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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
RULES FOR RUNNING DAIRY.
II You Follow Them You Will Avoid
Many Annoyances That Now
Beset You.

The rules of the Vermont Dairy as
sociation contains the following: The
mixer should be clean, and his clothes
likewise. Brush the udder just before
milking and wipe with a clean cloth or
sponge. Milk quietly, quickly and thor
ughly. Throw away into the gutter
the first few streams from each teat
This milk Is very watery, of very little
value and is quite apt TO injure the re-
mainder Of the milk. Remove the milk
promptly from the stable to clean, dry
room, where the air is pure and sweet
Drain the milk through clean flannel
cloth, or through two or three thick
nesses Of cheesecloth. Aerate and cool
the milk as soon as 1t is strained. The
cooler 1t Is the more souring is retard-
ed II covers are left of the cans, cover
with cloths or mosquito netting. Never
mix fresh milk with that which has
been cooled, nor close a can containing
warm milk, nor allow 1t to freeze. I'm
der no circumstances should anything
be added to milk to prevent it souring.
Such doings violate the laws of both
God and man. The chemicals which
are used for this purpose are slow pois-
ons. Cleanliness and cold are the only
preservatives needed. In hot weather
jacket the cans with clean, wet blan-
ket or canvas when moved In a wagon.
Musty, sour food, dusty litter or fodder
should be out of the way at milking time
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
OLD GHOST REAPPEARS.
shade Of Civil War Regime Resum e
Rspp:ngs in Police station in
PennsyIvania Town.

After nearly half century a ghost.
which the older residents had heard of
but supposed 1t had been "downed" for
ever, has again come into evidence at
the Falls of Schuylkill. In Pennsylvania,
and performs its peculiar stunts night
ly in the police substation by distinct
pounding under the floor Of the roll
room. The nocturnal disturbance be-
gins regularly At two o'clock In the
morning. continues for brief period.
and then suddenly stops.
The police station is built on what
was part Of the 0riniths property, and
for years was known by residents as
the Whitegate lot" Tradition says
that early in the past century while Gov.
Thomas Miffiin owned and occupied the
large mansion on the hill opposite to the
Whitegate lot, an old peddler suddenly
disappeared after having left the man
sion, and had passed through the white
gate into the lot 1t was thought he had
been murdered and his body thrown into
the river, which at that time was swollen
by freshet.
The "spook," II observers are to be
believed, had been seen frequently
wandering about in the lot up TO as late
as 1861, the year Of the beginning of the
civil war, since which time il had almost
been forgotten, until the rapping began
to be heard in the police station. A
number Of patrolmen think seriously OF
resigning II the mysterious noises con-
tinue.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
Keep the Milk Vessels Clean.

The value of clean milk pals and
pans is recognized by all dairymen,
but not every farmer knows what Is
meant by clean milk vessels. The
washing they receive on an ordinary
farm. in which one small lot of boiling
water serves for washing several milk
pals, does not clean them, but always
leaves. large numbers of bacteria,
especially in the cracks, ready to mix
with the next lot Of milk drawn into
the pail. II possible they should be
steamed daily. When this is not pos
sible, they should be scrubbed with
boiling water and sal soda, rinsed in
boiling water and turned upside down
to dry. They should not be rinsed in
cold water and should never be wiped
with rag after scalding. In hot
weather 1t may be necessary to take
them occasionally to creamery for
steaming.-Prof w. H. Conn, in Farm
ers Review
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
LONDON AS A CITY OF HEALTH.
Steady Decline in the Death Rate in
British Capital, hut Also In
Ratio of Births.

The report Of the health officer for
the county Of London for 1902 was re-
Gently issued. 1t shows that London Is
one of the hsolthiest of the great cities
of the world.
The death rate from all causes in 1902
was 17.2 per 1000 living persons, COM
pared with rate In st. Petersburg Of
23; Rome, 21.9; Vienna, 1874; New York,
1877, and Paris, 1874 Berlin Is superior,
with 16.1.
While the death rate has steadily de-
clined, the birth rate fell also. The
births numbered 1872, $40, or 225 per
/ 900, the lowest recorded since the In
stitution Of civil registration. In tho
period between 1861 and 1880 the rate
was 35.4; between 1881 and 1890 IL
was SS2, and between 1891 and 1900
3O.3. The marriages show a slight in
crease.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
HAS MOST BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
Belle IL the Possessor Now-Is
Praised by Paris Press.

Beautiful hands are a rarity, even
among those who are not compelled to
use those members In manual labor
The feminine hand is either too fat or
too bony; too long or too short. Perfec-
tion is rarely found. The city of Denver
is proud Of the fact that young woman
OF that place has the most beautiful
hand in the world.
M. Bradelle, a French sculptor, went
to Denver last spring, met Miss Fanny
Rosenthal and asked permission to take
a cast Of her hands.
Il have Travelled much, studied the
women of many countries, but never
have | found so beautiful hand" he
said. The cast was made. M. Bradelle
left for home after making the predic-
tion that little Miss Rosenthal would
some day hear of her hands.
When he reached Paris he made from
the plaster casts mold of Miss Rosen-
that's hand in Carrara marble. Some Of
the noted artists In Paris saw the work
and went wild over the perfectly mod
eled hands. The Paris papers printed
pictures Of them. extolling their beauty
and pointing out the particular points
that make them perfect
Miss Rosenthal lives in Twenty-fifth
street. II was at small dance that she
met NJ. Bradelle. He asked her 10 dance
A second time Miss Rosentbal had the
stranger for a partner and before the
music had stopped NJ. Bradelle had ex-
pressed his admiration for her hands.
Before the evening was over she had
laughingly given him permission to
model them II he wished little dream
ing that she would ever hear anything
more about II.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
TREAD POWER AND cHURN.

wheel beneath. There are no belts, no
cogs. The weight of the animal bears
the part Of the large inclined wheel
upon the smaller wheel beneath and
causes 1t to revolve.
A discarded wagon wheel might be
used as the framework of the large
wheel, mailing boards on the upper
surface for the animal to walk on, or a
frame is easily made. and IL somewhat
larger than wagon wheel--say six
feet or seven feet in diameter--the cir
Gle will be larger and the animal will
find the walking more direct. The
under wheel may be six or eight inches
in diameter. The power is increased
by giving the large wheel more pitch,
and diminished by setting 1t more
nearly level.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
WIRE FOR TOMATO PLANTS
Superior In Every Respect to Old Bar.
rel Hoops, Wooden Frames
or Flimsy Stakes.

am done with old barrel hoops and
wooden frames and stakes and every.
thing Of that sort as a support for
tomato vines, for have found some.
thing so much better in the wire net
ting that can now be bought so cheap.
ly. tried 1t last year with such graf
flying results that | shall never use
anything else. l set five stakes in the
ground about seven feet apart in the
row Of tomato plants. To these stakes.
about foot from the ground, l. nail
ed wire netting four and a half feet
high. AS the plants grew and sent
out branches I tied them to the wire
with strips of old cotton cloth, which
Is better than cord, for 1t does not
cut into the vines. About once week
l tied the vines up in this way and
by the end Of July they had completely
covered the trellis and were hanging
full Of tomatoes, every one of which
got q touch Of sunshine some time
In the day and none OF which were on
the ground. 1t Is as easy to pick to-
matoes trained In this way as 1t is to
pick grapes. and you have no idea how
pretty they look, particularly after a
rain. In the fall 1t is quite easy to
cover the vines with old quilts and
shawls by throwing them over the
trellis on frosty nights. When the
vines were all dead cut them away,
dug up the posts, rolled up the wire
without loosening it from the posts,
and put 1t all away in an outbuilding
for use next year. II will last for years
to come, and has already paid for It,
self I trained sweet peas in the same
way to netting about three feet wide
and was greatly pleased with the re.
suit. I tell this as a hint to flower
growers living in cities who cannot
get brush for this purpose and who
have found 1t very difficult to train
sweet peas to cords of any kind.-Wo.
mans tarm Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
NATIONAL AID 70 STATES.
Policy Now Applied to Education Il
Also Applicable to the Improve
ment of Roads.

The advocates of government aid in
building and improving the roads are
actively engaged In hunting up pre-
cedents. The latest thing in this line is
government aid to education. They call
attention to the fact that, in our earlier
history, large gifts of public lands were
made to the states to be used in support
OF the public schools. In 1862 the Morrill,
act was passed by congress making large
grants Of public lands to all the states.
the income from which was to be used
in the maintenance of agricultural col
leges. In 1890 the second Morrill, law was
enacted making national appropriation
Of SIS, 900 to each state to be used in sup
porting these agricultural colleges. This
annual appropriation has been increased
from year to year until II is now $25,OOO
for each state. This direct appropria-
tion, added to the income which all the
states derive from the land grants Of
1862. makes an aggregate of nearly $2,-
100000 year, which the states now re-
ceive as national aid to agricultural edu-
cation.
One Interesting feature OF this gov
ernment aid scheme is that 1t involves
cooperation between the nation and the
states somewhat similar to that now pro-
posed in the Brownlow-Latimer road
bill. The government appropriations
and the land grant funds must be used
only In maintaining the colleges. not In
establishing them. The states must pro-
vide the buildings and equipment. Most
OF the states also put up part Of the funds
used In paying the current expenses.
In addition to all this, congress.in 1887
passed the Hatch act making a gift OF
$4,000 annually to each state to aid in
supporting state experiment station
and in this we have another example OF
the same kind of cooperation. The states
now receive from the government for the
support OF these stations nearly $500 ,00O
annually. This added to the government
aid which the colleges enjoy makes a
grand total OF more than $2,70O, 900 an
nually.
The good roads people are asking why
their plan for national aid to road i'm.
provement should be branded as uncon-
stitutional and paternalistic, while gov
ernment aid to education is a we'll estab.
lished feature Of our national policy
They point out that. while the constitu.
ton expressly empowers congress TO ''es-
tablish post roads," 1t is silent on the
matter of education. They also claim
that agricultural education is something
which the states could handle far more
easily than the improvement Of the roads
On the whole, 1t looks as though the
good roads advocates have the best ol
the argument, and federal aid to educa'
tion will serve as strong precedent fol
federal aid to road improvement.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
NEwpoRT's FOLLY oUTDONE.
Society Function In Swift
serland.

Newport society's lionizing Of a mon
key and Paris society's reception for
the ape consul were outdone in bar
baric eccentricity at fancy ball given
in the Grand Hotel Belvidere at Davos
Platz, Switzerland, by Nine Ephrussi,
the wife of noted clubman and owner
OF race horses. recently.
Nine Ephrussi entered the ballroom
robed in short pink satin dress with
leopard's skin draped over her white
hair to represent Nine. Bostock of
menagerie fame. She led with rib
bons several herce-looking animals
Among the less savage of her train
was her brother, Baron Edward De
Rothschild, as Gallic cook and
Charles Ephrussi as an enormous mon
key. The latter aftsrward appeared
as a corpulent maiden, with ludlcrous
headdress. The ball ended with a
waltz cotillon led by Miss Benson, Miss
Dorothy Lees, Guy Morley and
Gwynne Evans.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
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How to Start Apple Seeds.

Apple seeds need a rich, well pre-
pared seed bed. 1t is generally granted
that they should be frozen. They
should be guarded from mice, 1t would
be safe to sow them in the fall, in a
box with wide surface, where 1t can
be watched or in some sheltered, quiet
place, surrounded by boards, might do,
and then transplant in the spring, in
nice rows, with plenty of room. Give
them thorough cultivation, and either
bud In the fall or graft the next spring,
but make only one tree from one seed.
Allow no rot grating. Give care, and
you Will have an orchard your great
grandchildren will brag about,-E!lA
N. Hess. In Epitomist
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
Wheat and Cha6.

Success at the price OF the soul is
failure,
Prayer for others leads to care for
others.
without eternity life is an eternal
enigma.
God never forgets the man who can
forget himself.
Better an honest Lazarus than a sue
cessful Dives.
Darts of Satan may be used to drive
us to God.
They who know enough to sin know
enough to be saved.
You cannot make progress toward
Heaven in the pathway of sin.
The attractiveness of Heaven de-
pends on the treasure we have there
The darker the sin the fairer the
name the devil will select for it,
Rams Horn.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
This Il Worth Thinking About.

How does little Denmark, where land
is worth $500 an acre, manage to capture
the English market from the blg United
States? The answer is simply this.
They send men over to study the English
markets and find out the kind OF butter
that England wants. These men then 90
home and make that kind instead Of do
ing as the Yankees did-try to educate
the Englishman's appetite to the kind
Americans make. In Denmark dairym
cooperate and help each other In every
possible manner; they have cooperative
creameries, cooperative eggs sale houses
and cooperative slaughter houses. They
simply 60 about doing honest hard work
and always produce q uniform product.
Rural World.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
Work for Early Spring DAYS.

The fences will need looking after, and
that is job not to be put off, Drive a
few nails here and there where they will
do the most good. Very likely there is a
post loosened by the frost, or gate that
says, or a hinge out Of order Coal tar
and mortar, mixed. is a good thing to
stop the rat holes. 1t is something they
will not be apt to gnaw, The drains
and the sewers ought to be watched and
kept clean. A little plaster, bone meal,
or rsuperphosphatem makes good top dres-
sing for pasture lands, and for all grass
lands; and there is no better time to put
1t on than this, when the coating of
snow has left them soft.-Frank H.
Sweet In EpitOmiSt
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
Don't stick to Home.

While the statistical atlas of the
United States, Just issued, shows that
the average number Of persons in a
family has declined during the last so
years from Sc to At. 1t ought to be
borne in mind, says the Pittsburg Ca
zette. that the young folks don't stick
to home the way they used to-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
TREAD POWER FOR cHURN
There Are Neither Belts, Cogs Nor
Anything Else to Get This De-
vice Out of Order.

A light tread power for churning,
turning grindstone, ETC., is made by
mounting disk wheel nearly horizon
tally. the axle being inclined SO one
portion will be higher than the other.
The dog. sheep or calf used for motive
power is tied at one side. headed to-
ward the higher part. AS the animal
walks, the wheel turns because of the
animals weight. and communicates
motion to the pulley or small friction
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
LOG ROAD DRAG.

wagon tire will do. The log should
be 10 or IL inches thick and about 10
feet long Fasten a chain or heavy
wire IL or 1S inches from each end
by which to haul It, Hitch the team
so the drag will move the dirt toward
the center of the road. The hitch Is
next in importance to the time at
which the dragging is done. The right
time is just as the road dries after a
rain or when 1t is thawed on top dur.
ing the winter and spring. and 1t
should be dragged every time.-Farm
and Home.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
DRAG FOR COUNTRY ROADS
Will Keep the Roadway in q
Fair Condition.

A drag is made by splitting log.
placing the two pieces about 80 inches
apart with the fiat sides facing in the
same direction). and pinning them to-
gether. The lower edge of the front
piece is protected with iron; an old
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28

Some Pittsburg policemen, exclu-
sively interested in a Wyoming gold
mine, have become rich. It's also a
cooper" mine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28

Fa ther-Can George support you {?
Daughter-He'll II try it, You might
put our allowance on a diminishing
scale.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28

Artist-What will call it?
His Friend-Portrait of lady.
Artist-No I'm going to call /,
what It is-"Portrait of Model"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
Teachers, Examination

The Highland County Board of school Ex-
ons ef or n M af:
Eiilsboro, on the drst Saturday 81 each
P Patterson saaminations ons viii viii be held ON
the third Saturday Of April ana on the sec.
ond Saturday Of May.
As prescribed by law, the fees for Te achers
exauiin alton viii be 30 cents. while the Pat.
terson ex animation no fee Il charged.
u. p. TlOB. Pres.
q. A. PUCKuT,
~ L. l.. FANS, Clerk,
s4ii ata BOARD Of Examiners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22

our market opened points lower, but shortly after improved to Il on fresh buying. The lower temperatures kn the South Atlantic states and the prediction of fair and warmer weather in the val ley and gulf states, and less anxiety to buy spots, coupled with the latter easi- ness in Liverpool caused break of i9 to 20 points from the top on near posi- tions and to II on late Near the close a little demand for spots sprung up. su- perinducing a slight spurt, which now ever was only temporary, as values agalr receded, closing at the lowest, making the net loss 10 to B points on old crop months and to on the new The amount to be brought into sight for the week IS estimated at about SO,0OO against ll2'Voo last year.
 The interior movement IS expected to be small, and the weekly figures on the whole are anticipated to be bullish. While the local spot sales az gregated 1000, there was not the brisk inauirss apparent for several days past It is claimed, though that if holders were willing to make concessions number or large transactions would have been made It looks as if spinners are willing to buy on easy periods, and refuse 10 toliow an advance. The strong statistical position deters short selling and the lack or ac' tive speculation prevents heavy buyihs' consequently the volume of business has been reduced to q minimum basis. Under the circumstances the action Of Liverpool the demand for spots and the weather conditions will determine the future course of the market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
New York Cotton Futures.
New orIeanp Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 21. Spot cotton was in good demand, but many factors are holding for higher prices, and the offer ings were light. Sales 470O bales, includ- ing 1950 to arrive and 1450 f. o. b. Quota tions unchanged.
 Futures opened steady and unchanged to points up. Lower openings at Liver pool and New York caused an easing off in the local market, which was followed by an improvement that carried prices well above yesterdays close. Later in the day prices eased off again in response to some aggressiveness on the part of bears, who found a weapon in the reports Of a lower dry goods market. This was fol- lowed by an improvement which was un- doubtedly caused by covering on the part of shorts who were frightened at the cold weather in the southeastern portion of the telt, and the promise of frost In the west ern portion. Offerings were extremely linn tied in the earlier hours, there being an entire absence of short sellers, and but little proft-taking on the part of the longs. The market closed quiet with net losses of to 13 points on the old crop positions and to 9 on the new.
 New Orleans, April 21.-Futures quiet and steady; April, 1892 bid; May. 14.o2M 14Os: June, 14.22@1d24; July, H.45@14.47; August. 13500l13.51; September 12.1om12.1 II; october. H. 5OGD11.51; November, II 40 bid December, 11.S5@11.37
 New Orleans, April 21.-Cotton firm, sales, 470O Ordinary, IFS; good ordinary, 13 3-1G; low middlfng. 13 13-1d. middling, A BIC; good .middling, 141k; middling fair, t47k. Receipts, 2246; stock, 235,4S9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-22
cothran 6 Co.'s Cotton Letter.

By Gilbert & Clay.
 New Orleans, April 2.-Cotton was a quiet article today. the range or HUG tuations was narrow and revealed no positive tendency in either direction. Liverpool supplied some encouragement In the shape of a steady market, and ca bles conveyed the information that some mills were resuming full time as re- suit of improved business prospects in Manchester.
 Spot transactionsin the English market have increased slightly of late and this feature commands special attention on account of it's significance
 Initial trading here was accompanied under the force of a good demand that sent prices several points above yestel days record. but realizing sales and some opposition by shorts induced by the re- port that print cloths had been marked down 1-16c per yard at Fall River suf- feed to cause a moderate setback, though the tone held steady under the influence of lighter receipts and com plaints about necessity for replanting. On the surface the position of cotton seems decidedly favorable, but the mar ket apparently requires a complete dis posal of so-called "hedged cotton before the situation can be regarded as being thoroughly sound.
 Judging from past observation, how ever, spinners are, willing to buy around the level of IA cents, and if this agree ment on price could be elevated the medium of vanishing port and interior stocks, the effect would be very benefi- cia1 Thus prices continue to be govern ed by the spot demand.