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire and it was written by
Gibbon."
Quite true" said Mrs. Jobson. sweet
ly. II read an abridgement of it when
| was at school. and | have read the
complete work through twice since we
were married. You will remember
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-07
From Fiddle to Violin
BY Wright A. Patterson.

A LII sorts of stories were going the
~ rounds of the little coterie Of
newspaper men congregnted in the
parlors of the Chicago Press club, un-
til finally Opie Read told one of his
southern yarns in which the inevita-
BILE negro musician figured.
"That story reminds me of the fact
that have at my house a fiddle be-
longing to you," said member of the
p9rty, addressing Boiling Arthur
johnson, the lecturer. ut must he
= remarkable fiddle, for a gentleman
WHO was at the house the other even
ing, and who is Judge Of such things,
offered me 5000 for it. thought l
might have done you "a good turn by
selling it,
II would have come out just about
$500 looser IL you had done so,' re-
piled johnson.
Lets have the lie," said Read.
"There is only one good liar in the
crowd. and l am not the man." re-
piled johnson. But If you want to
hear the true story of that fiddle 1
will tell 1t to you.
vvhCu L was u SHdll OOy u kOOu
many years ago, SO many that, like
the ladies, seldom tell of them,
lived on farm near Galesburg, in this
state. Like in al. rural communities
at that time the important character
of the district was the fiddler, Charlie
Bruner. He was remarkably good
fiddler at that. and was unusually
popular among the small boys for the
reason that he made it point to give
them an outing in town each New
Years day. l bought that fiddle when
on one of these excursions with Bru-
ner. 49,. ss
"During the previous summer and
fall ! had made $40 by working on the
home farm and others, and had care
fully saved it to spend when Bruner
should take the boys to town. Every
boy in the community knew of the
ten dollars and was anxious to help
spend it.
''One New Years morning Bruner
called around with big sled, into
which he could crowd some 20 of us,
and the sled was well filed. What
space was not occupied by boys was
filled with straw and heavy fur robes,
and we started for town. On the way
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into town every boy in the sled want
ed to know about the ten dollars and
offered advice. as to what ] should
spend it for. That it should buy a
, shotgun was the nnal and unanimous
verdict. with the exception of my
self. and l scarcely knew what /
wanted, but as ] said nothing the boys
took it for granted that | would buy
the shotgun.
"Once in town Bruner took us to the
hotel for dinner, as was his custom,
and when the meal was over the boys
began to intimate that it was time to
spend the ten dollars. But as l had
earned the money by myself ] rather
wanted to spend it in the same way,
and besides the shotgun idea was not
entirely to my liking. | wanted a
gun. but / wanted fiddle worse. and
then, too, knew that Bruner would
be disappointed if | did not get a
fiddle, and / wished to please him
"After time ! succeeded in getting
away from the other boys and got
out by myself One of the first places
that ! found was u pawnshop with
dow. The place was presided over by
a fatherly appearing genius who
looked for all the wori,i like William
Cullen Bryant. He was the only junk
dealer | have ever seen who was tall,
had blue eyes and snowy white beard
and hair like unto that of patriarch.
told him l wanted to buy fiddle,
and asked him if he nad one he could
sell for ten dollars with a red-lined
box included in the bargain. par
ticularized about the box, for to me
that was the important part.
''He said he had, and / told him I
would take it if the box was all right.
From under the cheap pine counter
he produced box that seemed to me
a marvel of perfection. 1t proved to
be only cheap pine box painted, but
it was lined with the brightest of red
felt and caught my eye instantly. I
did not realize until afterward that l
did not see the fiddle he was selling
me, but he slipped it into the box
under the counter, closed the lid with
snap and | paid my ten dollars and
walked out.
II got back to the sled without any
Of the boys seeing me, and deposited
my fiddle under the hay in the front
end. did not know what to say to
them boys, and wanted to put off the
explanation as long as possible. For
that reason kept out of sight until
we were ready to start for home and
then climbed up onto the seat beside
Bruner SO as not to have to talk.
"'Did you get it? asked Bruner in
Q whisper as soon as we left the stable
yard.
"'Yes. It's under the hay down
there replied, pointing to The frosi
of the sled at our feet.
'eThere was SO much to talk about
that the boys did not think to ask
about the shotgun, and l thought !
Was going to get home without their
knowing of the fiddle until We
stopped at q little crossroads grocery
called Shanghai to warm up. Then
gensFs ensiesitJ est tths hsst Of him
and he simply had to see that fiddle.
~ brought It in from the sled and
opened the box beside the stove.
such looking nddle as that was
You Heyog saW. There were no strings
on - - Apyh ~ teil-piees. nothing
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Gens of Truth.
without

There is no Christianity without
self-giving.
Father" is the key-word to all true
prayer.
Tomorrow will obey you more read
lily than yesterday.
Men say that they die as brutes be-
cause they want to live rs beasts.
So many Christians are lighting for
toys when God offers to give them a
kingdom.
The man who coins his conscience
into cash will never make a percent
age large enough to buy it back
Rams Horn.
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A powerful engine can not be run
with a weak boiler, and we can't keep
up the strain of an active life with a
weak stomach: neither can we stop
the human machine to make repairs.
If the stomach can not digest enough
food to keep the body strong, such
preparation as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
should be used 1t digests what you
eat and it simply can't help but do
you good. w. II. Smith Il Co.. drug
gists.
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1t was the first pay day in the office
of the Commoner, and Editor Bryan
was looking over the salary,list, wrap
ping up little packages of silver coin,
and marking them with the names of
the employees to whom they severally
belonged.
"Who is this 2" he asked. as he came
to the last name on the list.
"That is the printers devil" re-
piled the foreman of the office.
"What" faltered the editor. lis
the devil to pay so soon ?"
This being what the crowd was wait
ing for. there were roars of delighted
laughter and applause.
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A Firem MS Close Call.

Il stu't to my engj", although
every JOINT achcd and every nerve was
racked with pain writes c.. w.
Bellamy. a locomotive fireman. of
Burlington, Iowa, 81 was weak and
pale, without any appetite and all run
down. As was about to give up. I
got a bottle of Electric Bitters and,
after taking it. felt as well as ever
did in my life" Weak, sickly. run
down people always gain new life,
strength and vigor from their use.
Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed
by w. r. Smith & Co. Price 30 cents.
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For the weakness and prostration
following grippe there is nothing so
prompt and effective as One Minute
Cough Cure. This preparation is
highly endorsed as an unfailing rene
dy for all throat and lung troubles and
its early use prevents consumption.
1t was made to cure quickly. w. r.
Smith & Co, druggists.
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II wonder if this is a colonial nov
el ?" faltered Mordaunt Meltravers,
feeling that he had a right, as chief
parsonage in the book, to know.
His fiancee darted a quick, keen
glance about.
mo said she, almost at once ''for
over yonder there are folks If it
were a colonial novel, they would be
folk.'
OF course it required woman's in
tuition to discern all this.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve

Has worldwide fame for marvellous
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Only 25c at w II. Smith & Co.'S drug
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Is he so very unpopular ~

unpopular :" echoed MIR. Knoxwell.
"Why, | have known him to tell a
dozen people he has had his photo
graph taken, and not one out of a
dozen said they really must have a
copy When a man can't give his
picture. away, what chance is there
for him ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-07

When woman doesn't take any
interest in her housework--
When the least exertion tires her
When her back aches constantly
her head troubles her-limbs pain,
and she feels generally miserable, it's
. pretty sure indication that her kid
neys are not doing their duty.
That backache is simply kidney
ache
The poison the kidneys should take
out of the blood is left in, and is breed.
Ing all sorts of dire diseases
Ruf Won car, atoy, it
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Working Overtime.

Eight hours laws are ignored by
those tireless, little workers-Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. Millions are.
always at work, night and day, curing
Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation,
Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver
and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant,
safe, sure. Only 25c at w. r. Smith
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Reports show a greatly increased
death rate from throat and lung
troubles. due to the prevalence of
Group, pneumonia and grippe. We
advise the use of One Minute Cough
Cure in all of these difficulties. 1t is
the only harmless remedy that gives
results. Children like it.
w. Il. Smith. & Co., druggists.
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what an outspoken girl Miss Pow
ser is !"
"Yes; she's already asked our new
clergyman if she can't be his second
wife"
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Science MisapDIied.

1t is reported that dead flies may be
resuscitated with salt We have been
afraid from the first. eXclaims the Chi
cago Times-Herald, that Prof. Loeb's
experiments would come to an unhappy
end.
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A Name an Il a Face,

Isaac Khan Mofakhammed Dovlet is
the name of the new Persian minister
to this country. We learn. says the
Chicago Times-Herald. from reliable
sources, however, that he doesn't
look it.
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DOan's Kidney Pills

Act directly on the Kidneys
strengthen them, help them to do
their duty.
Read what one grateful woman has
to say about it.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gates, of corner of
May and Philadelphia streets, Dayton,
O., says:
"Doan's Kidney Pills were worth thous
ands of dollars to me and think such a
remedy is a Godsend to suffering humanity
don't think should be alive to-day had il
not been for them I suffered for years with
my kidneys and no one but myself can i'm
igine what went through The pain and
listress across my back was so bad at times
hat ii was all but impossible for me to get
bout. The least cold settled in my back
ind at such times suffered the most The
miserable bearing d""-'i lgl ing was a source e
If great suffering to- me. so had kid
Iistressing tiIvd a p,inoer of so-called
sidney remedies. but none gave me reliei
rhe very first dose of Doan's Kidney Pills.
ielped me ! recommend them to my /
!riends as the grandest medicine on earth
md you may use my statement for publica-
ton"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all |
iealers. Price so cents. Mailed
10y Foster Mlburn Co., Buffalo, N.
| u, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan s, and
Ike no substitute.
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Only one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchiness of the skin
in any part of the body; Doan's Oint-
ment. At any drug store, so cents.
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Mr.. Carnegie gave away 100000
last year. There are few of us, says
the Chicago Record. who could keep up
that gait longer than few minutes.
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Young girls are good dedf nKe
their fathers; they think any one can
be a good cook who has enough energy
to mix few things.
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"a hours Cincinnati to Jacksonville
and New Orleans, Queen & Crescent
Route and Southern Ry.
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Robbing graves is the only crime
under Chinese law for which the thief
may be justly killed ON the spot by
anyone finding him out.-N. Y. Times.
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Several Women's Christian Temper
ance Unions have condemned Mrs.
Nations aggressive work In Kansas.
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& Co. s drug store.