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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
The Popping Of Popcorn.

Why popcorn pops and ordinary
corn does not Is a question which has
bothered many people for long time
The department Of agriculture has
given an answer which should make
1t plain. ID The popping of popcorn
Is due to volatilization of the oil con-
tanned In the kernel. (2) Field corn
does not pop as readily as popcorn
pops because the outer portion of the
kernel is more porous. permitting the
escape of the oil as it volatiizes, while
In the case of popcorn great pres
sure is developed in the kernel by the
confined oil and the kernel is sud-
denly exploded and turned wrong side
out, ca In composition popcorn diff
fers from ordinary corn in having a
larger proportion of corneous element
and great per cent. of oil. ca Pop
corn pops more readily when dry be-
cause when moistened the kernels are
swollen, more porous and toughened
and do not explode so suddenly and
completely as when dry and hard.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
SOME TIMELY BEE NOTES.
Moving Colonies in Spring and Sum-
msr Requires Careful and
Thoughtful Preparation.

While bees can be moved almost any
time, there are certain seasons much
more favorable to safe moving than
others. The cool days of early spring,
after the bees have had their first
flights and before they have begun to
build UP. I consider the best time,
while the most unfavorabe time would
be In hot weather, when the colonies
are populOus and the hives full Of
fresh and newly built comb.
l have sent colonies hundreds of
miles by express during the hottest
part Of July and that without any loss,
but the colonies were carefully pre-
pared They we're not full colonies,
strictly speaking, though containing
the full number of frames. In making
these light colonies ready I shook out
part Of the bees. leaving the hive
roomy.
All combs that were heavy with
honey were removed and replaced by
others containing small amount Of
sealed honey and some open cells. II
I could not find combs that suited me,
would put the heavy ones in the ex-
tractor and remove as much of the
honey as thought best. Then
always took one comb that contained
no honey and proceeded to fill 1t with
water and hang 1t in near one side of
the brood chamber.
Then a further requirement Is to
have the frames fastened SO that there
Will be no rattling. Some hives have
self-spaclng frames and need no fas-
tening. The ordinary hanging frame
should be fastened by driving a small
nall or brad through. the ends OF the
top bars into the hive body Then the
whole part Of the top should be COW
cred with a screen of wire cloth with
space OF two inches or more over
the frames for clustering room.--Har-
ry Lathrop, In Orange Judd Farmer
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
TAWINC A SHEEP SKIN.
A Simple Operation, But One Requir-
ing Some Care and Thorough
ness in Execution.

Remove all flesh and fat by scraping
with dull knife. To kill the grease i'm
merse the skin In mixture of bran and
water that has been made up for several
hours and kept In warm place where Il
could ferment. Allow II to remain in
the solution for "a hours. To clean the
skin and wool dissolve one pound of hard
soap in two quarts of boiling water. Put
one-half of this in tub with four
quarts Of cold soft water, and rub the
skin In 1t until the suds will not take up
any more dirt. Finish the cleansing
with the other half OF the first mixture
diluted as before. A little washing blue
added to the last rinsing water will help
to whiten the wool. Passing the skin
through roller wringer will help the
work along. Hang skin in shady place
and whom almost dry rub into the flesh
side mixture Of powdered alum and
white arsenic-half and half. Fold the
skin, place flesh sides together and lay
away for "a hours. Then spread It out
and allow 1t to dry gradually. The only
method Of softening a'skin and making
it pliable is by manipulating It. Rub 1t
and work 1t over the edge of a board
each day until 1t is dry. Don't be afraid
to overwork the hide. The more It is
worked the softer and finer It will be-
come. The wool may be combed out
with a coarse comb. The skin may then
be lined with felt or some heavy cloth
and will make serviceable rug II the
work has been we'll done. - Ohio
Farmer
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
LITTLE SPURS.

A false prophet always wants a full
profit.
II you are live lighthouse you dc
not need a whistle.
Whatever Christ can do In one man
He can do In the race.
God puts up fences to keep the en-
emy out. as we'll as to keep the saints
in.
A selfish church has no more chance
of Gods blessing than selfish man.
The worm that works In the trunk Is
always advertised somewhere on the
branches.
The man who Identifies himself with
the dollar sign for many years Is apt to
become crooked.
The man who fails while trying tc
do good, has more honor than he who
succeeds by accident.
The existence of a few weeds is nc
argument for the rejection of the whole
garden.
1t is never safe to trust Gods bust
ness to the man who neglects his own
1t is a dark day for the race when
Unsuitable greed becomes the mark OF
greatness.
Many a man who will warm up
recommending his favorite cough cure
will cool off considerably when he
gets around to his religion. Ram s
HOra.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
GOOD ADVICE TO STUDENTS
Kansas Man Tells Young Men How
to Make Success Of Life in
the Country.

J. W. Robinson, of Towanda, Kan.
who had an exhibit of horses at the
Kansas City show last fall in an adj
dress to agricultural students, said:
Boys, suppose many Of you ex-
pect to be farmers. Let me give you
some advice from my own experience.
When you start farming, no matter
II you are a renter, get two fine mares.
two fine cows, two fine sows and two
will cost good deal more than
scrubs. but the difference in a few
years will be immense. Sell their
male progeny and keep the female.
The male progeny will bring you as
much as the whole product of cheaper
stock. and in few years the female
portion will produce enough to buy
That old black mare you have been
scoring was supposed to be one Of the
best mares in France in her time.
She was imported Is years ago. She
made the first man who owned her
$4,000 We bought her seven years
ago, and she has made us $1,000, and
she has done the full work of a horse
in the field all these years. Don't
start your farming with scrubs. II
you can't buy as good mare as this
one, buy the best you can Do your
farming with draft mares, and If you
manage right. the colts will be profit.
and big profit at that. We have three
old mares on the place that have
earned us $1,000 each. The old Rosa
Bonheur mare bought in hard times
for 5000. She has made us five times
that much money every year"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
NEEDFUL.

June q, 1904.
Elmer Gossett, wife and daughter,
attended Decoration at Pricetown
last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Hank visited
James Sanderson and family near
Pricetown last Sunday.
VIM. Roberts and wife, of Buford,
we're guests of the latter's parents
here Sunday.
Lucy and Sadie Roades, of Buford,
SPENT Saturday night land Sunday
with their grandparents.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Green Pasture for Geese.

Geese are 'grassers," and will do well
ON green pasture. II they have access
to creek or lake SO much the better,
but they can be successfully grown with
out water to swim In. In fattenlng they
need some good sound grain every day.
Geese are good for their feathers, good
to sell and good on the home dinner
table. But the cook must know how to
cook them or they will have the charac-
teristic goose flavor. which is generally
very distasteful to American palates =
Midland Farmer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Marriage Licenses.

Daniel Francis Hiser and Elma
Colvin.
Arthur Partlow and Maud Colvin.
Perry Varley and Mary Rowlinson.
Wm. F. Walkup and Naomi c.
Gray.
W. J. Glaze and Nancy Jane Pat
ton.
Ray Dodds and Bessie Ridgway.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
A COOP AND RUN COMBINED
A Little Structure Which Possesses
Many Advantages Not Found
In Other Devices.

The cut shows a combination chicken
coop which may be used with or without
the wire run. On large poultry farms
the runs are not often used, the chicks
being allowed to go free, while the hen
is cooped. BY watchfulness with dog
and gun poultry pests are so reduced In
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
How Food Affects Animals.

The food supply has been an impor-
.ant factor In the development Of animal
varieties In all ages and climes. The
horses that were taken to Iceland and
adjacent islands and made to subsist on
moss and on other like herbage have be-
come small and hardy. while other
horses brought up In warmer climates
where food was abundant and succulent
became large In body but little able to
bear up under hardships. .--Farmsrs Re-
view.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

number that few chicks are lost Where
only few chicks are raised 1t is usually
more practicable to use the runs. The
board door beside the coop is used at
night and in stormy weather. The hen
being confined is not apt to tramp on
chicks as they can quickly run out be-
tween the Stats. She is usually ready to
brood them whenever they call. II 1t is
desired to let her into the wire run the
whole slat part can be raised in a second.
American Agriculturist.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Sealed.:Proposals.
TO whom it may concern

To whom il may concern:
Notice is hereby given that until the Goth
day of June. 1904 at l2 O'Clock noon, Sealed
Proposals will be received at the office Of
the Clerk of the Board of Education of Lib
erty township, for building school house
on the lot situate in School District No. 4,
Liberty township, and according to the plans
and specific ations on file in the Clerks Of
fce.
Each bid snail contain the name of every
person interested in the same, and shall be
accompanied by sufficient guarantee OF
some disinterested person, that II the bid is
accepted, contract will be entered into
and the performance of II properly secured
when both labor and material are en-
braced in the work bid for, each must be
separately statedin the bid, with the price
thereof
None but the lowest responsible bid will be
accepted and the Board reserves the right
to reject all the bids or accept any bid for
both labor and material, which Is the lowest
In the aggregate
BY order of the Board of Education.
G. ID. DoGGErT, Clerk of the Board
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Points on Swine Feeding.

Spring litters can be handled to ad-
vantage, as they can have the run Of
grass and clover lots, In addition to
the pasturage, little soft food should
be fed. and the corn ration should be
very small Bran and middlings, and
oil meal in small quantities. may en-
ter into the ration. Wood ashes and
charcoal are profitable adiuncts to the
feeding ration. Charcoal may be cas-
lily obtained from charred corn cobs.
The excessive feeding Of corn should
be avoided. as It is certain that good
frame cannot be built upon such .
one-sided ratlon.-Farmers' Review.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
ONE MAN ON A cROSS-cUT.
Work That In Most Places Requires
Services of Two Husky Fell
lows Done by One.

In recent issue you ask how to rig
up saw for one man to use. inclose
a drawing of the way have used one for
four years and like 1t very we'll. The
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Teachers Examination.

The Highland County Board Of School Ex-
tions of applicanfs for certiacates will tafe
place In the Washington School Building,
Hillsboro, on the first Saturday Of each
month, excepting June and July.
Patterson examinations will be held on
the third Saturday of April and on the Sec
ond Saturday of May.
AS prescribed by law. the fees for TIE achers
examination will be 30 cents, while the Pat
terson examination no fee is charged
II. p. TICE Pres.
C.. A. PUCKET,
L. l.. FARIs, Clerk,
Board of Examiners.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

saw Is on the right and the cant hook on
the left of the upright. BY unlocking
the ring and pulling the rope the hook
will go over the log and hold 1t firmly
in place. There is knot on the post
on which the saw rests when not in use.
have cut logs larger around than my
body, and any smaller size as we'll
Rural New Yorker.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

Atlantic City, N. j., June /, 2, 4, 5,
good until June Is, rate, slS. go.
Tlffin, o., June l3, 14iand Is, good
until June l8, one cent per mile.
Chicago, H., June l6.to 20, good un-
til June 20, rate $9.45.
Chautauqua. N. Y, June 80 to July
3 and August 10 20, rate Sl0.45.
Put-in-Bay, July to s, good until
July IL, one fare.
Detroit, Mich, July 6, 7 and 8, rate,
$7.75.
Cincinnati, July il6, l7ssand IS, rate
S210.
For further information call on or
address
J. e. sANDs.SAssnt.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

why does Sourly wear such funer.
al expression q"
"He has just buried some of his
hopes"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Worlds Fair Route
TO ST. LOUIS, NO.,
B. & 0. S-W.

Coach tickets on sale until further
notice only on Tuesdays and Thurs
days. Limit 7 days.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

Special st. Louis Schedule leaves
Hillsboro at 1850 a. m, arriving at
st. Louis at $50 p. m, also at 7:l5 p.
m, arriving at st. Louis at 1853 a. m.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

These modern inventions are won
derful."
Eyes who ever would have thought
of q wireless poolroom, now ?"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
spa. what Is a genius ?'

"A genius is a clever person who
can steal somebody's originality and
not be found out"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Observation-Disclosures
rains N arked d run daily.

Trains marked d run daily.
Trains marked run daily except Suua ~
Trains marked 8 run Sunday only.
sunday train at $40 a. m. connects at / Ian.
and eastern cities.
Train at d 7;ib p. m connects at Blanches-
ter for points west, also for Columbus, Pitts
burg and East.
For St Louis, Louisville and points West
and South, t7b0 a. m. and t930 p. m.
For Columbus and intermediate points
For Pittsburg and East, t7:5o g. m. and
D7lb p m.
For Greenfield, Chillicothe and all eastern
cities, t7:b0 a. m and tl:1b p m.
Baggage checks and through tickets Issued
to all points in the United States, Canada or
Mexico No transfer at Cincinnati
Information concerning trains, time Of
connection, sleeping car reservation etc.
cheerfully given by calling on or address.
o. p. MCCARTY, q. p. A. ]. e. SANDS, Agt.
Cincinnati, o. Hillsboro. o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
TIME TABLE.

Effective November -, 1904.
Hillsboro-Cincinnati.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-26
STUPIDITY OF SHEEP.

tn" Way These Exnsp-ratInEl.
r'0oiish Aalmais Court Death.
4 sheep hrrdrr gives suIue vi his ~
pericuce III handling sheep on The west
erin ranges in the following:
We have to watch them evafy min
ute. and il vigilance is rcLIx@.i fur ;lu
Instant the entire flock Is ittelv t. ;"Iu-
nit suicide. In handling most animals
some degree of self help or intelligence
can ne relied on 10 aid the owner in
saving their lives but sheep seem TO
set deliberately I" work to kill them
selves.
II caught IN 4 Storm Oh the plains
they will drift before the wind and die
Of cold and exposure rather than move
100 yards IN windwarl TO obtain shell
ter in their corral. To drive sheep
against the wind is absolutely impos-
Siblr. | once lost over 1000 head be-
cause could not drive them 10 cor
raj 700 feet away.
In the corral they are Still more fool
fish. II storm COMES UP, they all
move down wind until stopped by
the fence. TAan commences the pro-
ceading 30 much dreaded by Shcepmen,
known as ''plling' The sheep will
climb over one another'S backs until
they sra hnaped M ten feet high. OF
course all those on the bottom are
Smothernd. Nor one has sense enough
to seek shelter under the lee Of the
fence, "a horse or dog won!d 10.
Again. ii a sheep gets into quick
sand its fate teaches nothing 10 those
that come Immediately after. but the
whole hoc!i will follow the leader to
destruction. No more exasperntingly
stupid animal than sheep walks.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-26
HE WON THE AUDIENCE.
The Way Fred Douglass Got the Best
Of Captain RyndcrS.


The ineyhaushble sense of humor in
Frederick: douglass kept him clear OF
any sense vi gloom. as was Eever hei-
fer Srtu than on the once famous OC.-
caSiOn when The notorious Isaiah Ryn-
derS of New York, 1T the head OF I
mob, lad interrupted IN anfiSlavery
meeting, captured the platform. placed
himself in the chair and hidden the
meeting proceed. Douglass WAS speak
linz and. nothing loath, made his speech
only keencr and kecnnr Tor the inter
ference. weaving around the would be
chairmlu'S head il wreath OF delicate
sarcasm which carried the audience
with il. while the duller wits Of the
burIy dcspOt could hardly follow him.
Knowing only in Il general way that he
was being dissectcd. Rynders ut last
exclaimed. What you abolitiOnistS
want 10 do is to cut all our throats"
"Oh. no. replied Douglass in his most
dulcct tones; we would only cut your
hair" And, bending over the Shag gy
and fr0WZy head of the ROwerv tyrant.
he gave suggestive motion az of scis
sors to his thumb and forefingcr with
professional pnlitcness that instantly
brought down the house. friend and
foe, while Rynders quilted the chair in
wrath and the meeting dissolved itself
amid general laughter. 1t was Il more
cheerful conclusion perhaps than that
storinier one-not unknown in refOrna-
tory conventions--with which Shake
spearr So often ends bis scenes. "Ex-
cunt lighting" - Thomas Wentworth
HigeinSon in Atlantic.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-26

Here is an interesting problem in
mathematics: Two clerks are engaged,
one ut n salary which begins ut the rate
Of 500 81 year. with 4 yearly rise or
$50. and the other ut salary CON-
mencinS at the same rate. but with a
half yearly rise Of 81. In each case
payments are made half yearly. Which
OF them has the larger income?
Who is not tempted to say the for
merI
Yet the latter is the correct answer.
for in the first year the first clerk re-
ceives 500, hut the second clerk re-
ccives $50 and $50. which amounts TO
$1oJ in the year. The first clerk in
the second year gets, to be sure, S120,
but No. - gets $50 for the first half year
and $65 for the second, or 1925 in all.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-26

Phil MAY. de great English artist.
carried his first fame in Australia. One
day II broken down minister applied to
him fer charity, aud May engaged him
az Il model. a, 81 joke he also demand
ed that his cigLtyy2lr-oid pensioner
agree IL lcavr Him his skeleton when
he died. When May left Australia he
called his model in. You've played
NC a dirty trich" said May. by swim
ding Inc "ut oi that skeleton. i could
have bought one in sound order and
condition for half the money you've
cost me" The old fellow. conscious Of
his base iu"ratitaoic 10 his best and
most patient friend. answered: Don't
be angry with nae. Mr.. May. It's not
ny fault | meant to keep my word.
Stay in SYDNEY few months longer
and give mc another chance to show
you that am AMMAN of honor"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-26
,r',t.-iiII W'iv: FlRo

=, tr,"ri":, :, Mere s>".s".ii;,. hal ;n
I!ai, /" real .>,,s.S-.iI>.
rEr }.';u' T';,,. "!"''n',t ,irN;r"a<'y ny
III" waiter. w!.n h"fura serving The
guests poured :. few drops nl1o The
hosts glass.
WHY did Ih:~ W:iI"r Civ sou ii lii
tie wine before 4plPing tt'. resi- .. - =
asked Il I:au 81 ,urioils Iuind.
oh" said tic most. 'thar'$ always
dom.
4 know its always done. That does
no. answer rly question. though. Here,
waiter" the .nan persisted, you tell
Iuc why When yCu open Il bottle: or
wine you pour Il lew drops into the
hosts glass before serving III" guests.
The waiter smiled and answered:
ITS matter of form. sir; an odd
custom. n politcnesS. It's origin lies in
the fact that after the removal of the
cork there might be left in the neck Of
the bottle little dust or y few specks
of cork. The first drops poured out
would in that event contain the dust or
the cork. and thus the guest We're he
served first might get this refuse: hence
the host is given the first drops.
AS 4 matter of fact. if you know
how TO open wine you have no difficulty
in keeping The bottles neck clean. The
custom, therefore. is n fornality in
America. In Italy, though. it is real
necessity. for over there they pour Il
little oil in the necks of their bottles Of
native wine before cOrkinG OH the
tight. No doubt it does. but it also in
some cases gives 20 the first glass from
the bottle 4 decidedly oily favor, There
fore the first glass the host calamity
takes. "-PhiladelphI Record.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-02-26
ACTING WITHOUT ORDERS.
General Graut'S Tribute 20 Geueral
Sheridan'S Judgment.

General GRANTS Tribute 10 General
SherIdan'S Judgment.
Senator Hoar i'll his "Reminiscences"
says that ut dinner where General
Grant and other distinguished men
We're present Commodore Alden re-
marked that there was nothing he dis
liked more than Il subordinate who al
WAYS obeyed orders. what j. That
you arc saying. commodore" said Pres
idcnt Graut across the table The COM
modore repeated what he hH,iS said.
Their. is Il good deal of truth i'll what
you say" said General Grant, One of
the virtues OF General Sheridan WAS
that h" knew when TO act without or
derS. Just before the surrender Of Lee.
General Sheridan captured some dis
patches from which he learned that
Lee had ordered his supplies Ia Il Ger
tain place. 1 was on the other Si,ie of
the river, where he could get no COM
municatiOn from me until IN" next
morning. General sheridan pushed on
at once without orders, got 10 the place
fifteen minutes before the enemy and
captured the supplies. After The sur
render was concluded the iirst thing
General Lee asked uIc for was rariOnS
for his men l issued To t!,"ui The same
provisions which Sheridan had cap
turcd. Now, IL Sheridan, as Host men
would have done, had waited for orders
from rue Lee would have got off" Sen
ator Hoar adds this comment: Il lis
tened with wonder at the generous
modesty which. before that brilliant
company, could remove one of the
brightest laurels FROM his brow and
place Il on the brow OF Sheridan"