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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-08-25

1907 more than was re-
turned in 1852.
e1,00o Increase paid out for State
pensions IN 1907 over 1882
1850 Increase in amount paid for
Free High Schools in 1904
q. $50 Increase in sum paid to acade-
mics in 1902 over 1889.
u5,ooo Increase in sum paid out on
account Of insane in 1902
over 1882.
5000 Increase in sum paid for sup
port Of paupers in 1902 over
1882 Largely due to change
in laws.
Sass Expense Of Australian ballot.
No expense for this in 1882.
13,617 Increase in sum paid Tor Nor
NAL School purposes In 1902
over 1882
400 Increase in sum paid for School
for Feeble Minded in 1909
over 1882.
stty of Maine in 1902 over
1884 Increase Ia sum paid for sti-
ponds to Agricultural Socie-
ties in 1902 over 1882.
1881 Increase in sum paid for Mill
tary Pensions in 1902 over
$3.50 Increase in amount for Re-
form School in 1902 over 1882.
4,oSS Amount paid in 1902 for Free
Public Libraries and for
Travelling Libraries. No such
item in 1882.
1920 Increase in sum paid for Cen
eral and City Hospitals from
1882 to 1902. In 1882 the Maine
General Hospital received
aid to the extent of 5000
and no other hospital re-
ceived aid.
In 1902 there was paid as fol-
lows
maine General Hospital $1Iz5o
N$3.750 being for 1901.
$4,000 to Eastern Maine Gener-
al Hospital.
IS, 900 to Central Maine Gener-
az Hospital. and
$1,000 to Augusta City Hospital
Let the taxpayers Of Maine look over
these items carefully and say wherein
they show any evidence that the sturdy
citizens who have represented them in
our Legislatures have been unmindful
of the peoples int ereSts. 1t will also be
noted that if the collections Of taxes
made by the State Cor the counties, the
dog licenses that merely pass through
the State treasury back to the towns,
the railroad tax RELATED. and the sala-
ries of the railroad commissioners, which
are paid by the railroads, - all Items
which form no part of the real expendi-
lures of the State,-are deducted, the 300
per cent. increase In expenditures Is
still further reduced by the amount OF
SOS, 003. If we add to this the increase OF
$473,6 in the amount returned to towns
on account of the School Fund and Mill
Tax, Free High Schools, Railroad and
Telegraph Tax. Soldiers Pensions, I'M
provement of State Roads. and Support
of Paupers. over the amount returned
on account of those items in 1882, the
amount of increase for this period of
twentyAone years is reduced to $751;
S76.37 and the increase of 800 per cent.
claimed for this period by Mr.. Davis In
his organ dwindles away to ID per cent
practically all Of which is covered by the
other items of the above table.
In this connection it may be we'll to
call attention to the fact that tho
AMOUNT OF STATE TAX PAID BY
TOWNS IN 1903 WAS $113, s2994 LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT PAID BY
TOWNS IN 1882. In other words, IN
1882, IA PER CENT. OF THE ENTIRE
STATE REVENUES WE'RE CON-
.TRIBUTED BY THE PEOPLE; IN 1868
ONLY 81 PER CENT. OF THEM
WERE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PEO-
PLE-almost twice as much being Sc
cu1 ed from the great corporate interests
and from other sources.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
AMOUNT OF HIS LOVE.
Fiancee Sues New York Minister Who
Wrote That He Would Hug Her
Till She "Quacked."

A Delaware county, n. j., jury has
just awarded the plaintiff a verdict
of 81 500 in a breach of promise case.
The defendant is the Rev. James A.
Gordon, Presbyterian minister at
Cabin Hill, town Of Andes. the plaintiff
being Miss Mary A. Sutherland, a
daughter OF one Of the elders in the
church. They became engaged in No
vember 1897, and they appear to have
been a loving couple, and numerous
letters written by him to her were Of
fered as evidence.
At the end Of two years the defend
ant told the plaintiff he no longer loved
her as man should love a woman he
was to marry, and the engagement
should terminate. He gave as a rea-
son for his action that Miss Sutherland
did not show a disposition to prepare
herself by work and study for the re-
sponsible position of a minister's WIFE
II took the attorney for the plaintiff
nearly five hours to read the minis
ter's love letters. In one OF the letters
he spoke Of her writing him that she
was going to start duck farm, and
after advising her not to embark In
the venture reminded her that she
was his little duckling and II she was
where he could hug her he would make
her "quack, quack, quack."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
In CONGO
BRITISH CoNsUL's STORY OF
CRUELTIES TO NATIVES.
Says Whole Villages in Central At
RIGA Have Been Blotted OFF the
Map - Rubber Bought
with Blood.

Mr. Roger Easement, British consul
at Bona. has written report on the
administration of the Congo Free State
which makes some terrible revelations
of the atrocities committed in that vast
region of Central Africa.
Mr. Easements story of the journey
which he made up the Congo between
June and September tells of vast prov
ince devastated partly by disease and
partly by the cruelty of the traders and
soldiers of the state.
Communities which formerly we're
large and flourishing centers of popula-
tion are to-day entirely gone, or now
exist in such diminished number as to
be no longer recognizable. He tabulates
a list of IA towns or villages which now
have a population Of 1918. as against
1890 persons ten years ago.
The natives attribute their alarming
death rate partly to sleeping sickness
and partly to other causes, among which
the treatment they have received at the
hands of soldiers and traders is promi-
nent Forced labor. scarcely different
from slavery, is rampant. The native
population has to supply food and wood
to the government stations, and when
supplies run short the soldiers 20 out
and catch women. who are imprisoned
until heavy fines are paid.
Armed expeditions are frequent to in
sure these supplies. case is given
where 16 persons were killed and houses
were burned down to secure few goats
and some fowls.
In a village named. the men begged
Mr.. Easement to interfere. One of them,
"a strong, splendid-looking man." broke
down and wept. saying that their lives
were useless to them. and that they
knew no way of escape from the trou-
bles that were gathering round them.
Here is a quotation from a traders
diary: The only way to get rubber is
to fight for It. Each time cor
poral goes out for rubber cartridges are
given to him. For every one used he
must bring back hand"
II appears that by way Of punishment
for not supplying rubber the hands of
offending natives were cut off.
Mr.. Easement saw women tied togeth-
er by the neck huddled in tax prisons. A
man came to him who had been shot in
the thigh by sentries who were arrest
ing the chief on account of meat"
In another village two men and child
were brought to him, the men shocking
ly wounded and the child's hand cut of
at the wrist by way Of enforcing the rub
Der tax
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
WATER-CURE FOR OWL.
Bird in Gotham Menagerie Afflicted
with Somnambulism Accidental
ly Falls Into Tank.

As remedy for somnambulism, from
which he has been suffering for long
time, Lindford, a monkey-faced owl in
the menagerie In Central park, New
York, tried the water cure. His plunge
into a tank beneath his perch was taken
unwittingly and frightened him so much
that for several hours he did not re-
turn to the pole from which he had
fallen.
Because of the effect of his experience
his admirers say they believe he has
been cured Of walking In his sleep
Visitors outside the pigeon house,
where he has been spending the winter,
were startled late in the afternoon by
the sounds of splashing water and loud
disturbance showed Lindford struggling
in the water tank, and his neighbors.
several eagles and condors, earnestly
watching him.
During his somnambulstic excursions
he often fell from his perch. The Sc
we're bumps which he received when he
struck the floor, however, rarely failed
to arouse him.
His affiiction, 1t was explained by his
admirers, is due to worrying over thefts
which have been committed In his cage.
While he has been asleep his provi-
sions have many times been stolen and
he has often been compelled to 60 with
out luxuries. Though birds in neighbor-
ing cages have been suspected Of the
crime, the thief has never been detected.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
SUNNY SIDE.
June Il, 1904 .


Alonzo Upp and wife called on Jas.
Hughes and wife Sunday evening.
Herbert Spargur, who has been at
tending school at Ada, is home for
the summer vacation.
Miss Ella Norris was the guest of
Miss Matte Rittenhouse Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Mary Whitehead is the guest
of relatives at Dayton.
Mrs. Bessie Davis, of Bainbridge, is
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. ]. A. w. Spargur.
Austin Beavers and family, of Car
mel, took dinner with his mother,
Mrs. Sarah Beavers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. l.. Lovett attended
the /. o. o. F. Memorial at New
Petersburg Sunday evening.
Mrs. ]. A. W. Spargur and Mrs.
Bessie Davis called on Mrs. Nellie
Barrett, of Marshall, Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Mary Upp and son, Jacob, were
guests of James Diven and wife Sun.
day.
Mrs. Margaret Gall, of Belfast, and
Miss Nellie Butler, of Elmville, took
dinner with Miss Rosa Spargur Sat
urday.
o. N. Sans, wife and daughter, OF
Hillsboro, we're in our vicinity Sun
day.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
FLOWERS FOR WOMEN.
Michigan Railway Company Gives
Thousands Away at Niles
Every Year.

over 5OO.sOO women annually get free
bouqets in Niles, Mich, where a railroad
company has just rebuilt its hothouse on
a scale that doubles its former capacity
II matters not whether II be midwinter
or the blistering months of summer.
there Is fragrant shower of cut flowers
at this pretty country station as soon as
train stops.
The new building is one Of the most
extensive and substantial that has ever
been erected for the purpose. II not only
holds a never-failing supply of flowers
for the tiny bouquet for the women
folks, but In 1t are stored thousands of
plants that in the spring are shipped to
every part of the system to be used
beautifying station grounds.
In different parts of the roomy struc-
ture are found snowy oleanders. yellow
asters, purple phlox. heliotrope, tiger
lilies, dahlias, azaleas. coleas and every
thing to delight the gaze of everyone for
tunate enough to behold the sight
More than a decade ago the officers OF
the road conceived the idea of raising
enough flowers to enable them to throw
in the lap of each woman passenger, be
she Of high or low degree, a b9utoD-
Mere Of cut flowers. An employe in uni
form bearing basket filled with the
favors passes through the train dis
tributing the fragrant punches The
men do not count in this matter and
must be content to see the women enjoy
the gift.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
FAIRVIEW.
June u, 1904.

Miss Irena Smith has returned
home after week very pleasantly
spent with relatives at Middletown.
Mrs. Jones. of Greenfield, is the
guest of her neice, Mrs, Charley
Roush, this week.
Rev. Pierce will fill his appointment
here Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Edith Shaffer Is spending a few
days with her uncle, Auditor G.. w.
Shaffer, of Billsboro.
Miss Pearl Handley visited rela-
tives in Lynchburg last week.
Burch MCKINNEY rides in a new
buggy, Look out girls.
Mrs. Will Grabill and little son, of
Cincinnati, are guests at the home of
w. A. Orange since Thursday.
The wind storm that passed through
this section last week did considerable
damage in blowing down trees and
fences, Joe Stroup and Eliza Roush
having the greatest number blown
over. John Drake had fine field of
wheat seriously damaged.
W. n. Richards and family, of
Rocky Fork, and Mrs. Lydia Brown,
of Olney, H., were guests of Mrs,
Handley, Thursday, Mrs. Brown re-
naming for an extended visit.
Leslie Pucket, of HillsbOro, visited
his friend, Bertsyl Faris, Sunday.
Irwin Roush and family and F o
Brown and wife, of Lynchburg, were
visitors at Frederic Roush's recently.
O. W. Roush, who was the guest OF
Cy Shatfer and his cousin, Mrs. l.. f.
Handley, recently has returned to his
home in New York City.
Absolom Fouch and wife and Joe
Frost and family were entertained al
John Frosts Sunday.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
AUTOMATIC COMPASS.
INVENTION THAT CORRECTLY
RECORDS SHIPS COURSE.
Registers Every Change in Position
and the Speed Attained-Appar-
atus Will Prove of Great
Utility.

In recent number of a French in
dustrial journal, the Bulletin de la
Societe lndustriale, published at Mar.
seilles, an apparatus invented by Mr..
Heit is described which automatically
registers minute by minute the direc-
tion Of the compass so that by consult.
ing the chart which is the result 1t is pos
sible 10 determine what the route was
that was followed al a given moment OF
the passage. The commander of the
vessel indicates to the helmsman the
route which the vessel should follow,
but he does not know whether this
route Is followed unless he is continu.
ally observing the compass. The Heit
apparatus gives this information, reg
istering every change in the position
OF the vessel, every move made by the
helmsman and the exact time at which
such change occurred
II is claimed that in case OF many
varieties Of accident the chart enables
one TO establish exactly the RESPONSE
bility. The apparatus has been in use
for several months past and has given
complete satisfaction.
The compass card, instead of having
at its center an agate resting on a fixed
steel point. is fixed on steel pivot
which rests on a fixed agate. The lat.
ter Is bathed in a drop OF mercury,
which serves TO conduct the current of
electricity that makes possible the reg
iste"ing of the movements of the COM
pass. For this purpose the card has at.
tached 10 1t a small silver index which
is kept in constant electrical communi.
cation with the pivot by a fine and fiex-
ible wire. In the usual position this
index does not touch the fixed basin
surrounding the card, but by means Of
the electrical current the circuit is rap
idly closed and opened, with the result
that the angle of the boat with the msr-
idian is registered.
For this purpose the basin Is divided
into a certain number Of sections, iso-
lated from each other and correspond
ing each case to special circuit, the
registration being made on a sheet Of
paper by means Of spark produced
by small induction coil. Certain
sections Of the basin also correspond to
certain call bells, the commander thus be-
ing instantly informed of any abnormal
deviation in the direction Of the boat.
The apparatus also gives the speed OF
the boat by registering the revolutions
of the screw, at each stroke of the p!s-
ton current being closed and signal
sent 10 the receiver, while the hour
of departure is registered, together
with that OF every stop or start.
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SINKING SPRING.
June q, 1904

June U, 1914.
Mrs. Hymen Easter, who has been
visiting relatives In Baltimore, Md,
has returned home.
Mrs. Frank Huntly has returned to
her home in Cincinnati, after brief
visit with friends here.
Miss Emma j hnston, of Ports
mouth, spent few days here last
week with her mother, Mrs. j. M.
Johnston.
Mrs. Phillips and son we're guests
of relatives in Roxabel Thursday and
Friday.
DIR. and Mrs. Medaris returned home
last week from Springfield, where
they have been visiting friends.
Mrs. Louisa Butler entertained Mrs.
Edwin Butler, of PEBBLES, Monday.
Jos. Tener, of Cincinnati, spent
Decoration Day here.
Mrs. Mary Waddell is entertaining
her daughter, Mrs. Kendall Spargur,
of Greenfield.
Alfred Kisling was business Wis.,
itor In Greenfield Saturday.
Mrs. Jas. Bailey and daughter, Mar
ian, are visiting her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Murry, at Delaware.
Miss Stella Garman visited relatives
In Greenfield last week.
Chas. Lawson was visiting in Day
ton last week.
j. II. Tener, superintendent of
schools at Coldwater, Ohio, and who
is one of our boys, delivered an excel
lent address here Decoration Day.
After the address, Comrades, l An
Dying" was sung beautifully by
Misses Emma McKeehan and Mary
Hite. Rev. A. D. Maddox, of West
Vile, Ohio, read a poem, entitled
The Soldier Tramp and made q
short, but pleasing talk. Good music
was furnished by the choir through
out the entire program, having beer
arranged by Mrs, ]. +. Medaris, Misses
Mary Hite and Emma McKeehan.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
4 REMARKABLE HEN.
Laid Hard-Boiled Eggs-Evidencs IL
Prima Facie and Folks Are
Astonished.

FROM an occurrence al Riyerhead,
l.. l., il would seem as though the
town had hen that lays hard-boiled
eggs This is a peculiar state OF af-
fairs that developed at a local gro-
Gerry. II seems hard TO believe, but
there is a considerable amount OF truth
In the statement--at least there seems
TO be.
A woman who runs a boarding house
purchased dozen eggs al one OF the
village grocery stores. They vera
taken home in the bag in which they
were placed, and the woman wanted
TO Try some for lunch. One was taken
from the bag and cracked into a dish
II was all right. The next one taken
from the bag was cracked, but IL re-
fused TO run" Investigation showed
that II was hard boiled, and apparent
ly very fresh.
The good boarding mistress was
completely astounded. and could hard
ly believe her eyes. But there was the
PROOF, as plain as plain could be- The
egg was passed around for number of
people 10 look at, and the proof that
IL was boiled was conclusive.
II is possible that during the excess
siyely cold weather of the past week
some OF the farmers in this vicinity,
led hot bran mash with cayenne pep
per in ii las many people are in the
habit OF doing in the winter, to make
the hens lay better during the cold
weather and high prices. and the egg
became boiled in this way. No other
satisfactory explanation is at hand
At any rate there must be one astound.
ing hen in Riverhead, and II she cau
be located her fortune 10 made.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
TO CHECK IMMIGRATION.
England's Proposed Legislation Is
Causing Considerable Alarm
on Continent.

1t is clear that the British govern
ment's promise to introduce legislation
to check alien immigration into the
United Kingdom is causing alarm on the
continent. The Secolo, an influential
Italian organ, says:
Nobody can help seeing the excep-
tional importance OF these measures.
Once they become the laws of the state,
free immigration into England will be
no longer right, as in former years,
but temporary concession. to be an
nulled at the will of mere functionary.
1T is an awful thing, and We cannot
imagine how In the classic country OF
liberty such monstrosity has even been
thought Of"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Secretary OF State
LEWIS c. LAYLIN.
For Judge of Supreme Court
w. r. SPEAR
For Dairy and Food Commissioner
HORACE ANKENEY.
For Clerk of Supreme Court
LAWSON T.. EMERSON.
For Member Board of Public Works
Il. b. CRAWFORD.
For Circuit Judge
THAMAS CHERRINGTON.
For Congress
THOMAS T.. SCROGGH.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
NO SPRING ELECTIONS.
Gov. Hsrriok Signed the Bill and Il 10
Now a Law.

Columbus, o., March 18.-There will
be no municipal elections In Ohio this
spring. Gov. Herrick Thursday after
noon signed the Chapman bill abolish
Ing spring elections and 1t is now q
law The terms OF all elective munich
pal ofYicers, which would have expired
in April, have been extended until aft
or the elections next November. A
constitutional amendment providing
that all state and county Officers shall
be elected in the even years and all
municipal ofliceyy In the odd years will
be submitted to vote OF the people In
1905.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
The English Husband.

A poor woman In this parish, says "a
clergyman in the London Spectator, was
consulting me in connection with her
domestic troubles, and there was some
doubt as to whether her marriage was
legal one, inasmuch as her husband"
(as she had just discovereO appeared to
have a wife living, from whom he had
been separated. The woman's pathetic
inquiry was: III he is not my husband,
what right has he to knock me about ?"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
Grave Despoilsd Of valuables.

A remarkable case Of grave robbing 10
reported from Louisville, in Pottawato-
mie county, Kan. Miss Nora Hill was
buried in the village cemetery 10 years
ago. When she was placed In the coffin
a gold watch and chain and a valuable
ring, given to her by an admirer, were on
her person. Now, after 10 years, the
grave is found open and despoiled OF ita
valuables, and the town is said to be In
a great state Of excitement over the dis
covery.
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$50. 90 to Colorado and Return

Via Chicago, Union Pacific &sNorth-
Western Line. Chicago TO Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, daily
throughout the summer. Correspond
ingly low rates from all points east.
Only one night to Denver from Chica.
60. Two fast trains daily. Tourists
sleeping cars to Denver daily.
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The Living skeleton was distr 'ssed.
~ know that the corned beef and
cabbage ate for dinner won't agree
with me, he said
"Why?" asked the Fat Lady.
"Because / feel 1t In my bones,' ex.
planned the Llving skeleton.
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"Bramly seems to be one of those
strong.minded persons. he says that
he car take drink and let It alone"
HE can, but he can't let the other
drinks alone"
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No Refusals for Him.

A man who was arrested In New
York the other day admitted that he
had been married "about AZ times" Yet.
remarks the Chicago Record-Herald. we
keep hearing every little while Of some
fellow who shot himself because the girl
wouldn't have him.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09
A HALF MILLION ACRES.
Government Lands Open for Set
tlement

In the Rosebud Indian Reservation In
Southeastern South Dakota. The Chi
cago g. North Western Ry. il the
direct line from Chicago to Bonesteel
on the reservation border. Send 2
cent stamp for pamphlet "New Homes
In the West" containing maps and
full information as to the allotment
of these fertile lands,
" " RBEEzE,
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"ais wife is an ardent Temperance.
worker, isn't she p
"Yes; she won't traSelin the West.
because she heard that thr rlima''
IL stimulating" Y
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Picrce's Golden Rio Coffee In one
pound packages Is the best in the
world for the price.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-09

Try a package of Pierce's Golden
Rio Coffee. yellow wrapper, If you
want the best.
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Save the signatures cut from the
wrappers of Pierce's Golden Rio Cof-
fee, they are valuable. ~
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Japanese National Hymn.
The japanese national hymn 10 over
! 900 years old.