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The Washington times., 1905-12-24
F.

If little boys could only buy
\ rubber stocking on the sly,
How happy they would be, because
IL would please dear old Santa Claus,
II little boys could only make
Their tummies so they would not ache.
Then they could eat with much more
haste
And no good food would go to waste.
II little boys could only get
The gifts on which their hearts are set
They would have things both big and
small
That now they never get at all.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
THEN THERE WERE NINE.

a BROOKLYN Sunday school teacher
once had occasion to cateChise a new
pupil whose ignorance Of his Testament
would have been amusing had il not
been so appalling. relates the Woman
Home Companion One Sunday she
asked the little fellow how many com
mandments there were.
To her surprise the lad answered
glibly enough: Ten, ma am.
And now. sammy. pleasantly asker
the teacher. what would be the result
If you should break one of them?"
Then thCre'd be nine,' triumphant
answered the youngster.
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
A PULLING THOUGHT.

A reflective old person said: II
Am just dying 10 understand why
Crust is always applied
Strictly on the outside.
Anc never the inside OF pie
The Washington times., 1905-12-24
AN AMUR AFFAIR.

A man who lived on the Amur.
said, There's naught I'm this stream to
allure
Me 10 settle by It,
So I'll wander n bit
In quite other lands TO make sure"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
TIE SIN OF sTuFF'MEss.
overheated Houses in This Country
Are Very Common and Hurt
full to Leaith.

! The two things that strife visitors
from the wesi ana south of Europe
most unpleasantly in the habits of
Americans, at least these living in the
northern states, are the overheating Of
houses and the oyercooling of stom-
achs. If they arrive in summer they
mas become converts In time to the
ice-water habit, but they never cease
complaining of the hot and stuify
rooms in winter. And there is, indeed,
nothing to be said in extenuation of
this custom. says Youths Companion.
In summer there is complaint OF the
temperature when the mercury rises
much above so degrees. Thick nannels
are discarded and the llghtcst of outer
garments donned. Iced drinls are made
and electric fans set going. and people
wonder II the intolerable heat will ever
moderate. But in winter the same per-
sons bundle up In woolens and heavy
outer garments. and sit all day and
night in an atmosphere between 80 and
80 degrees-and see nothing inconsist-
ent in It.
The practice is absurdly inconsistent,
as well as harmful It is excused on
the ground that cne carnot sit and
shiver In cold rooms all day long, and
many persons are fond of saying that
while thermometer may be a niece
of scientific apparatus and an instru-
ment of precision. its readings do not
appeal to our feelings with anything
like the emphasis Of the nerves.
II the atmosphere of the room must
be heated to S5 degrees Il must go. But
II Is forgotten that such O course is
only preparing oneself for still greater
suffering. for when one goes out into
the cold with an overheated body and
damp undergarments one feels the
change most bitterly, and Is also in ex-
cellent condition for the chill that pre-
pares the way for catarrh or pneu-
mona.
The blame for overheated houses
rests partly on the American people
and partly on the mode of heating.
VI persons would stir themselves. go
out every day. no matter what the tenn
perature or the weather. for brisk
walk. take a cool or cold sponge or
plunge bath every morning, take an
air bath every morning or evening, eat
well but temperately. and sleep with
open windows, the nerves of the skin
would soon begin to act more in keep
ing with the thermometer. Then II
water be kept in shallow vessels on
every heater or by every register in the
house, so as to moderate the extreme
dryness OF the air of the artifcially
heated house, a lower temperature
would no longer seem uncomfortable.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
Sounds of Battle.

Only those who lie in the firing line
and hear the constant screech of the
shells as they cleave their terrible way
through the air above know the true
sounds of modern war The whiplike
smack Of the bursting shell, the swish of
the scattering bullets are nothing to the
mocking screech Of these messen-
gers of death as they pursue each
other as II in competition to complete
the awful object of their hideous mis-
sion. The whole welkin Is discordant
with their tumult; you feel the rush of
misplaced air, splinters sing in your
ears, the earth Is in constant tremble
with the violence of the discharge; you
feel 1t pulsate against your cheek
pressed to the moist mud of the parapet,
and then a bullet saps the life blood of
the comrade whose elbow has touched
yours day and night for 40 hours There
is limit to human endurance in these
straits.-World's Work.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
RICH, CAN'T PAY BOARD.
Predicament Of Samuel Medbury, Who
Possesses $7o, 900 Estate, Which
Is Tied Up by Litigation.

Detroit, Mich.--Possessed Of an estate
worth about $4,000. yet too poor to buy
a suit Of clothes or to pay his board bill,
is the peculiar predicament Samuel
Medbury Is in, according to his testi-
mony before Judge Frazer.
Medbury is the grandson of the late
Lucetta X. Medbury, who left an estate
valued at between s500,0OO and 5000, 900.
and is one of the leeatees under her
will. Mrs. Medbury, however, when she
died, tied up the property and lett the
shares of her two grandchildren, Sam
uel and his brother, Truman, In trust
to Henry u. and Cyrus f. Lothrop. She
specified that the shares should be
turned over to them at the discretion
of the trustees, and in the case before
the court Medbury told Judge Frazer
that he thought he was old enough to
manage his share of tne estate.
Medbury testified that he had tried to
secure work, but had not been sue
cessful only among his relatives. He
said that the state of affairs had not
permitted him to buy new suit of
clothes in two years. and that he was
now heavily Indebted for board bill.
In disposing of the case Judge Frazer
said that he thought man who had
reached the age of 80 without being able
to secure permanent position for him
self was not competent to manage
$4,000 estate. He advised, however,
that the trustees turn over from $1,000
to $4,000 to Medbury to find out what
he could 90 with that amount.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
GLOBE TRorTER TO QUIT.
Joe Schwartz, Citizen of the World,
Decides to Make st. Louis
His Home,

st. Louis.-Joe Schwartz, globe trot-
ter. citizen of the world and one of the
famous characters of the recent fair,
has forsworn his peregrinations around
the globe and will settle down in st..
Louis, the city of his choice.
Ever since he was eight years old
he has travelled the habitable globe and
many parts of the uninhabitable sphere,
not once, but many times, but until he
struck st. Louis he found no place where
he could stop and say: This is the
place ! will make my home"
Mr.. Schwartz has been appointed pas
senger and steamship agent of railway
line, with headquarters at st. Louis.
This is not his first railway experience,
as he served for several years, some time
ago, as passenger and tourist agent on
the Pacific slope.
He first started putting girdles round
the earth % years ago at the tender age
of eight He is a native of Argentine.
his father being an Austrian physician
and his mother an Argentinian woman
Since that time he has trod the soil OF
almost every land under the sun and
Is linguist of polyglot attainments.
He has seen almost every exposition
of any note in that time and his serv-
Ices have been in demand as an inter-
prefer. In his travels he has met and
obtained the friendship of many ia
nous public men and bears letters of
commendation from many of them. He
came to st. Louis in 1902 and almost
Immediately secured a position with
the worlds fair.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
NOTES FOR THE KITCHEN.
A Variety of Culinary Suggestions
Which May Be Found
Useful.

Yorkshire puddings are much lighter
when basted with the meat drippings.
Never allow lettuce to stand in wa
ter; it willis the leaves, advises the
Chicago Post.
In making soft custard add the milk
to the eggs, not eggs to the milk; use
an agate milk boiler for making the
custards.
Add little hot water to what is
left of yesterdays tomato soup, and
the macaroni sauce Is made.
All crusts and bits of bread should
always be saved. Brown them in the
oven, then roll very fine
For creamed potatoes use those that
are left from breakfast.
Escalloped oysters taste and look
better when the cracker crumbs are
moistened in melted butter.
Cut the braised beef into small pieces
before warming.
To wash wool knitted or crocheted
articles use CASTLE soap and lukewarm
water and add a little borax to the
suds. Then immerse the article to be
washed and allow 1t to soak few min
utes. Gently squeeze until clean, rinse
in water of the same temperature and
squeeze as dry as possible, and It Is
well to occasionally stretch the article
into shape while 1t is drying.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
FEWER NEW LOCOMOTIVES.
Falling or in Number Made During
Year 1904-Car Output Also
Smaller.

New York.-Returns received from
practically every car-building plant in
the country show that approximately
62,950 cars were built during the year
1904, including cars for use ON elevated
railroads, but exclusive of street and
other electric cars. These figures, of
course, do not include cars built by the
railroads at their own shops. OF the
above total approximately 6O,806 are for
freight service and 2.144 for passenger
service; 60,955 are for domestic use, and
1895 are for export. All the figures this
year are official. except In the case of one
Of the smaller equipment firms. This Is
the smallest car output since 1897, when
53,58S cars were built. During the last
three months over 70, 900 cars have been
ordered, some ten per cent. more than
the total output for the year. The ma
-jority Of these are for delivery In the
early part Of 1905.
During the year 3,441 locomotives
were built at the various locomotive
plants In the country, as against 6,152
last year. This figure is officially cor
rect. and required no estimating. The
number for the current year includes 95
electric locomotives. These figures do
not include locomotives built by the
railroads at their own shops or orders
given for repairs. It is interesting to
note in this latter connection that dur
ing the last year al order was given by
one of the leading railroads in the coun-
try to one Of the largest locomotive
builders for the repair Of 900 locomo-
tives.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
IT WAS A LYING LEGEND,
An Inscription That Was Trans
lated Into Modern Busi-
ness Statement.

A lady of Boston who prides herself
on small collection of antiquities
picked up in European travel procured
very handsome carved Egyptian bee
tie from dealer in Palestine. He had
told her that it was very old and rare,
and that the inscription upon 1t could
be translated into Let him who owns
me be of kingly state" It became the
gem of her collection. relates a writer in
Lippincott's Magazine, and was exhib-
tied to all her friends with long ex-
planation Of the hieroglyphics and a
somewhat tiresome account of its unique
quality.
Last winter, when famous Eeyp-
toiogist came to Boston to lecture on
the ancient cities of the Nile and kin-
dred subjects of course this lady was
in the audience and at the conclu sion
of the last lecture she made her " ey to
the platform with her carved beetle held
tightly in her hand.
"Will 1t trouble you very much to look
at this?" she said; 81 thought 1t mig ht
interest you"
Inc professor bowed graciously, took
the preferred curio and examined It
closely. Gradually his face relaxed into
a dry smile The woman, who had
watched his face for some show Of en-
thusiasm, noticed his smile with some
alarm.
1T is genuine. of course-the inscrip-
tion Is genuine. isn't it?" she inquired
anxiously.
20, yes, madam" answered the lec-
turer, ut Is genuine, and done by a per-
son with great deal of cleverness."
1T says, Let him who owns me be Of
kinsly state doesn't IT." said she, with
renewed assurance.
mo, madam" answered he, 1T merely
says, Made in Cairo, 1897"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
STRANGE TRIP OF WHEAT.
Cereal from Oregon Travels to Europe
and Back Again for Curl
GUS Reason.

New York.--By an unusual condition
of affairs large importation of wheat
arrived at this port the other day In the
British steamer Princess. The amount
was 10000 bushels, but 1t was not for
eign-raised wheat, but came originally
from Oregon. 1t was sold by the grain
frm OF McLaren & Muir to flour mills OF
this city and is now brought back from
Antwerp for manufacture here into
flour.
This Is the first time In the history Of
the grain trade exported wheat has been
brought back for any other purpose than
to meet the exigencies of a corner In that
commodity and the reimportation at
this time is due to the small crop OF
wheat In this country this year and the
high price now obtaining for 1t. No
duty on 1t will be charged, provided 1t
can be identified by the consignees The
high rates for transportation OF wheat
from Oregon at the present time makes
the transaction profitable one.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
SEEKS CANCER GERM
ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS USED
IN SEARCH.
Buffalo Scientist Brings Dogs, Cata
and Guinea Pigs Into Service In
Hunt for Microbe-Work-
ing on Two Lines.

Buffalo.--Dogs, cats, guinea pigs and
other animals, number unstated, are
wanted at the cancer laboratory Of the
University Of Buffalo. Their desirable
ity will be largely increased II 1t can be
shown that they are possessed Of q
cancerous growth. There are many Of
that kind, It is said.
DIR. Roswell Park, director Of the lab
oratory. said yesterday that It being
impossible to experiment upon human
t.ings In the search for the cancer
germ, recourse was necessarily had to
animals. The supply of the latter is
not equal to the demand II has been
conclusively demonstrated, as the re-
suit Of recent Investigations at the
Buffalo laboratory, that cancer can be
transmitted from animal to animal
just as 1t was proven several years
ago that 1t can be similarly transmit
ted from human being to an animal.
Beyond this but little has been demon
strated, although investigations in
more than one direction are apparently
Just on the point Of fruition. It is re-
garded as not unlikely that cancer is
frequently transmitted from animals to
men.
Several years ago DR.. Park drew a
very dark picture of cancer conditions
In this state. He then predicted that
within ten years the number OF deaths
from cancer would equal those from
consumption and smallpox combined.
He was violently attacked for this
statement. yet the most recent report
OF the state board Of health seems to
bear out DR.. Parks views in every
particular, as the deaths from con-
sumption last year were 10000. while
those from cancer were nearly 5000.
Moreover, the cancer death rate Is in
creasing at an alarming rate and the
chances seem to favor the complete
fulfllment Of DR.. Parks prophecy by
1909
Work at the laboratory, said DR..
Park, is now progressing on the lines
of chemistry and biology. One man Is
In the field making typographical
investigation. so to speak. He visits
localities where the death rate from
cancer has been particularly sugges-
tive and inquiries into the general as
well as particular conditions which ex-
ist in each. So far no data has been
obtained that will warrant the drawing
Of any general conclusion as to such
conditions as may be conclusive to the
promotion of cancer.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
VEST A DEADLY GARMENT.
British Schoolmaster Holds Present
Style Is Perilous and Starts
Crusade Against Them.

London.-L. N. Marshall, head mas
ter of the Kingston grammar school,
has started national crusade against
the waistcoat. He holds that vests
contract the chest, and advocates loose
fiannels and Jerseys for boys wear
His idea has caught the public fancy,
and physicians have fiocked to back
Up his contentious.
One physician declares the vest Is
one Of the chief causes OF. pulmonary
trouble, especially In elderly men. 9th
ers declare that the thin lining of the
vest in the back does not protect the
spinal column and lungs, the most vul-
nerable parts of the human body, and
that a reform is needed.
Another expert declares every vest
should be lined with flannel In the back
Medical men are Of the opinion that the
garment, as now fashioned, is a death
trap in winter. All join in the declara-
tion that some step should be taken to
remedy the matter. They claim that
influenza, now so prevalent, Is due large
ly to the deadly" vest.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
SOME MODERN JEREMIAHS.
Men Who Perceive in All National
Phenomena Unmistakable
Signs of Decay.

A Russian grand duke meets the
views of the people of his country by
a genial observation: These peasants
think, suppose, that Russia exists for
them, as a dog does for its heas.''
Which means, says Golfers Weekly,
that the Russian people are now desir-
ing voice in their affairs are so mod
est and small that in America the ne
cessity of the request seems almost ri
diculous. The empress Is afraid that
If the people are given any more lib
erty they will explode bombs on her in
fant son.
Up in Canada dwels a philosopher
who looks upon democracy in America
much as the grand duke aforesaid and
the empress looks upon Russian stir
rings for self-government. Mr.. or Prof.
Goldwin Smith, of Toronto, is dis
tressed at our elections "It is" he
says, with regard to the form pro-
vided for the election of the president.
however, that the work of the fathers
has most signally and perhaps most
unhappily failed. Their intention was
that the president should be elected by
chosen bodies of select and responsible
citizens Since the people have taken
the nominations into their own hands
and made the electors mere registers of
their will, Mr.. Smith thinks the result
has been "a process of national agita-
tion and conflict which sets at work
all the forces Of political intrigue and
corruption on the most enormous scale,
besides filling the country with pas
sions almost as violent and anti-sociai
as those of civil war. The qualification
for the nomination is no longer emf
nence, but availability. It is not
question which man Is most worthy of
public confidence, but which man can
carry New York or Ohio"
The last election indicated that COM
Ing from a doubtful state will count
less hereafter, and the rest of Mr..
Smiths jeremiad Is about as sensible
as the epigrams Of the Russian grand
duke.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
DUMoNT's NEW BALLOON.
Novelty Of Apparatus IL In Canvas
Covering Of Frame-Trials
Point to Success.

Paris.--M. Santos Dumont is explor-
ing new field of science and invention,
IN addition to his steerable balloon,
which he hopes will carry 1t safely from
Paris to Monte Carlo with or without
auspicious breezes. The novelty consists
of canvas covering for the wooden
frame on which the motor rests.
The frame usually Is SO to rs feet long
and ten feet In diameter. All this space
covered by canvas will make an addi-
tional balloon, which will be filled with
heated air by means of special heating
apparatus. The heated air. 1t is as
sumed, will add to the stability and dur
ability of the balloon. The first trials,
at st. Cloud, were entirely satisfactory
and great hopes are entertained for the
success Of the new invention.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
THE VOICE or COMMAND.
Men--Calmness Is
the Key.

in these days the great man seldom
uses the great manner. Power speaks
gently; authority whispers oftener
than IL vociferetes. Deweys famous
you may fire when ready, Gridley,
is the quiet and confident example of
the biz man in a big undertaking,
whether IL be war or business, says the
Saturday evening Post.
Twenty years ago the typical railroad
president. one of the three railroad
kings of that time, was bluff. loud, au-
tocratic. propulsive. His words rolled
out thuuderously. He broolied no ar
gument. Jove could not have been
more conclusive. He gave the impress
sion of awe: he made his visitors feel
that they were in wonderful pres
ence. The same railroad system now
handles many times more business
than 1t did then; its earnings are tens
of millions larger; its employers have
grown into an army. The new presi-
dent Is altogether a modern executive.
While chatting with a visitor he gives
orders. There is no elevation in his
voice. Humorous s1llies are sandwiched
In the conversation. II is as pleasant
and comfortable as a friendly chat in
cozy corner And yet this modern
president dispatches more business in
a day than his predecessor of 20 years
ago did in week.
1t Is the same today with most men
of eminence in business and politics.
They are of the same brand-quiet.
well-poised persons who seem to have
acquired with their success the practi-
cal philosophy of life and living. They
are not in a hurry. They do not fume
or blusterg Their words are as cheer
ful as they are simple. They invite and
tell good stories; and their very calm
is in part an explanation of their rise
to high position.
II is a vast mistake to think that the
tendencies are toward noise and haste
and nervous waste in the big chairs
OF modern civilization. The man with
the cool head and the gentle tongue is
the kind who is wanted in large under
takings
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-02
Bavarian Cabbage.

Try out diced bacon and onion to
yield two tablespoons Of fat and re-
move the pieces. To this add one
quart of cabbage cut with knife or
slaw cutter and mix we'll. Pour over
1t one-half cup of boiling water, two
teaspoons of salt, dash of pepper,
and allow 1t to cook slowly until ten
der. about 45 minutes. Turn 1t occa-
sionally to be sure it doesn't stick.
Just before serving add two table,
spoons Of white vinegar This is a
way to cook cabbage without that
"cabbagy" taste or odor-Good House,
keeping.